Fun Friday: What's It Called?

That carbonated beverage that comes from a can--what generic name do you call it by? It varies by region. I grew up in northern Indiana calling it "pop." I move to Jacksonville, FL and it was all "cokes." It was frustrating to ask for a Coke and have someone say, "What kind of coke?" Now I call it "soda." What do you call it?

Below are two different maps to show how it varies by regions of the United States. And if you don't live in the United States, what do you call it and does it change regionally in your country?

Do you agree with this map? It show Jacksonville as calling it soda and that wasn't what I found to be true, and it has our part of FL calling it Coke.

You Want a What?

I think we all know that things may be called by different names in different parts of the country. But this was brought to mind today while at Dollar General. The lady in front of me left her bag with two Diet Cokes in it. The cashier called out, "You forgot your pops." 

Well, no one down here calls soft drinks "pop" (unless they are from another part of the country!). Pops is your grandfather. But where I grew up in Indiana, soft drinks are called pop. 

When I moved to Jacksonville, everything was Coke. "Hey, give me an orange coke." Huh? So I started calling it all soda at that point. And I still do even though since then I've lived in England, Okinawa, North Dakota, South Dakota and Georgia.. So what do you call it? Do you agree with the map?