An interesting graphic for the neverending soda vs pop debate
 

Interesting to see the state-by-state and county-by-county breakdown. I've always been in the "soda" camp myself but it looks like I live smack in the middle of "Coke" country.

But at least I've never used "pop". Damn dirty hippies...

There are some rather large counties out west.

120K respondants? Isn't that a little low for a country with as many people as the US?

By the way, do you Americans refer to beers as "wobbly pops" or is that just a Canadian thing?

I really hope thats a joke. Wobbly pops???

Wobbly pops.

Wobbly pops, that's great. I'll have to use that from now on.

Okay, I'm Canadian - live both out East (Nova Scotia) and out West (Alberta) - and I've never ever heard someone use that before :)

I thought I might be the only one to notice that too. Hmm... I guess I should go get a {Checks map} Pop... I thought I already had a father though... :confused:

that can't be right.. most the people i run into in the kc area refer to it as soda.. or coke.. i don't hear many people saying pop.. at all :)

I'm in the VERY NE corner of Oklahoma, were apparently people say "coke", however I say "pop" and the counties surrounding me say, "pop". Maybe I should move to be with my own people.

From Detroit originally, but hearing the term "pop" used instead of "soda" is like nails on a chalkboard...

Yeah, but you guys also pronounce it "Mi-am-uh" instead of the conventional "Mi-am-ee" ...just sayin' :)

So....what are they calling it in half of North Carolina???

Is that a trick question? Coke...

Okay, okay, in the lime green parts.

Oh, didn't notice that. Wobbly pops, perchance?

Dola-

Or maybe they use "Pepsi" as a generic term...

I hope to share a few wobbly pops with ML someday.

When we are roasting marshmellows over Kerry Frasers hair peice.

"I'd like a Big Mac, large fries, and uh 'go large' on that Wobbly Pop."

:)

This color-coded map could also be used for other things. For example:

It shows that in democrat-dominated areas "soda" is popular.
In "pop" dominated areas there is a lot of bulldozing buildings, bigamy, and trailer living going on.
The more likely you are to live in a town where everyone is related, the more likely you are to refer from everything from pepsi to orange fanta as "coke."
The largest areas of "no data" are in the President's state...

If I think about it objectively, 'pop' is an odd choice for a generic term for a soft drink, but that's the term I always heard growing up and I rather enjoy the fact it's a hot-button issue for some, so I'll keep calling it 'pop' (though I drink iced tea nowadays instead)...

I wonder how SE Missouri and SW Illinois came to be Soda regions in the middle of Pop and Coke country.

This is true.

I never realized how widespread coke and pop are. I won't be able to sleep at night anymore.

Nobody calls it "Ginger"?

being from NC I will bet they are calling it PEPSI...

The taste born in the Carolinas! ;)

Nearly everyone I meet calls it Coke or Pepsi as the generic term... Pop and Soda are very "yankee" or "transplanted yankee" terms here in NC...

Wobbly pops is an Ontario thing I think, not all of Canada. In Nova Scotia beer is just "Keith's".

I love the soda stronghold in Missouri/Illinois... don't give in!

ROFLMAO!! That's frieken awesome, I'll be using that from now on. "Hey Sylvia, would you like a 'wobbly pop'"? They'll look at me like I'm from another planet. That's great :)

To be honest, I haven't even heard it used that much. In high school, my friends and I picked up the term from an episode of Coach's Corner and it just stuck.

God bless Don Cherry.

When joking around, we used to refer to beer as "barley pop", but I had never heard of "wobbly pop" until today.

You crazy Canadians. :)

Cheerwine.