Good ole USA has several dialects. I have always called a soft drink Pop. Most of the east coast says soda and I think around Georga it is coke regardless.(No offense if I am wrong Mish). I grew up here and in LA so don't know where I got Pop. Could be a Midwestern thing...
Oh that's funny - yeah I said "pop" when I lived in PA, and yes when I lived in GA, everything was "Coke"... as in:
"Do you want a coke?" "Yeah..." "What kind?" "Orange..."
