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09-10-2008, 12:31 PM
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texaspackerbacker
09-10-2008, 12:44 PM
Interesting that there is a line right down Wisconsin dividing pop from soda. I grew up in a pop county, based on the map and based on what I know.
I have NEVER seen the logic in calling pop (or soda) "Coke" if in fact, it isn't Coke. In that respect, the map appears to be way off--according to my observation. Very very very few Texans call pop (or soda) "Coke", as the map would indicate.
I have, however, observed quite a few Texans saying "soda".
swede
09-10-2008, 01:29 PM
What would the "others" be?
Bellywarsh?
Sarsparilla?
Nehi?
Carbonated beverage? (Don't invite that guy again!)
Interesting that there is a line right down Wisconsin dividing pop from soda. I grew up in a pop county, based on the map and based on what I know.
I have NEVER seen the logic in calling pop (or soda) "Coke" if in fact, it isn't Coke. In that respect, the map appears to be way off--according to my observation. Very very very few Texans call pop (or soda) "Coke", as the map would indicate.
I have, however, observed quite a few Texans saying "soda".
I grew up on the soda side. The map is very true. I grew up saying soda, then moved to Ohio when I was in HS and everyone made fun of me for saying soda instead of pop.
I could never quite figure out why the south calls pop "Coke," but it probably has a lot to do with Coca~Cola being headquartered in Atlanta.
mraynrand
09-10-2008, 01:41 PM
New Coke?
mraynrand
09-10-2008, 01:42 PM
What would the "others" be?
Bellywarsh?
Sarsparilla?
Nehi?
Carbonated beverage? (Don't invite that guy again!)
Sugar water
Sodypop
Well if you're from the midwest, its pronounced PAHP with the h being drawn out as to scratch your ear drums.
Freak Out
09-10-2008, 02:03 PM
Soda Pop Kid
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wiHHXVUvvyk
Soda Popinski
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2FgJpTJb6uw
Here's one for Skin
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jIpaebDyCvM
Nature's first green is gold,
her hardest hue to hold,
her early leaf's a flower:
but only so an hour,
Then leaf subsides to leaf.
So Eden sank to grief.
So dawn goes down to day.
Nothing gold can stay.
Little Whiskey
09-10-2008, 04:17 PM
Soda Popinski
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2FgJpTJb6uw
what a great game!
GBRulz
09-10-2008, 05:53 PM
Interesting that there is a line right down Wisconsin dividing pop from soda. I grew up in a pop county, based on the map and based on what I know.
I have NEVER seen the logic in calling pop (or soda) "Coke" if in fact, it isn't Coke. In that respect, the map appears to be way off--according to my observation. Very very very few Texans call pop (or soda) "Coke", as the map would indicate.
I have, however, observed quite a few Texans saying "soda".
I agree, this map appears to be way off. Everyone here says pop. Yet, the map says 50-80% say soda.
My experience with Texas, Tex. When I asked for a Coke, the waiter said "what kind". :shock:
mraynrand
09-10-2008, 06:19 PM
Soda is bad for you. Instead, get a drink of water from the bubbler.
texaspackerbacker
09-10-2008, 07:59 PM
Interesting that there is a line right down Wisconsin dividing pop from soda. I grew up in a pop county, based on the map and based on what I know.
I have NEVER seen the logic in calling pop (or soda) "Coke" if in fact, it isn't Coke. In that respect, the map appears to be way off--according to my observation. Very very very few Texans call pop (or soda) "Coke", as the map would indicate.
I have, however, observed quite a few Texans saying "soda".
I agree, this map appears to be way off. Everyone here says pop. Yet, the map says 50-80% say soda.
My experience with Texas, Tex. When I asked for a Coke, the waiter said "what kind". :shock:
I've heard that story before, too, but with one exception, an old Texan about 15 years older than me, I've never heard of anybody that actually called it all Coke ....... and I've been here over 30 years now.
Joemailman
09-10-2008, 08:23 PM
How 'bout a Fresca?
http://www.adpulp.com/archives/caddy103.JPG
Iron Mike
09-10-2008, 08:33 PM
OT, but when I was stationed in Texas, Big Red dispensers were ubiquitous since Big Red's corporate HQ was in Waco at the time.
http://www.bigredltd.com/files/images/layout/image_cans_real.gif
$.35 for a can of Big Red at the time....or as we liked to call it "liquid bubble gum." 8-)
Up here in No. Wis we call it soda.
"All I wanted was a Pepsi, just one Pepsi, and she wouldn't give it to me" :D
Name that song/band.
BallHawk
09-10-2008, 09:02 PM
I go back and forth between coke and soda.
In England, use neither. It's "soft drink". :roll:
Joemailman
09-10-2008, 09:08 PM
Growing up in the Chicago suburbs, it was definitely pop. Here in Wausau, soda seems most common. I always say Coke when ordering a cola, and sometimes get asked, "Is Pepsi okay?"
Iron Mike
09-10-2008, 09:08 PM
Up here in No. Wis we call it soda.
"All I wanted was a Pepsi, just one Pepsi, and she wouldn't give it to me" :D
Name that song/band.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vXK0Hjfkrgw
Freak Out
09-10-2008, 09:12 PM
Up here in No. Wis we call it soda.
"All I wanted was a Pepsi, just one Pepsi, and she wouldn't give it to me" :D
Name that song/band.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vXK0Hjfkrgw
I know it was suicidal tendencies....but the song?
Institutionalized!
I'm not crazy
you're the one who's crazy
Up here in No. Wis we call it soda.
"All I wanted was a Pepsi, just one Pepsi, and she wouldn't give it to me" :D
Name that song/band.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vXK0Hjfkrgw
Thanx for the link, I rocked out to that! :smk:
That was a pretty horrendous video though.
Mission should listen to that and learn some shit. :lol:
http://www.entertonement.com/clips/13239/Eddie-Murphy-Raw/Eddie-Murphy/Comedy/Jell-O-Pudding-Eating
Deputy Nutz
09-11-2008, 10:49 AM
Saying "I would like a glass of pop", is like asking for a glass that your grandfather just jerked off in.
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