Is it soda or pop?

depend on mood at moment .... since i have lived in so many places both are natural

Here (MA) I've heard soda almost exclusively. Pop tends to sound a bit out of place. I mean, everyone will know what you mean, they might just look at you funny. Also: A really interesting map of the trends is available at popvssoda.com

Its funny b/c you must have been in western PA because I grew up in South Jersey near Philly and it was soda. When I lived in Jacksonville, FL it was hit or miss because down there its just a hodgepodge of people who moved there. Now I'm in Indiana-after leaving Ca, after leaving Oh-All three say pop most predominately but I still say soda-or they say Coke-no matter what the soda-kind of like saying Kleenexeven though its another brand of tissue.

Hummmm, I have always called in soda and I grew up in San Diego.

where I am we call it coke. Whether or not it is Coca Cola Brand or Pepsi or Mountain Dew. We just call everything Coke.

Well, I think that this is definetly a matter of what region you live in. In the north, it is pop, and in the south, it is soda. Why the need for the difference I don't know. I think that it is supposed to be soda. But some crazy yank decided to call it pop and that's where that started.(no pun intended) It is just the slang or alternative language used in the north. I used to live in the north my self and called it pop, when I moved back to the south and I called it pop, people laughed at me. There is also the ways that Texans say: ya'll instead of you all. It just depends where you live I guess.

I call it soda and people look at me funny. In San Diego is you didn't ask for soda they looked at you funny. I'm in PA too ant everyone calls it pop and it drives me a little crazy lol.

In canada for the most part people call it pop. But i have heard a few people call it soda, I don't think it makes a difference, no matter what you call it everyone knows what your referring to right ? :)

I call it soda my grandparents-in-laws call it pop I guess its who you re not where you live I guess.

Here its called both. I call it pop myself but it varies. Down where my hubby is from they call it "drinks". I was lost when they asked me if I wanted a glass of drinks. I was like huh??? We are in Canada, but he's from a different province then me. Too funny how names of things change!