The author actually used "soda pop." I've heard plenty of people say "soda" or "pop." But I usually associate "soda pop" with the way people talked in the 192

The author actually used "soda pop." I've heard plenty of people say "soda" or "pop." But I usually associate "soda pop" with the way people talked in the 1920's - 1940's. Wikipedia has an entire article on Names for Soft Drinks in the United States [1], but it only says "soda pop" is first attested in 1863, and "is used by some speakers, especially in the Mountain West" without a source for that specific claim. A Merriam-Webster search [2] says Steve Forbes used it in his magazine in 2021, but his biography says he grew up in New Jersey and has mostly lived on the East Coast. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Names_for_soft_drinks_in_the_United_States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Names_for_soft_drinks_in_the_U... [2] https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/soda%20pop https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/soda%20pop