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[fanaticbuckeye]

Find the word "pop" on a can of any carbonated beverage. Look for the word "soda".

I humbly accept your resignation in the debate.

 

[Best Buckeye]

The term comes from the olden times, um way before my time, when sodas were called soda pops. I think it was because the carbonation made the beverage "pop". Either that or the old guy at the confection counter was called "Pop".......
You would go in and say How's about a soda, Pop. nm

 

[localyokel]

Find the word "pop" on a can of any carbonated beverage. Look for the word "soda".

I humbly accept your resignation in the debate.

An obscene amount of time (including some of mine today) has been devoted to scientific research on this issue:

http://http://popvssoda.com/

While I do concur with the author of the above study in his opinion:

CONCLUSION
People who say "Pop" are much, much cooler.

I can't honestly claim that he demonstrates any truly scientific basis for his conclusion.

As to the origin of the terms, there is this, courtesy of the Hutchinson's Patented Spring Stopper site:

http://http://hutchbook.com/Industry%20History%20Soda%20Pop/Default.htm

In my opinion, the term "soda pop" originated from the sound made when externally stoppered bottles were opened, i.e. as their corks were released. Some researchers even suggest the term pre-dates the bottling of soda.

"Called on A. Harrison and found he was at Carlisle, but that we were expected to supper; excused ourselves on the necessity of eating at the inn; supped there upon trout and roast foul, drank some most admirable cyder, and a new manufactory of a nectar, between soda-water and ginger-beer, and called pop, because 'pop goes the cork' when it is drawn, and pop you would go off too, if you drank too much of it." Letter penned by English poet laureate Robert Southey in 1812.

"At the beginning of the 19th century soda water consisted of nothing but water, a little soda, and sometimes a bit of flavoring... The soda was kept under pressure in cylinders that came to be called 'soda fountains' the sparkling, popping soda that came out of the fountains probably was responsible for the name POP for SODA long before soda was bottled." Facts on File Encyclopedia of Word and Phrase Origins, Robert Hendrickson, 1987.

As for whether the word "pop" appears on any contemporary container, the question may be asked if the word's authenticity depends more on current industrial labeling practices, or on historical precedent.

Note the embossed word "POP" in the accompanying photos of a beautiful MEHLS / POP & MINERAL WATERS / ERIE Pa blob top soda bottle. ...According to Brent Allred, noted authority on Erie, PA bottles, Mehls was in business at 61 East 9th Street, Erie, PA, from 1868 until ceasing operations in 1876, three years prior to introduction of Hutchinson?s Patent Spring Stopper.

The Defense res...uhhh...acknowledges that nobody actually gives a [censored], Your Honor.

 

[Buckeye Maniac]

I always wondered why I cringe every time I hear "pop" or "soda", despite living my entire life in the North.

While I don't actually call everything "coke", I do prefer that word for it, and generally call everything by its actual name or, if ordering at a restaurant with self serve fountains, I order a "drink"

Now I see why. I lived in Indianapolis from ages 1-5. And wouldn't you know it, it's the only place outside of the south that says "coke"

 

[buckeyegrad]

 

[Buckeye86]

I always wondered why I cringe every time I hear "pop" or "soda", despite living my entire life in the North.

While I don't actually call everything "coke", I do prefer that word for it, and generally call everything by its actual name or, if ordering at a restaurant with self serve fountains, I order a "drink"

Now I see why. I lived in Indianapolis from ages 1-5. And wouldn't you know it, it's the only place outside of the south that says "coke"

Similarly, I grew up from 1-5 (or so) in the "soda" island of St. Louis before moving back to Ohio, so now I have a weird mix of "soda pop" lingo that I use interchangeably or mashed together.

 

[AKAK]

What the fuck are you freaks talking about?

All references to carbonated beverages should be to beer.

 

[Buckeye Maniac]

Similarly, I grew up from 1-5 (or so) in the "soda" island of St. Louis before moving back to Ohio, so now I have a weird mix of "soda pop" lingo that I use interchangeably or mashed together.

Funnily enough, my 0-1 phase was spent in St. Louis.

 

[Buckeyeskickbuttocks]

What the fuck are you freaks talking about?

All references to carbonated beverages should be to beer.

+1

 

[BB73]

Either pop or soda are fine for me, it's just a regional preference. Calling everything a 'coke', however, is simply moronic.

 

[localyokel]

Either pop or soda are fine for me, it's just a regional preference. Calling everything a 'coke', however, is simply moronic.

It's kind of in the same category as calling all tissue "Kleenex".

But, "coke" meaning any pop/soda/carbonated beverage is a new one to me, though.