Soda or Pop; Chuck or Chunk?


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So today I was stuck at the DMV for 2.5 hours and had nothing better to do than to listen to people around me talk very loudly on their cell phones.

Which brought to my attention that people say some weird things.


For a carbonated drink, do you call it a soda or a pop?

To express the action of throwing something away, do you say you "chucked" something or "chunked" something?

Also... what region of the US/world are you from?




I say:

Soda
Chucked
Hawaii


 

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'Soda', of the two, though around here it'd be more likely to be called a 'coke' (regardless of the actual brand of beverage).

Chunked

Texas


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Chunked? I've never heard of that. I will chuck something, and I call Coke pop, although I've lived in enough places and had enough variety of influence to change that up every so often depending. I'm from the Midwest.


 

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Soda

Chucked

Virginia

My wife says pop. It drives me nuts... ah, the things we do for love.


 

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1. Definitely Soda
2. Neither, but if I had to pick one it would be chucked
3. Northeast US, specifically NJ and currently NH


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soda
lolwut?
EU


 

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Soda.
I'd not say either chucked or chunked. I'd probably say tossed.
Wisconsin.


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Originally Posted by Smallzies View Post
soda
lolwut?
EU

Smallz, for the record....

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Originally Posted by The_Masque View Post
Smallz, for the record....

EU does not stand for East Upland.
1v1 bro?


 

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Pop
Toss
Michigan

You crazy people and your soda


 

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Those that haven't seen it before may find this interesting.


 

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Originally Posted by The_Masque View Post
Soda
Chucked
This.

Michigan now... but I am from Wisconsin, where we call a 'drinking fountain' a 'bubbler.'



 

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Originally Posted by Rath_the_Brown View Post
Those that haven't seen it before may find this interesting.

So far looks like this is holding true.


 

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The last time I said Coke you yelled at me and made me cry.

Chunked
Coke
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Soft Drink. Around here soda or coke would be acceptable generic terms, but calling it pop is likely to get you laughed at.

Er....between the two options I'd go with chunked.

North Carolina

Edit: Interestingly, according to the map I'm in an "Other" county surrounded mostly by "Coke" counties with a couple "Soda" counties.


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Soda and chucked. I'm in the NE.

I've never heard of "chunked" and I can't fathom how it came to be especially when everybody knows the tongue twister about woodchucks chucking wood.


On a tangent:
I grew up hearing "man" as an dialog exclamation on TV, movies, books, etc. Like "Hey, man!", "Man, that was great!", "Man, did you see that?" Nowadays, I'm hearing the kids saying "son" instead and they sound so stupid. "Son" just doesn't have the impact as "man". And more importantly, I don't know how people not find that it sounds very demeaning while they're being referred to in such a way.


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I've never heard of "chunked" and I can't fathom how it came to be especially when everybody knows the tongue twister about woodchucks chucking wood.

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Down here we call them groundhogs instead of woodchucks.


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pop
chucked
Western Canada

Back in my university days this subject came up with some of my school friends who weren't from the same region as myself. They could not figure out what my hs buddies and I were talking about when we referred to Vico(chocolate milk) and bunnyhugs(hooded sweat shirts).


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Soda
Chucked (I've never even heard of "Chunked" used that way)
Northeast US


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Down here we call them groundhogs instead of woodchucks.
How much ground would a groundhog hog if a groundhog could hog ground?

Edit:
Soda (although I called it pop till I was 10)
Threw or toss - never use chucked and have never heard of chunked
IL then MA then NH


 

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Pop (can't say Soda, it feels too archaic lol)
Chucked (Chunked would be me at the buffet)
Western PA (Pittsburgh area, Pittsburghese has a lot of fun and awful words)


The young girl in the following video definitely hits on some major offenders. Enjoy!
http://youtu.be/sdxsX-ACciw


 

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Pop
Chucked
Originally near Pittsburgh but now down in Harrisburg, PA where they give me funny looks when I ask for pop.

Gonna add a question: Sub, hoagie, grinder, hero, other?


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Originally Posted by Mister Migraine View Post
The young girl in the following video definitely hits on some major offenders. Enjoy!
http://youtu.be/sdxsX-ACciw
It's more than word usage or pronunciation...you've gotta have that nasal drawl to get the full effect of Pittsburghesse.


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soda
chunked (only because of a hearing problem)

California


 

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Originally Posted by Kobolt_Thunder View Post
Gonna add a question: Sub, hoagie, grinder, hero, other?
Sub for cold sandwiches on a hero roll.
Grinder for hot.

I've heard wedge too, but that seems to be a wacky local thing.


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Soda
I usually say "toss", but I never say "chunk"
northern California

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On a tangent:
I grew up hearing "man" as an dialog exclamation on TV, movies, books, etc. Like "Hey, man!", "Man, that was great!", "Man, did you see that?" Nowadays, I'm hearing the kids saying "son" instead and they sound so stupid. "Son" just doesn't have the impact as "man". And more importantly, I don't know how people not find that it sounds very demeaning while they're being referred to in such a way.
To continue this tangent, what "dialog exclamation" do you use?

Around here, it seems to be "dude", "man" and "bro" in descending order of frequency ("bro" is not very common at all). I use "dude" the most, and only say "bro" to bother my brother .