Is it Pop or Soda?

We had a rather vocal debate in the chat room about this earlier. What generic name do you call soft drinks?

Here's a map of the United States organized by use of generic soft drink name

It is soda dammit!!!!!!

Its Pop, dammit!

I vote Soda. Sorry man... Pop just sounds so...... so.....

Wrong.

Other. If you're from the old south and it's carbonated, it's a coke. Always. From Texas to the Carolinas, it's a coke. FL is a little different due to the diverse nature of it's inhabitants. It seems like I never heard it called the same thing twice there.

I've had this debate before. The only time I ever hear soft drinks called "Pop" is in some oldies movie or one set in a time period before I was alive. My mother calls it Pop so I always assumed it was a generation thing, but it appears to be regional.

Oh, by the way, it's SODA!

Okay I'm from Texas and we call them all Coke. Conversation goes like this:

"Hey you going to the kitchen?"
"Yeah, why?"
"Can you bring me a coke?"
"Sure, what do you want?"
"Dr. Pepper."

Don't know why but that's just the way it is.

I'm sad I missed this debate.

Geographically, I should call it Pop since I'm from Western NY. But I've traveled to about 35 of the 48 continental United States and 2 different provinces in Canada, so I'm used to calling it Soda Pop to make sure I don't confuse anyone. And when I cross the Mason Dixon line, I call it coke. It's important to understand different cultures when you travel around this great country of ours....no matter how frappin' silly it is. :p

Up here in Canada we call it pop. End of discussion. I gotta ask... what is the other? Paps?

I call it pop, but where i'm from, Trinidad, they call it Sweet Drink.

and i googled this haha.

http://www.popvssoda.com/