[Rose in RoseBear]

My family, from San Antonio and points south, always called that fizzy soft drink in bottles "soda water." I married a man from about 1500 miles north of San Antonio, who calls it "pop." I'll be going up yonder soon, and will have to steel myself to "pop."

<shudder>

[MattAMiller]

Isn't it odd how grating "pop" can be if your not used it? It's one regionalism that people never fail to notice. I had a teacher in High School who said "pop" and we all thought he was a gap toothed hick for it.

He wasn't, he taught economics and he did a great job of it. But we were teenagers and our anti-pop prejudice was strong.