Thankfully, all of Ohio steadfastly refers to the elixir of life as "pop," as does much of the Midwest (except for the Saint Louis region, which has never been explained), while most of the ostensibly more "civilized" Northeast insists on calling it "soda" (a term which my son adopted at an early age, despite all my attempts to dissuade him). That the Deep South would refer to it as "coke" can be understood as a parochial support of one of its greatest exports, as well as an effort to steer vulnerable youth away from the dangers of cocaine.
A more detailed analysis can be found at the research team's "Pop vs Soda" website.
(Thanks, Icarus. This has bothered me for years.)
2 comments:
I cannot tell you how it infuriates me to hear people call "soda" "pop".
So I guess it really is a burning issue- for me anyway.
It's usually "tonic" in Boston.
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