I call it pop ! I was just curious ,I guess it depends where you live.
Some people ( my sisters boy friend) call it soda and some call it coke.
What do you call it ?

By Palmbchprincess on Tuesday, January 11, 2005 - 10:50 pm:

Soda... I think pop is funny, and I'm a Coke drinker, so calling Pepsi a coke just seems wrong! Funny you posted that, I have another one... What do you call a hard candy on a stick? I call them lollipops or pops, Nate calls them suckers.

By Ilovetom on Tuesday, January 11, 2005 - 11:03 pm:

I call it all coke or diet coke. What can I say? I live in the heart of where the stuff is made.

I call hard candy on a stick a sucker.

By Cat on Tuesday, January 11, 2005 - 11:20 pm:

I've resorted to calling them "soda" because some people don't know what "pop" is!

I also call a hard candy on a stick a sucker.

By Gammiejoan on Tuesday, January 11, 2005 - 11:22 pm:

I call them soft drinks and the candy a sucker.

By Tink on Wednesday, January 12, 2005 - 12:53 am:

Soda and a lollipop.

By Colette on Wednesday, January 12, 2005 - 05:59 am:

tonic or soda.

lollipop.

By Jackie on Wednesday, January 12, 2005 - 07:06 am:

Here in Va Beach, they call it soda. When I grew up in the Chicago suburbs we called it pop.
I also say sucker. My kids know what a lollipop is, but they use the word sucker.

By Karen~moderator on Wednesday, January 12, 2005 - 07:35 am:

Pat, that is too funny, my entire life, everyone in this area (New Orleans) has always called ANY carbonated beverage *Coke* or *Pepsi*. DH moved here from DC and called them *sodas* and my kids laughed at him. I now force myself to call them *sodas* too.

By Unschoolmom on Wednesday, January 12, 2005 - 07:50 am:

Definately pop. I think that's the most used term up here in Canada. I rarely ever hear soda.

By Kernkate on Wednesday, January 12, 2005 - 08:44 am:

Soda and a lollipop.

By Tunnia on Wednesday, January 12, 2005 - 09:16 am:

I say soda, but I'm a minority here in the south. Almost everyone calls it 'coke'.

I call hard candy on a stick a sucker.

By Sue3 on Wednesday, January 12, 2005 - 09:31 am:

I call hard candy on a stick suckers .When my sisters boyfriend and his son were here visiting for the Holidays,
it drove them nuts that everyone called pop,POP!
Also , here in Michigan we have bottle deposit.So we take the cans back to the store for $$.
Well , in Florida they don`t have that , so I had to keep fishing the (pop) cans out of the trash because they would forget ! Lol.

By Boxzgrl on Wednesday, January 12, 2005 - 09:47 am:

Soda, i'm from CA and pop sounds so weird. I had a friend from Kansas that went to college here and I always corrected her when she said pop.

And lollipops here.

By Happynerdmom on Wednesday, January 12, 2005 - 09:51 am:

I always called it "pop" until I lived overseas and was made fun of! So I made myself call it "soda," which I still generally do, but it's really POP!!
Hard candy on a stick is a sucker.

By Amecmom on Wednesday, January 12, 2005 - 10:06 am:

Soda & a lollipop. Actually sounds good right now ...

By Marcia on Wednesday, January 12, 2005 - 10:26 am:

Pop and suckers.

By Emily7 on Wednesday, January 12, 2005 - 10:43 am:

I have lived in Texas, Michigan, Oklahoma, & Wyoming. I call it pop, soda, or soft drink & I call it a sucker or a lollipop( but mainly sucker).
The one that used to get me is convenience store, party store, or quick mart.

By Kay on Wednesday, January 12, 2005 - 12:12 pm:

I've been in Texas all my life - I call them soft drinks, but soda is also used a lot.

The hard candy - a sucker.

By Jelygu on Wednesday, January 12, 2005 - 12:28 pm:

I live in the South, where everyone calls everything a coke. I agree with Crystal though, how call you call Pepsi a coke? (huge coke drinker here) So I call soft drinks or just by the specific name. And the hard candy is a sucker

By Tunnia on Wednesday, January 12, 2005 - 12:30 pm:

LOL Melissa! I lived in Kansas until I was 15 and we always called it 'pop' there. Then we moved to Florida and I was teased and corrected about 'pop' so much that I quickly abandoned the word and have not used it since.

By Melanie on Wednesday, January 12, 2005 - 12:31 pm:

Soda and lollipop.

By Dandjmom on Wednesday, January 12, 2005 - 12:49 pm:

Me and my kids(well daughter)say soda. I say sucker sometimes, I have been known to say lollipop but I manley say sucker. That is Until I visit the grandparents in N.C. and then its pop, lollipop, and cream potatoes(mashed potatoes).

By My2cuties on Wednesday, January 12, 2005 - 01:07 pm:

LOL..I have always laughed so hard when my grandparents ask me if I want some pop. They also say lets all go inside when we are in the kitchen and they are talking about going in the livingroom...It Is all inside to me..

I call drinks by their name (sprite is sprite...etc) But when generally speaking I call them soft drinks or I have said just Coke before.

I call it a sucker too, a lollipop to me is the big flat circle candies on a stick.

By Bellajoe on Wednesday, January 12, 2005 - 01:12 pm:

Pop or soda pop ( i guess that's a combination of the two ) and a sucker. To me, lollipops are the BIG round candies on a stick

By Pixie on Wednesday, January 12, 2005 - 02:23 pm:

I personally say soda.

When DH lived in Fla. he said everything is a Coke, "you wanna coke? sure, what kind Mt.Dew" I think thats funny so did he. I live in Ohio and I think most around here say pop.

A small round thing on a stick is a sucker, unless of course its a tootsie or a blow pop. A Lollipop is a much larger scale. A large pinwheel or one of those long twisty rope things.

By Missmudd on Wednesday, January 12, 2005 - 03:20 pm:

Soda and sucker, unless i am going to the store to purchase the soda, then I am going to the store for a coke. So if it is in the house it is soda, if it is on the shopping list it is Coke... lol

By Kate on Wednesday, January 12, 2005 - 03:25 pm:

Here in upstate NY we generally say pop and sucker, but for some reason I tend to think soda and lollipop are more 'couth'.

Personally, Sue, I think we should all adopt your term 'carbonated flavored water'; and Crystal, 'hard candy on a stick' is also good.

By Rayanne on Wednesday, January 12, 2005 - 04:14 pm:

Soda and lollipop

By Mrsneufeld on Wednesday, January 12, 2005 - 05:26 pm:

"Soda" but my SIL that moved to the midwest calls it pop, but pronounces it "pap". When I visit the midwest and ask for a soda, they give me baking soda.

By Alberobello on Wednesday, January 12, 2005 - 07:33 pm:

Here (in England)they call it "fizzie drink"... And they call lollipops, lollipops...Interesting!
Where can I post a question about what the letters you use in your posts mean? like dh, dd, ds? I imagine is it for: my dear husband, my dear daughter and my dear son? Sorry, but I didn't where to do it. I might try the "new to momsview" and introduce myself while i'm there.

Maria

By Tink on Wednesday, January 12, 2005 - 10:03 pm:

Maria, I answered your questions on the New to Momsview Board.

By Dawnk777 on Wednesday, January 12, 2005 - 11:54 pm:

I grew up calling it soda or soda water. Then I moved to central WI, where they all called it pop. I lived there for 9 years, so soon I was calling it pop, too. Then DH and I moved back to southeastern WI and a few times we called it "pop" in public and people looked at us weird, so now we back to calling it soda or Diet Coke, or just Coke (even if it is Diet!)

Hard candy on a stick is a sucker.

Also, it's a bubbler, not a drinking fountain! (another WI thing!)

By Pamt on Thursday, January 13, 2005 - 12:00 am:

Most in the South where I have lived (AL, GA, LA, TX) call it Coke and in MO called it pop. I usually call it a drink or soft drink myself. A sucker is a sucker.

And..here in the south you use a buggy not a shopping cart and one of my pet peeves is "mash the button" instead of "push the button." UGGGHHH! I also hate "fixin' to" as in "I'm fixin to go to the store."

By Dandjmom on Thursday, January 13, 2005 - 09:49 am:

You guys are really making my day, I'm here at work where I don't want to be the day is very slow to past work is slow, but I'm having fun reading your responses. Candis-let's go insdie when your already there thats cool I like that one, Dawn- bubbler I had my co-worker laughing so hard with that one and I'm sure my daughter will find it halarious too, and Pam- mash the button I have to laugh at this one because although I am a born adn breed Washingtonian, my family is is Goldsboro NC and I spent a lot of time there as a young kid and ( on occasions now) I have siad that one before. But I really enjoyed hearing someone esle say it and all the other ones. Keep em'coming.

By Janet on Thursday, January 13, 2005 - 10:41 am:

I'm from Kansas, and call it "Coke" no matter what it is. A variation would be, "A Coke or something" (as in, "do you want a Coke or something?") The candy is a sucker. Now I'm in Illinois, and I've heard "soda" and "sodey" (which I think is just WRONG! LOL)

By Palmbchprincess on Thursday, January 13, 2005 - 12:42 pm:

There is a store in Lampasas, TX (country area) that has a sign on the side of it... says "Ice Cold Sode", and that is just too funny to me!!

By Hol on Thursday, January 13, 2005 - 01:18 pm:

I am really enjoying these. I think the word "inside", referring to the living room (or do you say parlor?), is because in the old days, kitchens were like in a back porch, or pantry, away from the rest of the house.

Here in Rhode Island, we say soda and lollipop. However, in Massachusetts, next state over, some call it tonic. We also call a sub or hoagie, a "grinder". I'm told that it is because a TRUE Rhode Islander likes their sandwich on hard crusted bread, like Italian bread, that you have to "grind" with your teeth. When I lived in the South and asked for a "grinder", I got some strange looks. I think that they thought I should be at a hardware store!

We also call a milkshake with ice cream in it, a "cabinet". Everywhere else in New England, they call it a "frappe". A milk drink with just syrup, and put on the beater, is a milkshake.

Rhode Island is the only place I have ever seen people put vinegar on french fries, except in England, where they call them "chips". To us, chips are like Lay's.

In England, mashed potatoes are "mash".

When I lived in NC, I got a kick out of "mash the button" or "mash the gas pedal". I also once commented to a guy at a base picnic that his little boy was adorable. He said, "Thanks. Yeah, he's a mess", (which I learned was a GOOD thing).

When DD lived in Michigan, she introduced us to "red pop". And, it amazed us that, in a climate as cold as Detroit, that people drank "frozen Coke", even in the winter. And chili fries and cheese fries.

When oldest DS lived in Nebraska, that was when we first heard of "suckers" instead of lollipops, and a "ruff" instead of a "roof", or a "rut" instead of a "root".

Here in Rhode Island, the letter "R" in the middle of a word is not part of the vocabulary. Here, it is "Fawd" instead of "Ford", "cah" instead of "car". If your name is "Mark", you are "Mahk", and "Jennifer" is "Jennifa". It's an ugly dialect. Not so bad in our part of RI, because we are right on the Connecticut border, but upstate in Providence, it's ridiculous!

Keep the funny expressions coming.

By Jtsmom on Thursday, January 13, 2005 - 02:25 pm:

Coke for what ever it is and sucker for the candy. We also say "mash" alot, I never really thought of it as being different, but I guess if you think about it, it is kind of weird.

By Yjja123 on Thursday, January 13, 2005 - 05:18 pm:

Soda and a lollipop.
My hubby is a southern boy through & through and he is always "fixin ta" do something. I always tease him that southerners are always fixin ta do something while yankees (I am from NY and he teases me about being a yankee) just darn well do it.