What word do you use to refer to carbonated drinks?

CanwllCorfe · 07-06-2011, 09:34 PM

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Originally Posted by loose_lips_sink_ships

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.

~~someonecompletelyrandom~~ · 07-06-2011, 09:38 PM

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Originally Posted by right-track

Pop.

Really? I didn't know people in the UK said this, I thought it was purely a US thing.

duga · 07-06-2011, 09:41 PM

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Originally Posted by VEGANGELICA

The tendency of Southerners to say "coke" as a generic term for "pop" has puzzled me since I first heard of it, because it would seem to create unnecessary confusion. Down there if people ask you, "Would you like a coke?" does this mean you won't know if they are asking if you want generic pop or specifically Coke?

You can tell which company took that region over, I guess. I'm originally from Tennessee and I do indeed use the term coke. They will, in fact, ask if you want a coke in a restaurant and will look at you all confused if you just reply with yes. If you are from the south there is no confusion as most people there refer to it that way as well and will just assume you mean it generically. When I left the south when I was little I was surprised to find everyone didn't call it that. I asked "what kind of coke do you have?" in a restaurant before when I first moved and got some confused looks. I guess I just figured it was everyone's way of acknowledging that Coca-Cola is the most successful carbonated drink company. Like, "congrats now all sodas are coke!"...

We also use soda sometimes, but never pop. I live in a pop region now and it still sounds weird to me. I just say soda now.

**Janszoon** · 07-06-2011, 09:43 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.

CanwllCorfe · 07-06-2011, 09:43 PM

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Originally Posted by duga

I live in a pop region now and it still sounds weird to me.

All my cousins in Ohio call it pop. It's weird.

~~someonecompletelyrandom~~ · 07-06-2011, 10:21 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, 10:40 PM

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

Batty · 07-06-2011, 10:54 PM

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

captaincaptain · 07-06-2011, 11:03 PM

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Originally Posted by djchameleon

This is the map I was referring to.

I call it soda

you were right about the northerners thing but just not people on the east coast.

I mixed up coke with pop.

I'm from the pop side of the divided state of New York, though I live in Virginia and it's all about soda. I do live in a high military population so there are a lot of people including myself that use the term they grew up with. I always found people that use Coke, to be "country".

BTW Nice find with the map.

Howard the Duck · 07-07-2011, 07:36 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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