Numberzz Posted May 10, 2008 Share Posted May 10, 2008 Sometimes it amazes me how different people in different states can be. One time, when I went to a city in Nevada, just a few miles outside of California, it was completely different. It was amazing. So my point is, why are people form the same states usually believe the same thing, or think the same. Especially between the blue and red states, in my picture, they are directly on the state lines. My second point is why the {censored} would anyone call it "pop?" EDIT: Added poll. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SDRacer48 Posted May 10, 2008 Share Posted May 10, 2008 As a person who now lives in Seminole County, FL who grew up in Lake County, FL, that map is incorrect. Smack dab in the middle of Florida (in the big red patch) is where I have lived all my life, and I have heard people refer to "soft drinks" as "soda" more than "coke" contrary to what the map claims. But then again, I also know a lot of people who refer to Pepsi and Coca Cola as "coke", so I think that may construe the actual results considering those are the two biggest soft drink manufacturers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paranoid Marvin Posted May 10, 2008 Share Posted May 10, 2008 What would be ideal for this thread is a poll I vote soft drinks - that's a generic enough name Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Headrush69 Posted May 11, 2008 Share Posted May 11, 2008 My second point is why the {censored} would anyone call it "pop?" Probably because in the days when it was in glass bottles with the metal caps, they made a popping noise when you opened them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dark4181 Posted May 11, 2008 Share Posted May 11, 2008 the original name was "soda pop" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sarahbau Posted May 11, 2008 Share Posted May 11, 2008 I don't understand where "soft drinks" came from. Carbonated beverages don't feel soft at all. I think milk and vegetable juice should be "soft drinks," and sodas and cranberry juice should be "hard drinks" lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
(MoC) Posted May 13, 2008 Share Posted May 13, 2008 I use soda mostly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superhai Posted May 13, 2008 Share Posted May 13, 2008 I wonder... who did the work? I mean did one travel around and knocked on each door and asked "excuse me sir/madam, what do you call your soft drink?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vaporATX Posted May 14, 2008 Share Posted May 14, 2008 Growing up in New Orleans we called them "cold drinks" Now that I live in Texas I believe they call everything beer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Nonny Moose Posted May 25, 2008 Share Posted May 25, 2008 Different people also have different accents. Anyway, I took the bait and voted for Coke, because that's the only brand I drink (if it's a Pepsi place, it's Mountain Dew). I'm also in the middle of a "pop area" and everyone I know says "Coke." Go figure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kinkster Posted May 25, 2008 Share Posted May 25, 2008 im guessing it is accurate for the most part though, since there are groups of counties that are the same. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djet Posted May 26, 2008 Share Posted May 26, 2008 I live in Alabama and not that many people say, "You want a Coke?" as in reference to any general "soft drink." Of course my county tells me otherwise so I must go with what it says.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paranoid Marvin Posted May 26, 2008 Share Posted May 26, 2008 To be fair, the sample size was just over 120,000, so there are going to be quite a few innacuracies Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iSkylla Posted May 26, 2008 Share Posted May 26, 2008 Soda, I live in NJ. It's pretty uniform here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alessandro17 Posted May 26, 2008 Share Posted May 26, 2008 I don't understand where "soft drinks" came from. Carbonated beverages don't feel soft at all. I think milk and vegetable juice should be "soft drinks," and sodas and cranberry juice should be "hard drinks" lol. I don't know where "soft drinks" comes from (I suppose as opposed to alcoholic drinks), but in the UK I always used to say "soft drinks" and nobody seemed to have problems with it. Maybe somewhere they say "a lemonade" (my friend and I would drink "soft drinks" near Glasgow, and somebody called us "the lemonade kids") Edit: I suppose "lemonade kids" comes from kids who make and sell lemonade in the US. I have never come across such a practice in the UK, I suspect it would be illegal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dark4181 Posted May 26, 2008 Share Posted May 26, 2008 soda came to be known as "soft drinks" because they don't contain alchohol (hard drinks) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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