Pop or Soda

[ZandraJoi]

Going off of the Coke vs Pepsi thread. What do you call them- Pop or Soda?

I’m in Michigan, USA & we call it pop. When I visited a penpal in Tennessee years ago, she had asked me if I wanted a Coke. But she offered Pepsi lol It was funny how they referred to “Coke” as generic.

[Kyng]

Yeah, there are loads of terms for them. Here in the UK, the generic term is "fizzy drink" 😛 !

[Uncrowned Guard]

We always used Soda as the term for it up here and it seems to massively outweigh the alternative "pop" term. 

On 12/3/2022 at 10:37 AM, ZandraJoi said:

I’m in Michigan, USA & we call it pop. When I visited a penpal in Tennessee years ago, she had asked me if I wanted a Coke. But she offered Pepsi lol It was funny how they referred to “Coke” as generic.

However, many people (including myself at times) will refer to Coke as more of flavor than a brand.  So getting a Pepsi, Coke, RC, etc. is all good for "I'll like a coke" most of the time.