Do you drink pop? at The Way We See It

Do you drink pop?

Published

Ryan Frank

on June 21, 2008

in Random

What image comes to mind when I ask, “Do you drink pop?” Let me know by leaving a quick comment.

There is a point to this question, but I’m not going wait a few days to tell you what it is.

14 Responses to “Do you drink pop?”

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1 Brenna
June 21, 2008 at 9:33 am

Yes …but where I come from it’s called Coke or soda.

Your point to the question is …we must be culturally relevant and use language/words appropriate and familiar to the region in which we minister, or kids may not understand the message as clearly.
2 jami
June 21, 2008 at 1:11 pm

When you say, “Do you drink pop?”
I think of a tall glass bottle of Pepsi.
We also don’t use the word “pop”. That definitely gives someone away as a “northerner”. In the south for some reason all carbonated beverages get called Coke.??? We do also have Sun Drop. Yummo! and a caffeine high.
Alright, Enough!
3 Ryan Frank
June 21, 2008 at 10:00 pm

Here are a few emails I have received:

It takes me back to my childhood. It makes me remember family visits during the 1950’s to my aunt and uncle’s home in Bellevue, KY (we lived in Cincinnati, OH). My aunt would always offer us a pop. They were stored on the steps going down to the basement.
Melinda Autry
Pastor of Children’s Ministries
Abundant Life Church
Hillsborough, NC

A glass with ice, a straw, and a dark soda with lots of bubbles.
Pat Massarotti
4 Ryan Frank
June 21, 2008 at 10:02 pm

Brenna, good try but that is not the point of my question. I have something else in mind
Ryan
5 David Wakerley
June 22, 2008 at 4:04 am

First thing coming to mind:

Drinking fizzy.

(Fizzy/lemonade being what we call Lift/Sprite in New Zealand)

Dave
6 Jeff
June 22, 2008 at 9:09 pm

It’s called soda in Upstate NY, and it’s a privilege, not a right.
7 Jill Nelson
June 22, 2008 at 11:52 pm

Lifting can of Pepsi to take an absolutely refreshingly wonderful drink! Every Sunday is a good one if I get to drink pop afterword church… and yes, where I come from (Oregon) it is pop. Although when I was a kid and lived in California, all sodas were “coke” too.
8 Ryan Frank
June 23, 2008 at 11:10 am

Great comments guys! My point to this question is coming soon.
9 Collin Senka
June 23, 2008 at 1:15 pm

I think “this guy’s from the north”
10 liz
June 23, 2008 at 1:18 pm

From AL: A glass bottle of Coca-Cola. (But the term “to drink pop” is understood only because I lived in CO for 4 years. Otherwise, I’d think: Pop is my granddad. You don’t drink Pop.)
11 Jason Douglass
June 23, 2008 at 6:50 pm

What i thik of is nice cold pepsi.

Jami I live in the midwest and we call it pop.. so it is not a “northerner” word
12 Ryan Frank
June 23, 2008 at 9:49 pm

Thanks for standing up for me Jason I feel your support! ha ha
13 briana
June 23, 2008 at 10:01 pm

this is a little too late but i think… coka~cola! i mean, is there really any other kind of pop? oh yeah… cherry coke:)

hey ryan, you should start providing pop for your sunday morning workers! (wink wink) i guess i’ll stick around even if i must minister without coke! lol.
14 briana
June 23, 2008 at 10:02 pm

i guess i could spell it right…. COCA~COLA!