Finally, facts and figures pertaining to carbonated jargon.

[Capntastic]

[glu-glu]

and what's yours?

Here most people go for soda.
Granted, the other most used term over here isn't even in the list....and is not like we use most of those other than soda...

[Jak Snide]

Pop is the favorite term of the North of england for carbonated drinks. The South, however, is too good to give them an all-in-one label. I still use pop though, because I'll be damned if I'm saying "Let's go grab some carbonated beverages from Tesco."

[pd Rydia]

I refused to respond to the Cat's Butt Channel question on this, because the only answers were "pop" and "soda."

[Spleen]

I'm proud to say I live in the dark brown state of New Jersey, where "soda" is king.

[Ark]

I still just use the actual name of the product I'm buying.

For example: 'A Can of Coke', for a can of Coke Cola. 'A bottle of Pepsi', for a 700ml bottle of pepsi. 'A Big Bottle of 7-up', for a 2 liter bottle of 7-up and so on. None of this Soda or Pop.

Amusinly the only term I've heard that emcompases all of them is "Fizzy drinks"

And living up here in the north of England I haven't actually heard anyone say Pop to me yet. Though there is the possibillity I thought they were going to say it and drop kicked them in reflex.

[Ganonfro]

It is indeed accurate about New York. There is a fine line that splits Western NY away into saying Pop, as opposed to Soda. There were many debates and we ended up murdering those sad bastards for their outlandish ideals.

[Spleen]

Want me to bring the state of New Jersey to kick West New York's ass?

[Ganonfro]

As long as we can still ship our trash to your state. Cuz you're NY's bitch state, and all.

[KingOfDoma]

Please, PLEASE someone tell me why carbonated drinks are called Coke. I can understand facial tissues being called Kleenex, and cotton swabs being called Q-tips, as they're generic catch-all names for certain products. But Coke refers to a SPECIFIC flavor of soda. How can it be a term that refers to ALL of fizzydom?

[Justice Augustus]

"Soft drinks"

Although for a while, all drinks fell into two categories for me: "Beer" and "Not Beer". Then I discovered scotch and rum, and my world was turned upside down.

I'm going to go drink beer and hop from planet to planet in Super Mario Galaxy shouting "Whoa" at my telly and then giggling to myself. Because that's how I game.

[BrainWalker]

I'm mostly curious about what sorts of names the green areas on the map represent.

I'm still not entirely comfortable with the concept of calling Pepsi or generic orange soda "coke", but if Cha thinks it's a bad idea, then maybe there is some logic to it after all.

[glu-glu]

It would be cool if they were weird ass names like "bubble brew" or something equally moronic.

[Justice Augustus]

Since most of the green areas appear to be in North Carolina, I assume that they represent people who refer to them as "the Devil".