What word do you use to refer to carbonated drinks?

Neapolitan · 07-06-2011, 06:14 PM

I don't know what they're called, I call it whatever it is Scotch & Soda, Gin & Tonic, Rum & Coke. I guess you can get technical and call them cocktails or highballs.

~~someonecompletelyrandom~~ · 07-06-2011, 06:49 PM

Carbonated Obesity.

CanwllCorfe · 07-06-2011, 07:38 PM

I call it soda.

Speaking of which, they have amazing soda at Ruby Tuesday's. They use real ingredients, and don't add any sweetener. It's so unbelievably refreshing. I had Watermelon, and there's actually crushed up watermelon in the glass. A piece of it clogged up my straw, and that's when I knew I had the best drink ever. It's not sweet at ALL, and it has a beautifully sharp bite from fresh mint. Free refills too! I desperately wanna try Blackberry.

~~Farfisa~~ · 07-06-2011, 08:25 PM

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Originally Posted by CanwllCorfe

I call it soda.

Speaking of which, they have amazing soda at Ruby Tuesday's. They use real ingredients, and don't add any sweetener. It's so unbelievably refreshing. I had Watermelon, and there's actually crushed up watermelon in the glass. A piece of it clogged up my straw, and that's when I knew I had the best drink ever. It's not sweet at ALL, and it has a beautifully sharp bite from fresh mint. Free refills too! I desperately wanna try Blackberry.

Isn't that the fresh fruit lemonade? I always get the blackberry, but maybe I should try the watermelon.

CanwllCorfe · 07-06-2011, 08:34 PM

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Isn't that the fresh fruit lemonade? I always get the blackberry, but maybe I should try the watermelon.

Nope! It's in that same menu though. It's under "seasonal soda". I think they use the same things for the lemonade (it certainly sounds like it), so I figure they could make the soda into whatever flavors they have for the lemonade. At least I hope so. If they do, I am ALL over Blackberry. I f'in love berries. I even wear a Blackberry fragrance, so that puts it into perspective. The friend who I got it with said that he had Blackberry, and he had it in November. I don't wanna wait until November, BUT the Watermelon one was incredible. So I'm content.

**Janszoon** · 07-06-2011, 08:43 PM

I say "soda" but "pop" seems like a reasonable thing to call it too (both are short for "soda pop" after all). People who call it all "coke", on the other hand, drive me nuts.

~~someonecompletelyrandom~~ · 07-06-2011, 09:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Janszoon

I say "soda" but "pop" seems like a reasonable thing to call it too (both are short for "soda pop" after all). People who call it all "coke", on the other hand, drive me nuts.

It's pretty common here. I actually find myself referring to whatever kind of soda it is more than calling it anything else. I'll say "get me a Dr. Pepper" or "get me a Sprite" etc.

Nosferatu Man · 07-06-2011, 09:40 PM

I am Irish and refer to carbonated drinks as fizzy drinks!

Batty · 07-06-2011, 09:54 PM

Coke, Fanta or Lemonade and occasionally Mountain Dew as that's all I drink.

Howard the Duck · 07-07-2011, 06:36 AM

we call it a "soft drink" here

in my native Hakka dialect of Chinese, we call it "Holland water" (i dunno why)

in general Chinese, it's "gas water"

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CanwllCorfe Quiet Man in the Corner Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Pocono Mountains Posts: 2,480	I call it soda. Speaking of which, they have amazing soda at Ruby Tuesday's. They use real ingredients, and don't add any sweetener. It's so unbelievably refreshing. I had Watermelon, and there's actually crushed up watermelon in the glass. A piece of it clogged up my straw, and that's when I knew I had the best drink ever. It's not sweet at ALL, and it has a beautifully sharp bite from fresh mint. Free refills too! I desperately wanna try Blackberry. __________________ Your eyes were never yet let in to see the majesty and riches of the mind, but dwell in darkness; for your God is blind.

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Batty Music Addict Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: South Australia Posts: 194	Coke, Fanta or Lemonade and occasionally Mountain Dew as that's all I drink. __________________ http://www.last.fm/user/Batt1958/charts Earworms Rool.

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