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Geographic Range of Generic Soft Drink Names in the US: Is 'Pop' the Most Popular?

Explore if 'pop' is the most widespread term for soft drinks in the US based on physical range in each state. Categorize states as 'pop' or 'other' and calculate total area for each term. Results show 'other' surpasses 'pop.' In 'other' category, 'Coke' exceeds 'soda.' 'Soda' has the smallest range. Analysis from the Oxford English Dictionary defines 'pop,' 'soda,' and 'Coke.' Future research may include population-based and county-based studies on dialect effect of relocation.

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Geographic Range of Generic Soft Drink Names in the US: Is 'Pop' the Most Popular?

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  1. Answering the question of the geographic range of generic names for soft drinks in the United States. Is “Pop” More Popular?

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  3. Goal: To find out if “pop” is the most geographically wide-spread generic name for a soft drink. • Method: Look which term has a physically larger range in each state. Each state is placed in the “pop” or “other” category. Finally, add the area in square miles of all states in either category together. The term with the largest area is the term that is most wide-spread. Methodology

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  5. Pop 1,936,515.74 square miles Other 1,600,861.30 square miles Difference of 335,654.44 square miles Results

  6. In the contiguous United States, “other” beats “pop” by 229,873.80 square miles. In the “other” category, Coke is more widely used than “soda” by 31,725.41 square miles. “Soda” has the smallest range out of all three major terms. results

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  8. From the Oxford English Dictionary: pop n.1 6.colloq. An effervescent or carbonated drink (originally ginger beer or champagne, now usually a non-alcoholic fizzy drink). soda 19. Used for, that dispenses, or containing, soda-water, as soda bottle, -clerk (hence -clerking vbl. n.)…soda-pop, flavored soda-water. Coke n.3 A registered trade-mark of the Coca-Cola Company; also used colloq. with small initial. Analysis

  9. Narrowed-down version Population-based study County-based study Study on the effect of moving on one’s dialect Future Work

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