I grew up calling it pop, it took me 10 years or more to start saying soda, and it still bothers me to say it....soda, just doesn't feel right. Hot tamales might not be a thing n real cities, the town I teach in is small, and is surrounded by other small towns, all connected in many ways, so maybe hot tamales isn't really a fox valley thing, but a thing in all the little towns that are basically connected by relatives and the like.