The Great Pop vs. Soda Controversy

[Margaret Lee]

I have also heard the term "soft drink" (as opposed to hard liquor/alcohol) as an "other."

  Margaret Lee

Bonnie Taylor-Blake <taylor-blake at NC.RR.COM> wrote:
  Charles Doyle wrote:

> I too was wondering about the eastern Texas "soda
> water"--presumably infrequent enough to hide among "other."
> But I would have thought the mid-South/SouthMidland "soda
> pop" would have its own entry. And possibly Southeastern "cold drink."

"Soda water," "soda pop," and "cold drink" can be found in the "other"
results listed under "Total" (along with a bunch of nonsense responses),

http://popvssoda.com:2998/stats/TOTAL.html

-- Bonnie

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