Soft Drink Dialects
North AmericaCulturalThe distribution of generic names given to soft drinks in North America
PopVsSoda.com; Alan McConchieA map showing soft drink dialects in North America. "Soda" is used (light green) mainly in California and Nevada. "Pop" (light yellow) in Canada. "Coke" (light purple) in the Southern U S. "Other" (orange) is used mainly in Quebec and northern Canada.
Value | Oil Slicks (1990s) | 4.50–4.59 pH | 4.60–4.69 pH | 4.70–4.79 pH | 4.80–4.89 pH | 4.90–4.99 pH | 5.00–5.09 pH | 5.10–5.19 pH | 5.20–5.29 pH | ≥5.30 pH | Cities | |
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New Brunswick | Pop | |||||||||||
Newfoundland and Labrador | Pop | |||||||||||
Northwest Territories | Pop | |||||||||||
Nunavut | Other | |||||||||||
Prince Edward Island | Pop | 0.308% | ||||||||||
New Hampshire | Soda | 57.6% | 72.0% | 27.9% | ||||||||
Rhode Island | Soda | 95.0% | 2.00% | 3.88% | ||||||||
Vermont | Soda | 5.93% | 95.7% | 4.07% | ||||||||
Wyoming | Pop | 100% | ||||||||||
Montana | Pop | 9.26% | 90.7% | |||||||||
Maine | Soda | 5.06% | 17.3% | 69.8% | 10.8% | |||||||
North Dakota | Pop | 100% | ||||||||||
Kentucky | Coke | 39.9% | 1.72% | 54.3% | 1.61% | 9.53% | ||||||
Delaware | Soda | 99.3% | 17.4% | 81.8% | ||||||||
Mississippi | Coke | 29.7% | 14.3% | 79.0% | 5.27% | |||||||
West Virginia | Pop | 3.63% | 7.63% | 45.0% | 12.8% | 8.92% | ||||||
Alabama | Coke | 8.82% | 84.6% | 13.4% | ||||||||
Kansas | Pop | 100% | ||||||||||
New Jersey | Soda | 99.2% | 5.98% | 36.6% | 32.6% | 23.7% | ||||||
South Carolina | Coke | 33.6% | 64.2% | 2.08% | ||||||||
Connecticut | Soda | 99.9% | 49.9% | 50.0% | ||||||||
Maryland | Soda | 76.4% | 12.5% | 29.8% | 10.3% | |||||||
Arkansas | Coke | 0.397% | 17.5% | 40.8% | 7.44% | 10.2% | ||||||
South Dakota | Pop | 100% | ||||||||||
Iowa | Pop | 1.50% | 98.5% | |||||||||
Alaska | Soda | 0.113% | 1 | |||||||||
Arizona | Soda | 1.23% | 98.8% | 2 | ||||||||
Utah | Soda | 1.69% | 98.3% | 1 | ||||||||
Yukon | Pop | 1 | ||||||||||
District of Columbia | Soda | 100% | 100% | 1 | ||||||||
Florida | Soda | 0.837% | 1.32% | 13.8% | 25.9% | 4 | ||||||
Idaho | Pop | 4.63% | 95.4% | 1 | ||||||||
Washington | Pop | 0.496% | 23.4% | 70.9% | 2 | |||||||
Nova Scotia | Pop | 1.05% | 1 | |||||||||
Virginia | Soda | 62.1% | 3.50% | 1.66% | 15.4% | 2 | ||||||
Saskatchewan | Pop | 1 | ||||||||||
Nebraska | Pop | 100% | 1 | |||||||||
Texas | Coke | 19.3% | 8.53% | 1.49% | 4.74% | 5.19% | 56.4% | 5 | ||||
Missouri | Soda | 26.1% | 26.9% | 12.0% | 34.2% | 2 | ||||||
Louisiana | Coke | 89.8% | 41.6% | 42.5% | 8.80% | 4.48% | 2.23% | 1 | ||||
Hawaii | Soda | 1.73% | 1 | |||||||||
North Carolina | Soda | 16.0% | 1.35% | 37.2% | 1.72% | 9.88% | 2 | |||||
Oregon | Pop | 2.68% | 97.3% | 1 | ||||||||
New Mexico | Coke | 4.15% | 91.3% | 2 | ||||||||
Wisconsin | Soda | 4.01% | 46.8% | 27.3% | 21.3% | 1 | ||||||
British Columbia | Pop | 0.210% | 1 | |||||||||
Michigan | Pop | 24.0% | 10.0% | 4.73% | 13.3% | 1 | ||||||
Alberta | Pop | 2 | ||||||||||
Pennsylvania | Pop | 24.2% | 3.58% | 34.8% | 29.1% | 10.8% | 2 | |||||
Colorado | Pop | 1.85% | 3.55% | 88.3% | 1 | |||||||
Nevada | Pop | 100% | 1 | |||||||||
Massachusetts | Soda | 98.1% | 98.2% | 1 | ||||||||
Georgia | Coke | 0.104% | 7.01% | 3.21% | 2.51% | 3.47% | 1 | |||||
New York | Soda | 26.9% | 4.25% | 52.6% | 35.3% | 1 | ||||||
Québec | Other | 2 | ||||||||||
Manitoba | Pop | 1 | ||||||||||
Oklahoma | Pop | 2.73% | 5.70% | 91.6% | 2 | |||||||
Tennessee | Coke | 1.03% | 5.63% | 19.5% | 14.5% | 3.55% | 2 | |||||
Ontario | Pop | 2.30% | 2 | |||||||||
California | Soda | 99.7% | 6 | |||||||||
Ohio | Pop | 18.7% | 5.07% | 9.56% | 59.7% | 23.0% | 2 | |||||
Indiana | Pop | 44.2% | 12.8% | 4.37% | 8.75% | 5.18% | 1 | |||||
Minnesota | Pop | 2.86% | 4.42% | 92.3% | 2 | |||||||
Illinois | Pop | 6.79% | 39.9% | 27.0% | 15.0% | 3.08% | 9.73% | 1 | ||||
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