sodie pop
A soft drink; soda said the mountain way.
Also called sody pop, sodie, soda pop.
Updated September 24, 2026
sodie pop pronunciation
/SOH-dee pop/
Meaning
Any fizzy soft drink. Appalachian and rural Southern speakers turn soda into sodie (or sody), so soda pop becomes sodie pop. Same bottle of Coke, RC, or grape Nehi, just said like folks at the country store said it. Older speakers and family stories still lean on it.
How folks use it
- “We got Coke, RC, and orange sodie pop. Pick one.”
- “Run down to the store and fetch me a sodie pop.”
Origin and etymology
Comes from soda pop, the old American name for soft drinks. Mountain speech often shifts that final -a sound, same way window becomes winder and potato becomes tater. JSTOR and dialect notes flag sody-pop as a classic Appalachian marker.
Frequently asked questions
Is sodie pop different from soda?
No. It is the same drink. Sodie is just how the word lands in mountain talk.