Alright Midwest peeps let’s settle this heated debate.
Pop or Soda?
Michigander here - Pop.
Pop in iowa
STL: “soda” or “sodie”
Well it sure ain’t coke!
Strangely, Decatur, IL is in the “soda” region, but my family usually says, “pop.” I knew a guy from Peoria that said “sodie,” no idea if that was regional or just him.
My spouse is from that central IL area and also says sodie.
We also used to talk about “booze cruises” where I’m at (northern IL), and she always knew it as “road sodez” (or something like that).
There both wrong the right answer is obviously soda pop water
Northern Illinois checking in. It’s pop.
Soda is where ya go for the land of 10,000 lakes.
Northwest Indiana and we say Pop.
Pop (in Illinois)
grew up in Michigan where everyone says “pop,” decided to start saying “soda” when I was 14 cuz I wanted to rebel. I can say either now, but typically say “pop” in Michigan so I don’t get any funny looks
Pop
About a 50/50 split in the Marquette iron range. I use both terms depending on who I’m speaking with.
Soda. But I also moved here from the west coast and held on to soda as it trolled my midwest friends
Kansas City, here. We generally say Pop. But I hear Soda with some frequency.
Certainly not “Coke.”
I’m from Michigan but I lived in Wisconsin for 4 years. Most Michiganders call it pop, but when I lived in Wisconsin they called it soda, and I haven’t been able to get rid of the habit of calling it soda.
