What do you call "A sweet drink containing carbonated water
and flavoring?"
In my experience, whether it's called 'soda' or 'pop' is a hotly contested issue.
I grew up in upstate New York and went to school in Pittsburgh. When people would say 'pop' I
would have no idea what they were talking about. This question is probably a very good
example of dialect boundaries.
Another interesting thing to note about the results of this question is how the dialect
boundaries run North-South instead of East-West like most others. I don't have an
explanation for this, but I love how defined the boundaries are.

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