Originally Posted by
gj83
I lived in MO for a while. STL and COU say Soda. MCI and places like that say pop.
Parts of IL around STL say soda, but parts of CHI say pop.
Pretty much educated people say soda and hicks say pop.
Judging by the map, southern hicks (including the "Appalachian Americans" in NC and TN) say coke.