The great carbonated beverage debate.
Since we have our own nifty sub-forum dedicated to food and the like - I wonder what my fellow gearheads call their favorite fizzy drink in their neck of the woods?

So, what is, and where you posting from and such? Any reasons?

For me, in the generic form - it's just Coke - no matter what brand, what flavor, usually just Coke. When in a restaurant of course I am specific, but in general, those four letters do the trick.

"I'll take a coke - and make it a Dr. Pepper." :lol:

DLB

I added one choice to your poll, since noone replied yet :D

my kids call everything pepsi. Its like name that tune but with liquids.

picture this.. running late, drive up lane at local burger place.. Ok sierra what do you want?
" I want a hamburger, with mustard and no ketchup and no pickle and cheese, and french fries and a toy and a green pepsi"

green pepsi? you mean sprite or mt dew or?

no a sprite green pepsi

ok ok Mel what do you want?

"I want a cheeseburger, with no cheese and only ketchup and french fries and a toy. I want pepsi that isnt pepsi but tastes like tea in a cup with a bag and napkins"

er so you want a hamburger happy meal with a sweet tea?????????

daniel what do you want
" uh uh uh uh uh I DONT KNOW I CANT THINK THERE ARE TO MANY CHOICES... uh uh uh ok ill have a cheeseburger big kid meal with a toy and a black pepsi that has no sugar in it"

(josh) uh help me i dont remember what they just said now after all that
(me)
1 cheeseburger happy meal with a sprite
1 hamburger happy meal with a sweet tea
1 big kid cheeseburger meal with a diet coke

anyway its entertaining as hell to try n decipher

Liz - that is funny stuff right there.
Of course, when we were kids, mom and dad just didn't dare taking us to Mickey D's - we ordered enough to feed the neighborhood - just me and my brother. (All drinks aside) :D

I honestly could count the number of happy meals I ate after the age of 6 probably. We killed some food.

DLB

What kind of Coke do you want? :D

I always have to be specific,too many smart asses around me and i hate diet anything!!!!!!:lol: :lol: :lol:

It is all coke!!!! Sprite, mellow yellow, it is all coke, Long live the South!

Living just south of the Mason-Dixonline and having relatives north & south, I have heard it called just about everything......but I just call it soda...unless it's Dew

:agree: Around here it's either the name of the product or soda.

Like i said if it anit Coke, It aint sh**, I guess you get the idea.

Pepsi is stump water!!!!

i lived in Va 19 years and Ga. 21 years.

Brand specific. Coke Pepsi, Sprite..........you ordered what you wanted.

It's all pop to me. Not a big fan of the stuff really. I'll drink one now and then, but prefer iced tea.

I'll have a Pop! (then be specific)
Mostly I get, "you ain't from around here, are you"?
Only been in NJ for 27 years :o

I call everything sody pop

it's all pop, and then name specific

There is only Coke

Its always fun to order a Coke or Pepsi and get the mystery drink when it gets back to the table. But I think all fountain pop is pretty gross in and of itself. Kind of all taste the same.

Around here its name specific or pop for the most part.

Well I've lived in VA for all of my 33 years and (I say) we call it soda, or its specific name. I had a roommate in college from Pittsburg. He kept hollering about pop this and pop that and I thought the dude was seriously missing his dad. :crazy: Come to find out thats what they call SODA up there...

Dr Peeper was around first and it`s from the south,so why not call it all Dr Pepper?
I call it whatever it is.I guess I call cola "Coke" out of habit.But,I call it all what it is since there are so many different flavors of "soda" and versions of other soft drinks like seltzers,spritzers,and other flavored high fructose water drinks.
Basically I avoid it all and bring my free water,order water,or iced tea that`s been brewed.

When I was a kid in NW Oregon, it was always 'pop', but you specified the brand...

After 36 years with Mrs Stocker (Tenn. & Midwest), it's 'soda' -- but still gotta specify the brand.


edit: For 20 years, it was Barley Pop. I shoulda owned Budweiser stock. I finally kicked that habit, but I still miss it....

Soda..However, I think the south is rubbing off cause it is starting to be coke more often. Of course I normally do Diet coke when I drink them, so that may be the case.

For 20 years, it was Barley Pop. I shoulda owned Budweiser stock. I finally kicked that habit, but I still miss it....


Reminds me of calling Light beer, diet beer.

Like i said if it anit Coke, It aint sh**, I guess you get the idea.

Pepsi is stump water!!!!
you got that right coke and rum when do you hear pepsi and rum ,never
pepsi is a coke that went flat is all :b69:

anyone ever had moxie soda?

It's pop darnit! Back home a conversation went like this:
"You wanna pop?"
"Yeah what do we have?"
"Coke, Mountain Dew, and Dr. Pepper."
"Throw me a Mountain Dew"

down here, it's a coke. then the flavor. the only hiccup was when "new coke" came out, and it was more like "not-new coke." then specific.

when I grew up it was pop but that was becuse of my parents and grandparents most every one in Fla were we lived called it coke. Now I just say what I want or my wife will get me Mt. Dew.

I call them what they are. Just a habit to me. I worked in a retail gas station in my youth and had to stock the coolers so the proper name game stuck with me.

Even in Mexico (and Mexicans in the states) call it "Coca". Ya'll just need to get with it. :D

DLB

Gotta stop by and " Get a Coke " is the normal terminology around here.

Any of you ever checked out http://popvssoda.com:2998/
There's some neat stuff on there about this.
But it is always cool to see your own samplings.
Especially amongst our own - never know what you need for the next board meet.

DLB

Born and raised in Atlanta, so it's all referred to as Coke.

Common conversation in the South-
You want a Coke?
Yeah, I'll take one.
What kind you want?
I'll take a Diet Pepsi...:)

Born and raised in Atlanta, so it's all referred to as Coke.
What's that have to do with Coke? :rolleyes:
:D

I have been here in Ringgold, GA my whole life which is about 7 miles south of Chattanooga, the first bottling plant for Coca-Cola.

Common conversation in the South-
You want a Coke?
Yeah, I'll take one.
What kind you want?
I'll take a Diet Pepsi...:)

:cool:

It is all coke!!!! Sprite, mellow yellow, it is all coke, Long live the South!

I agree calling everything COKE is a Southern thing and ya'll know everything Southern is GOOD!

It was all pop until I worked for Coke. Then I got real specific...and no, Pepsi is not OK.

It's all pop to me. Not a big fan of the stuff really. I'll drink one now and then, but prefer iced tea.
aw another ice tea fan..mmmmmmmmmm i havent drank a pop in 2 years

aw another ice tea fan..mmmmmmmmmm i havent drank a pop in 2 years

Yea, that's a whole 'nother story.

It's SWEET TEA!

And of course it has ice in it? What kind of evil people don't put ice in it?

DLB

Common conversation in the South-
You want a Coke?
Yeah, I'll take one.
What kind you want?
I'll take a Diet Pepsi...:)

Yep, that's about how I dew :lol: it.

Well I call it soda. But I used to know a guy that was originally from Texas. He called it Sody Water. He said where he grew up thats what they called it. I don't remember what part of texas he was from though.

Over here if you order a cola you get whatever they are pumpin.
Coca-Cola, Pepsi or some kind of German brand.

If you want a sprite or Dr Pepper or some kind of special soft drink you have to order it like that.

Order a cheesburger without cheese and they get pissed for some reason.