An expert in American dialects explains how a ‘health drink’ from the early 1800s spawned so many names and variations.

With burgers sizzling and classic rock thumping, many Americans revel in summer cookouts – at least until that wayward cousin asks for a “pop” in soda country, or even worse, a “coke ...

"Soda" trails behind at 582, while just 153 went with "pop." Another 665 chose "other" with "soft drink" topping that write-in list. Rage Against the Regime protests to take place in Alabama on Aug.2.

Girly Pop Soda Shop is a sweet beverage company shaking up the food and drinks scene. Sugar Kisses is a new food truck that popped up at Public House.

The word you use generally boils down to where you're from: Midwesterners enjoy a good pop, while soda is tops in the North and far West. Southerners, long the cultural mavericks, don't bat an ...

The “pop” seems to be onomatopoeic for the noise made when the cork was released from the bottle before drinking. Linguists don’t fully know why “pop” became so popular in the Midwest.

The “pop” seems to be onomatopoeic for the noise made when the cork was released from the bottle before drinking. Linguists don’t fully know why “pop” became so popular in the Midwest.

Given its alleged curative effects for health issues such as indigestion, pharmacists sold soda water at soda fountains, innovative devices that created carbonated water to be sold by the glass.A ...