What word do you use to refer to carbonated drinks?

**Janszoon** · 07-07-2011, 06:39 AM

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Originally Posted by Il Duce

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"

Gas water sounds like something that would make you have to change your underwear.

crash_override · 07-07-2011, 06:44 AM

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Originally Posted by Janszoon

Gas water sounds like something that would make you have to change your underwear.

I lol'd.

I call it Coke, not as a general term, but because Coca-Cola is all I drink. So when ordering food I always request Coke by name, that's basically the only time I ever refer to carbonated beverages. If I were to ever refer to tem in a general sense it would be using "soda".

Blarobbarg · 07-07-2011, 07:25 AM

Soda. But usually I just refer to whatever soda I want by name, thus staying away from the confusion.

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Blarobbarg Do good. Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota Posts: 2,065	Soda. But usually I just refer to whatever soda I want by name, thus staying away from the confusion.