Growing up in Wisconsin, we always drank "soda". Whether, it was Coke, Pepsi, etc or a generic brand. Always soda and Pop was what my Aunt called her father and some of my friends called their Grandfather. Now I live in Southern Ohio for the past 20 years and it is always pop. I say it too now, but 20 years ago on a hot day, I walked into the local small town drug store and ordered a soda. The clerk asked" what flavor---Strawberry, vanilla or chocolate??" WOW was I confused, but I think so was she---in the end---the Universal word Coke was understood!!! And when I hear the word "soda", my heart skips a beat---I look around for a Northerner or a Wisconsinite visiting Ohio.

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