soda vs pop vs coke

[Linus Van Pelt]

Yeah similarly, in practice I often say "soda" so people don't look at me like "what?", but definitely "pop" is the term in my native dialect.

When I first came to N.J., "soda" sounded kind of all-America-1950's to me, reminiscent of some diner with jukeboxes and that sort of thing. But now I'm used to it.