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The Invisible Borders That Define American Culture
One of the clearest regional differences in the U.S. can found by tracking the words people use to refer to soft drinks, which is in fact the map you saw at the top of this story. Pop or soda, or even Coke, these small linguistic differences are not as small as we might think. While “soda” commands the Northeast and West Coast (green) and “pop” is in between (black), “Coke” reigns in the south (turquoise). These small distinctions can often act as touchstones for larger cultural differences.
Read more. [Image: Samuel Arbesman]
I live in west PA and it’s fighting words if you don’t say soda.
I thought everyone said coke. What’s wrong with you people.
I didn’t even know this was a THING.
i say soda?? most of the time??
the rule of thumb is that the north says pop and the south says soda
i didnt even know coke was a thing what IS that shit even, thats a brand not a categoy of drink
linguistics and dialect is fascinating
Haha yeah I’ve experienced this first hand. I say soda because I grew up in SoCal. But I moved to the PNW and the fact I don’t say pop constantly gets commented on. “Soda pop, soda is the adjective and pop is the noun!” whatever you fuckers it’s the same shit no matter what you call it](http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m33cl9VdDM1qcokc4o1_500.jpg)
The Invisible Borders That Define American Culture
One of the clearest regional differences in the U.S. can found by tracking the words people use to refer to soft drinks, which is in fact the map you saw at the top of this story. Pop or soda, or even Coke, these small linguistic differences are not as small as we might think. While “soda” commands the Northeast and West Coast (green) and “pop” is in between (black), “Coke” reigns in the south (turquoise). These small distinctions can often act as touchstones for larger cultural differences.
Read more. [Image: Samuel Arbesman]
I live in west PA and it’s fighting words if you don’t say soda.
I thought everyone said coke.
What’s wrong with you people.I didn’t even know this was a THING.
i say soda?? most of the time??
the rule of thumb is that the north says pop and the south says soda
i didnt even know coke was a thing what IS that shit even, thats a brand not a categoy of drink
linguistics and dialect is fascinating
Haha yeah I’ve experienced this first hand. I say soda because I grew up in SoCal. But I moved to the PNW and the fact I don’t say pop constantly gets commented on. “Soda pop, soda is the adjective and pop is the noun!” whatever you fuckers it’s the same shit no matter what you call it
