M Richardson

After MUCH debate (college-age daughter is home - with a 3.5!) we came to the rather sudden recognition that we call it "soft drink". The label preferences got in the way - "Well, when I go into a restaurant I ask for a Coke". We finally realized that for a generic term, if we walked into an unfamiliar grocery store to pick up a 6 pack, what would we ask for? Answer: "Where is the soft drink isle?"

__________________
Race cars, not greyhounds!

M Richardson

Grocery, market, supermarket?

__________________
Race cars, not greyhounds!

RYou

Grocery - small ma and pa store in the neighborhood (near extinct now)

Market - street vendors (also near extinction)

Supermarket - the chain gang

doublej

I bought a pop at the grocery store this morning.

fanforlife

I grew up in NW PA and we call it pop... still do.

__________________
Champions are made while no one is watching.

Trusty

Pop

ODH

Hearing it called "pop" is like sandpaper to my ears.
I grew up near Boston and now call it Soda.
My father still calls it Tonic, which confuses a whole lot of people not from New England.

Spider

"No Coke, Pepsi."

__________________
"Love never dies." The Beatles

sorry_i_win

in western PA its pop for sure