Date:  Tue, 5 Dec 1995 16:32:52 -0500

From:  Jerry Miller <millerj[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]FRANKLINCOLL.EDU>

Subject: Re: Pop & Soda



>> went up to one of those traveling deli carts to buy something to drink.

>> On the sign it said: Can of pop -- 50 cents. Soda -- 75 cents. I asked

>> the guy what the difference was between "pop" and "soda" and he looked at

>> me like I'd lost my mind. So what is the difference?

>

>I wish you had asked him to show them both to you. The words are

>interchangable in the western states I've lived in.

>

My experience here in Indiana is that the two terms are interchangable, with

"pop" far more common than "soda" (the only person I can remember who always

said "soda" was an old news editor of mine). I think the distinction on the

sign you saw may be between "pop" (as in Coca-Cola, 7-Up, etc.) and "soda"

(the "yuppie" drinks like "New York Seltzer," etc.), but I could be wrong.



Jerry Miller