This is a geographical map of the United States of America. This is a part of a survey done to see what people call soft drinks. The cyan/blue represents the counties that call soft drinks “soda”. The magenta is for the people who call soft drinks “coke”, and the yellow is for the people who call soft drinks “pop”.
One thing I find interesting is that the amount of people who call soft drinks “pop” are just about all the northern half of America (excluding parts of Wisconsin and the New England Northeast). I have family who live in Canada in the provinces that border the United States, and I have noticed that they also tend to call soft drinks “pop”. This is most likely from immigration between the northern parts of America and Southern Canada. When talking with some locals from Canada, they stated that it was a common practice for citizens who live by the border, such as St. Stevens, New Brunswick, to cross over said border for work or gas. This is because of the fluctuating strength between the US and Canadian currency. When the Canadian dollar was strong, more American citizens would travel to take advantage of the exchange rate and vise versa. This melting and conjoining of people and their customs gives ample time for the spread of language and vocal mannerisms.
(Below I have added a geographical map of Canada with information of what they call soft drinks by provinces and territories)
2 comments:
I've always found it interesting to look at maps that show small dialectical differences like this. I also had no idea people in Canada called it Pop. I believe the reason most people use "Coke" to refer to soda in the south is because Coca Cola was invented in Georgia and has always dominated the market in the south so most people just use it as a blanket term
This map is really interesting!! I think it's cool to see how something as simple as the name of something can change so much in one area. The map is pretty well split, but there are some areas where you can see multiple colors all grouped together to see the difference even when the people are so closely related as far as location. It also is very interesting to me how Alaska is so many different colors in just one state.
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