so·da (sō'də) Pronunciation Key
n.
Any of various forms of sodium carbonate.
Chemically combined sodium.

it's not an adjective, it is a noun!

 

Soda pop is not sodium carbonate. Sodium carbonate is IN soda pop. Hence why it's called soda pop.

 

Hey what's wrong with salt and vinegar chips!?

 

i want a fanta fanta fanta fanta

 

It kind of interesting when you look at this map....a survey of 100K+ respondants....

http://popvssoda.com:2998/countystats/total-county.html

New England, the desert SW, California and a LARGE pocket around St. Louis (???)say "soda"....

Most of the Northern US (excluding New England) say "pop"....

And in the South, they say "Coke". But I also don't get the "what kind of Coke do you want?"....."I'll have a Pepsi." (Shrug)

And check out the diversity in Indiana.

I guess the strangest thing I noticed, being from the Chicago area, was just North of the Wisconsin border (along the coast of Lake Michigan and up through North-Central WI [another good sized pocket]) was "soda" again.

Every time we have a customer at work from out of state, and I offer them a soft drink, I usually start off with the "what do YOU call it, question.

 

soda

 

I always say pop

 

Pop, then the question,"what kinda of pop"

 

its "pop"and then "what kind ya got". honestly, i gotta say, the farther north u go the more pop u find, and less soda. down south its soda. old people call it soda pop. calling it by name is for everyone.

 

Texas... COKE for dark drinks or SPRITE for light drinks...
i mainly use coke.