Pop
After dating my now wife for a while I had to meet the family.

'Would you like some pop' I was asked.

I froze.

'Pop' I said.

"yes, would you like some'

"What is 'POP' I exclaimed'.

"cola, orange juice or water, whatever you would like'.

I started laughing hysterically and exclaimed
'POP, you don't know what your getting with POP, why not say do you want some cola, or orange or water or milk, that would be far more appropriate"

This was the first time I had met them, why the hell they let me marry their daughter I have no idea.

It still amuses me that they ask me specifically what I want when I am with them and everyone else gets asked if they want some 'POP'.

Pop - you never know what your going to get, sheeesh.
(Opanoid Look sweats dripping off them, Fri 21 Nov 2008, 1:22, 9 replies)

Is you wifes family
Welsh by any chance?
(Formaly Over say's hello, Fri 21 Nov 2008, 1:31, closed)

Called POP
Called POP by my family also and my grandparents. I from Brum and a lot of people say it. I thought it only applied to fizzy drinks though (that's why it's called POP, I thought).
(amsterdam_neild, Fri 21 Nov 2008, 9:58, closed)

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Same here.
(ice9, Fri 21 Nov 2008, 10:11, closed)

Seconded
We only used it for fizzy drinks...
(Fuckarma was masturbating into your handbag, Fri 21 Nov 2008, 10:19, closed)

Pop
in my house is for all fizzy drinks.
( Mrs Entity is in hiding., Fri 21 Nov 2008, 12:04, closed)

Regional?
I'm wondering if it's a Midlands Thing. Myself and Wife's family based in the Black Country.

I'm just glad I'm not alone on this :)
(Opanoid Look sweats dripping off them, Fri 21 Nov 2008, 13:08, closed)

All normal here
"Pop" is either fizzy or squash/cordial. But for clarity in my house, I got the kids to call it "waterpop" if it wasn't fizzy, to avoid disappointment..
(Beer Elf Thought this was like a campfire, anyhow, on, Fri 21 Nov 2008, 13:24, closed)

Waterpop
lol, I'll have to remember that one when with the wife's family tomorrow.
(Opanoid Look sweats dripping off them, Sat 22 Nov 2008, 22:34, closed)

If you ever get to go to North Carolina
Or Alabama, every drink is 'Yawntsum Coke'.
Water, fizzy drinks, cordial, Pepsi, orange juice, everything, is Yawntsum Coke.
Or, if you have a drink already, it's Yawntsumore Coke.
(w4I4q1O1 was hard at work on, Mon 24 Nov 2008, 14:37, closed)