Last night I stumbled across this fascinating county by county breakdown of generic names for soft drinks. “Soda”, “Pop”, and “Coke” are the three usual suspects but the category of “Other” is pretty fascinating no? Would it be right to assume that in Southwest “Other” means soda is ordered in Spanish? But what about northern-most Minnesota? What’s going on there? North Carolina and Virginia too, lots of green counties there; I wanna know what they’re asking for. Missouri, as usual, you’re a mess. In conclusion, I can tell you that as a Southerner, all soft drinks are obviously called “cokes”. The end.

Last night I stumbled across this fascinating county by county breakdown of generic names for soft drinks. “Soda”, “Pop”, and “Coke” are the three usual suspects but the category of “Other” is pretty fascinating no? Would it be right to assume that in Southwest “Other” means soda is ordered in Spanish? But what about northern-most Minnesota? What’s going on there? North Carolina and Virginia too, lots of green counties there; I wanna know what they’re asking for.

Missouri, as usual, you’re a mess.

In conclusion, I can tell you that as a Southerner, all soft drinks are obviously called “cokes”. The end.

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  2. korybing said: I thought it was really wierd when Kate started saying “pop” hahah. I wonder if “sodie” or “sodie-pop” is considered in “other”. I heard that a lot when I was a kid, but not so much now.
  3. joshdoty said: Good grief, look at Alaska.
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