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[Chad Ingham <wap AT visi.com>]

It's "pop" in MN and, hence, the term I grew up using.
The whole "Coke" thing threw me off while visiting Texas once.  My 
obvious question was, "What if you want a Pepsi?".  The answer: ask for 
a Pepsi Coke.  The poor Pepsi marketing dept. obviously has an uphill 
battle in the grand 'ol state of Texas.
Years later, while visiting Orlando I stopped by a fast-food 
restaurant.  Not knowing the proper Floridian terminology to use when 
ordering my beverage I went with the ambiguous "Coke" term, instead of 
my default "pop".  I asked her which word they use since a) I was 
curious and b) the girl behind the counter was really cute and wanted to 
start a conversation.  I was informed that "most people called it soda, 
sometimes Coke, and then occassionally we get the 'real hicks' in here 
who call it pop".  That cute little fast food girl caused me to never 
use the term "pop" again. :)

- Chad

Michael Czeiszperger wrote:

> On Apr 28, 2005, at 12:51 PM, Lyman Green wrote:
>
> > I dunno.  I never heard the term pop used until I came south.  It was
> > exclusively soda in New England where I grew up.  Which I'm pretty
> > sure is as Yankee as you get.
>
>
> I never heard the term "soda" until I moved out of Ohio, which its 
> exclusively "pop".  "Soda" to mean means "baking soda".
>
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