Soda vs. Soda

[Lawr]

Since I live in Michigan, I can't lie my way out of this one.

I will say though, that here I've heard everything. Soft drink, pop, soda, soda pop, and coke. I myself and the people I know say soda the most, but sometimes you'll hear those others. Nobody will judge you though!

[rubah]

sometimes my dad calls it a "sodie pop"

[Raistlin]

At least he's not so much of a heathen that he calls everything "Coke."

[Depression Moon]

I lI think that map is wrong. I live in one of those mainly say "coke" places, but what I mostly hear is soda when I go to a resteraunt or look in the newspaper. My grandaddy called it pop though. It's catchy.
Plus how can coke be a general term. That's just a single brand when they are dozens out there. It would be confusing if I was holding a Sprite and someone asked me let me get some of that coke? I wouldn't think he was talking to me, but if he repeated himself I would say that I have a sprite not a coke.