We call them pop in Canada too!
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It's called pop in all of Canada too. An easy way to spot an american tourist is when they say soda.
I once announced to a room full of Minnesotans that I was going to get a pop.
The shameful walk to the coke machine felt very lonely as I contemplated all that had led me there.
Meanwhile, me, in Texas:
All soda is Coke.
I can hardly express my terror when I first moved away and ordered a coke and they just handed me some random ass coke.
Like they didn't even ask what kind I wanted.
Fuck yeah. From my understanding Faygo was a big reason we call it pop. Rock & Rye is probably the greatest flavor of any pop.
From places that I have lived and worked - in western NY it is Pop in Rochester and Buffalo, but somewhere between Rochester and Syracuse it becomes Soda! Also, it is quite shocking to go to Texas and be asked "What kind of Coke do you want?"
Can someone tell me what Rock & Rye Faygo actually tastes like, because ive been told that it tastes nothing like a Rock & Rye cocktail
They call it pop here in North-East of England as well.
This seems to apply to most of the upper midwest. Iowa, Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Indiana, Ohio etc.
From Iowa, can confirm.
They do in in PA too. I've lived here almost my whole life and I hate it. Pittsburghese is a fucking travesty of human language.
Also Michigan and much of Indiana (not sure of Indianapolis and south of there). You get a little bit of it in western NY state too.
I grew up saying 'pop,' but have acquiesced to saying 'soda' once I moved outside of Michigan.


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