Can we settle the age-old question of whether carbonated soft drinks should be called "soda" or "pop?"

I'm all for the new word "bonated" to describe them. Sort of like how weblog turned into blog, carbonated can become bonated. Shorten it more, turn it into bone. Pass me a bone, meaning pass me a sodapop. Woof?

I'm from New Orleans and we always say we're going to get a coke, no matter what flavor drink you get. Weird, huh? Either that or we just say a cold drink. We never say pop or soda here. Don't know why.

You will never settle this one. It totally depends on your locale. It can be called soda, pop, soda pop, coke, pepsi or carbonated beverages it really makes no difference.

I use soda and I hate the word pop. I am from Texas and I hate it when my dad (who was born in Oklahoma) uses the word pop.

Around these parts we say 'pop'. I believe in Northern Ohio... aka "Chacha land" they say 'soda'.

I agree with your reasoning, however, I was once told by a rather helpful motorist in a pickup truck that "assholes use da turn signal soda udder assholes know dere gonna turn". For that reason alone, I vote for 'soda'.

In New Mexico we say "soda." My kin in Oklahoma say "pop." I once tried asking my students if they wanted pop and they had no idea what I was talking about. I think it's regional.

The term soft drink originally applied to carbonated drinks and non-carbonated drinks made from concentrates, although it now commonly refers to any cold drink that does not contain alcohol. Beverages like soda, lemonade, and fruit punch are among the most common types of soft drinks, while hot chocolate, tea, and coffee do not fall into this classification. Fizzy drinks (carbonated beverages) are produced by injecting carbon dioxide into the drink at a pressure of several atmospheres. Carbon dioxide dissolves readily at normal atmospheric pressure, particularly in cold beverages, but far more so at high pressure and large volumes of gas can be dissolved. When the pressure is released the carbon dioxide comes out of solution forming numerous bubbles and begins releasing the carbon dioxide back into the atmosphere. After many minutes most of the carbon dioxide has been released and the drink is said to be "flat".

No - because some places they don't call it soda OR pop.

eg carbonated water in Russia is called Gazarovnia Voda - or something like that.

I also come from an area where we used to call it "pop"...I started calling it soda in high school.

"Pop" is also something that would earn me another VN and suspension notice.

soda gets my vote. To me, pop sounds too effeminate