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 | Lightning Frequency | <0.1 flashes/km²/year | 0.1 flashes/km²/year | 0.2 flashes/km²/year | 0.4 flashes/km²/year | 0.6 flashes/km²/year | 0.8 flashes/km²/year | 1 flash/km²/year | 2 flashes/km²/year | 4 flashes/km²/year | 6 flashes/km²/year | 8 flashes/km²/year | 10 flashes/km²/year | 20 flashes/km²/year | 30 flashes/km²/year | High Pressure | |
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Alaska | Soda | 6.63% | 1.78% | 25.5% | 0.226% | 5.17% | |||||||||||
Arizona | Soda | 1.13% | 23.6% | 20.0% | 37.0% | 18.2% | |||||||||||
Utah | Soda | 22.2% | 65.3% | 0.130% | |||||||||||||
Yukon | Pop | 2.57% | 1.17% | 39.3% | 42.1% | 0.676% | 0.532% | 2.01% | |||||||||
Northwest Territories | Pop | 10.4% | 11.3% | 1.93% | 1.61% | 13.9% | 14.4% | 4.36% | 8.69% | ||||||||
District of Columbia | Soda | 100% | |||||||||||||||
Florida | Soda | 0.168% | 52.7% | 47.1% | |||||||||||||
Idaho | Pop | 8.51% | 90.0% | ||||||||||||||
New Hampshire | Soda | 77.0% | 23.0% | ||||||||||||||
Rhode Island | Soda | 100% | |||||||||||||||
Vermont | Soda | 4.97% | 95.0% | ||||||||||||||
Washington | Pop | 1.04% | 10.6% | 19.8% | 20.2% | 12.1% | 35.6% | 0.648% | |||||||||
Wyoming | Pop | 48.7% | 16.7% | 16.6% | 10.4% | 7.61% | |||||||||||
Nunavut | Other | 41.3% | 36.7% | 7.71% | 1.80% | 1.53% | 0.139% | ||||||||||
Montana | Pop | 1.84% | 16.7% | 6.56% | 12.0% | 2.35% | |||||||||||
Maine | Soda | 5.45% | 71.9% | ||||||||||||||
North Dakota | Pop | 5.40% | 24.2% | 48.6% | 17.6% | ||||||||||||
Kentucky | Coke | 100% | |||||||||||||||
Nova Scotia | Pop | 8.11% | 10.6% | 36.1% | 17.3% | 27.8% | |||||||||||
Virginia | Soda | 0.585% | 33.4% | 66.0% | |||||||||||||
Delaware | Soda | 1.09% | 21.6% | 74.1% | 3.24% | ||||||||||||
Prince Edward Island | Pop | 2.52% | 8.96% | 20.3% | 68.2% | ||||||||||||
Saskatchewan | Pop | 0.267% | 0.717% | 31.5% | 16.7% | 3.54% | |||||||||||
Mississippi | Coke | 53.6% | 46.4% | ||||||||||||||
West Virginia | Pop | 90.8% | 9.25% | ||||||||||||||
Nebraska | Pop | 2.93% | 89.3% | 7.74% | |||||||||||||
Texas | Coke | 1.17% | 8.70% | 65.9% | 24.2% | ||||||||||||
Missouri | Soda | 97.2% | 2.76% | ||||||||||||||
Louisiana | Coke | 100% | |||||||||||||||
Hawaii | Soda | 0.113% | 0.444% | 32.9% | 60.0% | ||||||||||||
North Carolina | Soda | 100% | |||||||||||||||
Oregon | Pop | 0.565% | 3.81% | 5.52% | 5.86% | 3.52% | 49.6% | 23.8% | |||||||||
New Brunswick | Pop | 0.276% | 0.234% | 58.0% | |||||||||||||
Alabama | Coke | 41.8% | 58.2% | ||||||||||||||
New Mexico | Coke | 7.94% | 33.3% | 53.7% | |||||||||||||
Kansas | Pop | 96.1% | 3.88% | ||||||||||||||
Wisconsin | Soda | 0.368% | 53.9% | 28.7% | 12.9% | 3.74% | |||||||||||
Newfoundland and Labrador | Pop | 5.05% | 7.84% | 8.94% | 30.5% | 12.3% | 3.57% | 0.308% | |||||||||
New Jersey | Soda | 9.73% | 90.3% | ||||||||||||||
South Carolina | Coke | 85.1% | 14.9% | ||||||||||||||
Michigan | Pop | 1.83% | 31.7% | 16.4% | 14.6% | 8.66% | |||||||||||
Alberta | Pop | 22.8% | 73.1% | 3.13% | |||||||||||||
Connecticut | Soda | 77.5% | 20.8% | 1.09% | |||||||||||||
Pennsylvania | Pop | 7.74% | 34.9% | 57.3% | |||||||||||||
Colorado | Pop | 3.18% | 32.7% | 15.2% | 10.5% | 30.1% | 8.34% | ||||||||||
Nevada | Pop | 1.83% | 39.4% | 47.0% | 11.8% | ||||||||||||
Massachusetts | Soda | 2.27% | 79.0% | 18.5% | |||||||||||||
Georgia | Coke | 48.4% | 51.6% | ||||||||||||||
New York | Soda | 16.1% | 65.1% | 18.0% | 0.137% | ||||||||||||
Maryland | Soda | 2.23% | 17.7% | 58.3% | 21.7% | ||||||||||||
Manitoba | Pop | 2.65% | 4.40% | 2.91% | 25.0% | 48.7% | 10.4% | ||||||||||
Oklahoma | Pop | 64.4% | 35.6% | ||||||||||||||
Tennessee | Coke | 100% | |||||||||||||||
Ontario | Pop | 2.58% | 3.28% | 0.872% | 19.2% | 2.31% | 2.14% | 0.326% | 0.285% | ||||||||
California | Soda | 2.29% | 10.6% | 16.3% | 5.69% | 2.96% | 35.4% | 15.6% | 1.52% | ||||||||
Arkansas | Coke | 15.7% | 84.3% | ||||||||||||||
South Dakota | Pop | 2.09% | 52.0% | 45.9% | |||||||||||||
Ohio | Pop | 23.4% | 76.6% | ||||||||||||||
Indiana | Pop | 100% | |||||||||||||||
Minnesota | Pop | 13.4% | 3.05% | 20.4% | 21.8% | 9.11% | |||||||||||
Iowa | Pop | 5.30% | 6.65% | 14.4% | 73.6% | ||||||||||||
Illinois | Pop | 1.50% | 98.5% | ||||||||||||||
British Columbia | Pop | 1.64% | 6.95% | 12.6% | 20.1% | 4.57% | 5.28% | 0.164% | 6.19% | 1 | |||||||
Québec | Other | 11.0% | 4.90% | 11.5% | 3.83% | 3.39% | 3.67% | 19.7% | 17.8% | 0.183% | 1 | ||||||
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