The Great Pop vs. Soda Controversy

[Bonnie Taylor-Blake]

Russ McClay sent us:

> If this is old news, please disregard, otherwise,
> here's a map representing the distribution of
> "pop", "soda", "coke" and other...
>
> http://popvssoda.com:2998/


Don't forget Bert Vaux's data (footnoted on the page above) on these
regionalisms.

http://cfprod01.imt.uwm.edu/Dept/FLL/linguistics/dialect/staticmaps/q_105.ht
ml

(I especially like this representation because it tells us neglected "soft
drinkers" where we are.)

-- Bonnie

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