Pop vs Soda

3 years ago by wicked82 [ Ohio ] to c/askmidwest

Alright Midwest peeps let's settle this heated debate.

Pop or Soda?

Iamtink 7 points 3 years ago

Michigander here - Pop.

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Type1 4 points 3 years ago

STL: "soda" or "sodie"

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whynotzoidberg 3 points 3 years ago

Northern Illinois checking in. It’s pop.

Soda is where ya go for the land of 10,000 lakes.

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CrayonMaster 3 points 3 years ago

Pop in iowa

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get_the_reference_ 3 points 3 years ago

Strangely, Decatur, IL is in the "soda" region, but my family usually says, "pop." I knew a guy from Peoria that said "sodie," no idea if that was regional or just him.

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whynotzoidberg 2 points 3 years ago

My spouse is from that central IL area and also says sodie.

We also used to talk about “booze cruises” where I’m at (northern IL), and she always knew it as “road sodez” (or something like that).

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Thedogspaw 3 points 3 years ago

There both wrong the right answer is obviously soda pop water

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ProfessorGrizzly 2 points 3 years ago

Soda. But I also moved here from the west coast and held on to soda as it trolled my midwest friends

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doinghumanthings 2 points 3 years ago

Pop (in Illinois)

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schmalls 1 point 3 years ago

Grew up calling it pop. Went to college in Tulsa and have converted to the one true name, soda.

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I_like_cats 1 point 3 years ago

Northwest Indiana and we say Pop.

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jimrob4 1 point 3 years ago

Pop

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JackFromWisconsin 1 point 3 years ago

I say soda. I feel it's about split 50/50 in my local area

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Whimseymimple 1 point 3 years ago

Soda, always and forever. (I even converted friends and my spouse from "pop.")

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phoenix591 1 point 3 years ago

I use both; often soda to pad out shorter sentences and pop for longer.

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FistfulOfBottlecaps 1 point 3 years ago

So we're fighting already? lmao

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TurtleTourParty 0 points 3 years ago

Pop normally, but I switch to soda when traveling.

Next question should be gym shoes, tennis shoes, or sneakers.

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EntropicalVacation 1 point 3 years ago

What I’d like to know is if the grass needs mowing or the grass needs mowed?

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Morax 0 points 3 years ago

Soda, grew up in Michigan. But all it took was living in liberal California for 2 years to make pop sound weird.

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wicked82 1 point 3 years ago

the damn hippies have corrupted you! lol

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MyopicTopic -1 points 3 years ago

I'd just like to know why STL and the central IL region is so deep in saying "soda". Granted, any time I've headed up to Chicago I don't think I've heard "pop" so I'm not sure how ubiquitous it is in most of IL even including Chicago. But having not grown up there I can't say myself.

Anyways, it's definitely soda in most of IL. Don't think I've ever heard it called pop there, other than by my grandma who was from the southside of Chicago.

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EntropicalVacation 3 points 3 years ago

It’s absolutely pop in Chicagoland area, where I grew up. I knew I was “downstate” when I started hearing soda, which to me used to be a float (pop with ice cream in it).

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