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Interesting..."pop" is the common term used in the midwest (lower 48). I never used it until I met my wife; she's from Iowa. I use it now consistently.

I guess that makes my question: Do you know if the term "pop" originated in Canada and migrated south, or vice versa?

Also, is it used all across Canada, or is it different in the Eastern provinces?

 

Mericians are only allowed to ask questions in this thread, right Oz?

 

Is it not permissable to provide a background statement to put my questions in context?

 

Theres a fort mac reality show called "Wives of the Oilsands"

 

i think 'real world la loche' is coming out next year.

 

Hugh makes the rules here , it's his thread , I just mind the store when he's not around .

 

Soooo, "pop" .... American or Canadian by origin? Is the term used all across Canada?

 

i thought you guys called them sodas. i'm pretty sure its used coast to coast in canada.

 

Hope OZ isn't watching because this is not a question and I'm not a Canadian with the answer

I think it's a northern/southern thing. It appears that in Canada and the northern U.S. it is pop.

In the southern U.S. it's soda. Just an observation I have made through travels to other parts of the country.

 

NAQ
OYG

 

i'll let it slide. at least its somewhat informative.

 

Do acronyms fire faster?

Never mind, stupid question, withdrawn.

 

It took you 3 minutes.

You're slipping...

 

You obviously haven't traveled much. You're upside down and flipped over.

 

Thank you, sir.

It's your thread, so yours is the opinion that counts

 

No one in the north ever ever said pop. Maybe in cleveland, but they tend to say "ya'all" too.
Boston they say tonic... south east they say coke, mid west they say pop.. but even then, its mostly just those in the cultural meccas and hicks.

 

Disclaimer: This is not in the form of a question.

Sorry, you're wrong. I have family that has lived in Georgia, NC, Texas and Florida. Traveled throughout the South.

I was laughed at for using the term "pop" instead of soda. Coke is coke. What's a 7up. A coke?

Ya'all is PURE southern dialect. I have NEVER heard ya'll anywhere north of the carolinas.

And you're in Hawaii?

OYG...

 

WOAH.. seriously incensed and spun up. You're wrong wrong wrong.

If you say pop in union town, its because it's freaking ohio. I have lived in all of those states for no less than a year each and been infuriated by their backwardsness.

 

im from NC. and yes we would laugh at someone for saying pop. . . we say "lets go get a drank"