I didn’t grow up in a household with soft drinks, but in those instances during my childhood in which I needed to refer to one, I believe I used the actual name (like Mr. Pibb or Pepsi or what have you). This map suggests my Louisiana brethren simply say “Coke“, which seems a bit general, but even odder is the fact that a big chunk of the country still uses a term I never had heard in my life for it, which is “Pop“.
Is this 1940? Are we going to play jacks, swing by the soda shop, and then head over to an ether frolic? Gosh!
