Soda vs. Soda

[Raistlin]

Layout arguments are as central to EoFF as Pop vs. Soda, Color vs. Colour, and swear filter feedback threads.

Layout argument, check.
Swear filter feedback, check.
Looks like Pop vs. Soda is next on the list. I did a quick search and we haven't had one for a while.

However, I named this thread "soda vs. soda" because it's not even a real debate. Anyone who makes some childish sound when describing a drink is nothing but a backwoods, uneducated hick. The obvious correct term is "soda."

Go.

[Marshall Banana]

I live in Kentucky.

[Kawaii Ryûkishi]

I added a poll.

The bumpkins among you might notice that "Coke" is not an option.

"Pop" is only an option as a sporting gesture, really.

[Freya]

When I was little and lived in Texas it was Coke. When I moved to Wyoming I said Pop. Now, here in Oklahoma, I say soda xD

Either way it doesn't bug me. But soda is what it is now yo.

[Psychotic]

[Marshall Banana]

Eastern and Western Kentucky will never be united.

[Raistlin]

The bumpkins among you might notice that "Coke" is not an option.

"Pop" is only an option as a sporting gesture, really.

Oh god, don't even get me started about "Coke."

Psy: so the civilized say "soda," and the backwoods hick areas where they sit on rocking chairs on their porches with shotguns on their laps say "Coke/pop." I already said that.

[Freya]

Oh god, don't even get me started about "Coke."

Psy: so the civilized say "soda," and the backwoods hick areas where they sit on rocking chairs on their porches with shotguns on their laps say "Coke/pop." I already said that.

I hate you.

[Raistlin]

Lekana: Oklahoma has a tiny area where they say "soda," according to that map. You can move there.

Actually I think that map is horribly inaccurate (considering I lived in Colorado for 5 years of my life and always heard "soda"), but we'll go with it.

[Heath]

Never heard soda really used in the UK unless referring to fizzy water or cream soda. Pop, however, is used quite frequently. Soda seems too American. Pop it is.

[Freya]

I hear, Soda Pop. So it uses both I guess. What's better now eh?

[qwertysaur]

The map is correct for me.

[Blue Harvest]

Around here we refer to each drink by its individual name rather than as a collective.

[Tavrobel]

Coke stands for Coca Cola (the with a red can) or for cocaine. The legitimate answer is soda. Pop is what happens when you use a high damage nuke on an unsuspecting target, killing them near instantly.

[Madame Adequate]

The bumpkins among you might notice that "Coke" is not an option.

"Pop" is only an option as a sporting gesture, really.

Oh god, don't even get me started about "Coke."

Psy: so the civilized say "soda," and the backwoods hick areas where they sit on rocking chairs on their porches with shotguns on their laps say "Coke/pop." I already said that.

Pretty much yeah. Saying "pop" is hateful and wrong.

You'll also note that the map correlates soda with places I like: the Northeast, around St. Louis, and California. This is additional proof of the rightness of saying "soda".