What do you call it Soda, Pop or Cola?
I usually call it "Dungeon & Dragons"
Honestly; "Soda"? What kind of a name for a roleplaying game is that? 
EDIT: I do try to avoid calling it anything other than whatever brand I'm talking about at the time, though. I don't like 'pop' but calling it 'soda' just isn't normal 'round these parts. And 'cola' is completely wrong so I won't use that unless I'm talking about a cola. Really, I don't say 'pop' all that often anymore. Just use the brand names. Less confusion and the manufacturers will thank you. Or not.
I think it's more a regional matter than temporal.
Indeed. Some people in the Boston area still call soda "tonic".
I usually call it "Dungeon & Dragons"
Honestly; "Soda"? What kind of a name for a roleplaying game is that?
"Soda" was one of those hard-to-find, now out-of-print supplements for White Wolf's hard-to-find, out-of-print supplement for Vampire The Masquerade titled "Mortal: The Rent", where characters played normal, mortal humans living day to day in a none gothic-punk world, a PnP version of The Sims. In "Soda" the players all took on roles in either a soda producing factory, a fast food resturant or the kiosk at a multi-plex all specialising in the retailing of soda. Other supplemets were 'Reception, The Office, Police Station, School, College and University and The Bar. They didn't sell very well.....
. I call it soda. everything else is just strange.
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How is Coke on there?
I call it soda. I grew up in Michigan, were most people called it pop. I went away for college to New Jersey, were people call it soda (according to that chart, I never really noticed). When I went back home to Michigan, my family told me I had learned it there. They're wrong, I had called it soda for years before I left. "Pop" just didn't sound right to me, so I started calling it something else.
Soda is something you bake with.
Cola is a flavor.
Cola is a subset of soda.
Pop is what happens when you put too much air in a balloon.
Other than that, I think I say pop and soda interchangeably
I never say Coke because it's a specific soft drink.
Other than that, I think I say pop and soda interchangeably
I'm sure you would offer people a 'generic brand toaster pastry' as well.
A what, now?
A generic brand toaster pastry.
Or perhaps a 'self adhesive polyurethane strip with a centrally affixed gauze pad'?
Yeah, I've chatted with people from the south who call everything "Coke," regardless of what it actually is.
Myself, being from Canada, I called it pop most of my life. That's what everybody did. After moving to Japan the first time, I adopted the word soda, and that's what I use now. It was a very multinational work environment; I don't even remember which nationality I adopted it from. I think it was just what was agreed on by everybody, whether they were from Australia or US or UK or Canada or wherever.
Nobody looks at me funny when I use the word soda in Canada. And nobody thinks I mean baking soda.
I mean... what about toaster pasteries? Is there another name I should be using?
Most people here just call them poptarts, like most people call them other things bandaids.
I was poking fun at the 'reason' why you do not ever call soda "coke".
I'll say, "Do you want any Poptarts?" If I'm actually talking about Poptarts. Otherwise I'll just say, "Want a [Insert Brand Name]?"
I just don't see what requires reason to be flanked by single quotation marks
I've never heard anyone call something a Poptart that wasn't a Poptart.
I'll say, "Do you want any Poptarts?" If I'm actually talking about Poptarts. Otherwise I'll just say, "Want a [Insert Brand Name]?"
I just don't see what requires reason to be flanked by single quotation marks
Because it seems more like a silly justification than a reason, for something that really needs no justification at all.
As I grew up in New England before I was transplanted to the mid-west, I call it "soda".
Wow, I bet you could use that map to redraw the state lines more accurately by sub-culture. You know the states of Coke, Pop and East and West Soda
But whats with the "soda hole" standing in the middle there?
My teachers always tell me to show my work.
But whats with the "soda hole" standing in the middle there?
Good question. I have no idea why St. Louis favors soda like that.
I was born in Ohio, and my folks are also from Ohio. I grew up with it being called Pop.
I don't care how many yokels call it Soda. It's Pop.
Just who are you calling "yokels" here? I mean, I know who yanks, red-necks, cowboys, and city slickers are, but I'm not really clear on just where you find a "yokel". Makes me think of the Dakotas though. Not sure why, as I'm pretty sure that connection doesn't actually exist.
Well I am fairly sure you can find yokels in the Dakotas.
Definitions of yokel on the Web:
- a person who is not very intelligent or interested in culture
wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn - Yokel is a derogatory term referring to the stereotype of unsophisticated country people. In the United States, it is used to describe someone from the rural South or Midwest. Synonyms for yokel include bumpkin, hayseed, chawbacon, redneck, and hick.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yokel - An unsophisticated person; A person of rural background
en.wiktionary.org/wiki/yokel
We've got alot of yokels around where I live as you can imagine.
.Definitions of yokel on the Web:
- a person who is not very intelligent or interested in culture
wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn- Yokel is a derogatory term referring to the stereotype of unsophisticated country people. In the United States, it is used to describe someone from the rural South or Midwest. Synonyms for yokel include bumpkin, hayseed, chawbacon, redneck, and hick.
Chawbacon?
That's the best word I've ever read! 
Thanks for the mental image, EE.
I call it soda. Cola is a flavor. Pop is an onomatopoeia.
This. I think it's a New England thing. Judging by his sig, he's from the NE too.
Though honestly, I mostly hear people just ask if someone wants a drink, not if they want a soda. It's better, ya know? Leaves the door open to non-carbonated beverages. And alcoholic ones. And occasionally milkshakes. Which then bring boys to the yard. Which then means I have to get the hose and yell at them.
Kinky.
Kinky.
You were supposed to be put of mind of spraying the cat with a water bottle for doing something bad, rather then wet t-shirt contest.
those little sugar/chocolate things you put on ice cream: "Sprinkles", or "Jimmies"?
waiting with a single-file grouping of people for something: "on line", or "in line"?
"Soda", "Sprinkles", and "on line" for me
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I'm from Florida we call it coke. Anything else is just barbaric as is drinking unsweet tea.
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My first thought on seeing this was damm I wish I had those pants and maybe top as well. But not sure what your saying here
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My first thought on seeing this was damm I wish I had those pants and maybe top as well. But not sure what your saying here
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