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I have never said "pop" in my life when referring to a bubbly sugary beverage and I am Canadian. I think that may be a Western Canada / Ontario thing maybe? Usually I would say soft drink or refer to a drink by its name. Lately I've been saying soda ... just kinda picked that up.
I'm pretty sure no one over here in Australia uses neither soda or pop.
It's either just soft drink or whatever the drink is called.
Most people in English Canada say "pop". Quebec is an exception (must be all those immigrants from New Jersey ;) ).Quote:
Originally posted by icepop
I have never said "pop" in my life when referring to a bubbly sugary beverage and I am Canadian. I think that may be a Western Canada / Ontario thing maybe? Usually I would say soft drink or refer to a drink by its name. Lately I've been saying soda ... just kinda picked that up.
Ah, ces Quebecois fous et leurs Pepsi!
You'd be surprised how much of your vocabulary isn't as universal as you'd thought. "Running shoes" is the least of your worries!Quote:
Originally posted by Kenshin
Actually, this poll is fairly surprising:
http://www.hcs.harvard.edu/~golder/d...maps/q_73.html
I got plenty of blank stares after I first moved to the US - a lot of words (like "vase", "mauve", "shone", "asphalt", and "washroom", for example) are either pronounced completely differently or mean somethine else.
This is true.Quote:
Originally posted by Tragic
As a New Jersey represenitive I'm gonna say it's called "soda".
As is this.Quote:
"Pop" just sounds too hick for me
The rest of the studies on that site were very interesting. Some crazy answers here:Quote:
http://www.hcs.harvard.edu/~golder/dialect/maps.php
I like these:
How do you pronounce coupon?
I say coopon.
What is your *general* term for the rubber-soled shoes worn in gym class, for athletic activities, etc.?
I call just about every peice of footware I wear, "shoes", I stopped using the term "Sneakers" back when I was like 10. What the hell are jumpers?
Pop. Soda sounds lame. No one (even the people I've met in Quebec) called it Soda. "Donnez mon pop!" Or, "Go to le dep and get some pop."
Soda. Pfft.
I thought y'all said "fizzy drink" or something of the sort.Quote:
Originally posted by ruslah
I'm pretty sure no one over here in Australia uses neither soda or pop.
It's either just soft drink or whatever the drink is called.
I like "soda pop".
Liquour = hardQuote:
Originally posted by SapphirePhoenix
But...how did soda pop get turned into a 'soft drink'? It's soft!?
Pop = non-alcaholic
Therefore, pop = soft
Whenever I went to go visit my father's side of the family in Utah, it was always "pop". "Would you like some pop?" "What kind of pop would you like?" The first time I ever heard it, it confused the living buhjeebies out of me. I think it's exclusively called "soda" by people who were raised on the east coast and it really just depends on where you're from anywhere else. I could be wrong (and probably am). All I know is that, when making a Tom Collins, you "fill to top with soda". They aren't talking about Pepsi or Minute Maid orange soda, they're talking about Club Soda. However, I call it by the brand name or I just say "soda". Never will I say "pop". "Pop" is lame and is reserved for oddballs and those people who live in the "loft above a really great party," as Robin Williams would put it. ;)
It's fucking Soda.