[natickdan]

Growing up in Boston, we never heard a soft drink referred to as a "pop" or "soda". If you wanted a soft drink, you wanted a "tonic". It was only after I entered the military did I, to my surprise, learn about the term a "pop" or a "soda". It is interesting how much product naming changes from one part of our country to the other. Another example is bowling. I grew-up knowing only one kind and that was candlepen bowling.

I should have known something was up when I was down south and a military friend suggested we go bowling and grab a couple of pops along the way.