Hey TX--thanks for the ping. Until I was 7 I grew up in Maine. I believe I used to call it Soda and Coke when I was little. When we moved out to Colorado when I was 7, my friends called it pop. I can remember thinking that was very strange. I don't think I use the term coke anymore because people would think I want a coke. I call it both soda and pop and use the terms soda pop and soft drink as well.
I never knew you grew up in Maine. My sister-in-law is from there. After a few years I finally started to understand her!
My mom always called the couch the divan. I called it the divan until my hubby from WI had no clue what I was talking about. There there is the difference between vacuum and sweeper! Errrrrrrr.