As a child, my family moved quite a bit. One of the strangest things I noticed was what people called a carbonated beverage in different places. In many of the places I’ve lived, it’s a soda; in some, it’s a pop. My sister was once mortified when, just after one of our many moves, she went on a date to the local ice cream and soda joint near our new home and her date ordered “sodey pops” for them.

Apparently I’m not the only one who’s been baffled by this sort of thing. Someone has actually set up a site devoted to the pop-vs-soda question.

The Internet is a wonderful place for finding useless information.