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Carbonated Sugar Water Beverage Naming

Discussion in 'The Lounge' started by Dusty, Feb 10, 2017.

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What's it called where you live?

  1. Soda

    68.4%
  2. Pop

    15.8%
  3. Some third thing (explain)

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  1. Dusty

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    Some people in some places call it pop. Some people in some places call it soda. Maybe some people call it something else entirely. What do you call it?

    It's always been 'pop' around here, I've never met anybody from here who called it soda, I'm currently drinking some orange pop, out of the fruit-based flavors I believe it to be the most satisfying. And thread inspiring.
     
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    lmao, if you used either of those terms here you'd be made fun of, very much so :P
    we call it soft drink on menus etc, or more often just the brand directly when speaking (coke, fanta, sprite etc,), maybe if its in reference to kids such as a party or school canteen "fizzy drinks" but that might be oudated by now, iv only ever heard that in relation to people wanting to ban them, not in casual day to day use
     
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    It's pop here too, probably in the rest of Canada too lol
    I enjoy a good cola every now and then. Pepsi is the shit.
     
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    I've moved around a lot, so I never got a name for them from my area. i just call it soda. Pop feels too short and cola is too specific for the general drink.
     
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    Where I live, I have heard it been referred to it as both soda and coke. Though, mostly at work it's either coke or a fountain drink, never pop.
     
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    We call it soda here though my dad calls it Soda Pop. I usually dont pay attention to it though since I can't drink soda.
     
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    Soda, pop, soda pop, soft drink, fizzy drink, fountain of youth, carbonated beverage... I've heard so many over the years that I'm a little disappointed that the only three options on the poll are 'soda', 'pop', and 'other'. I would think 'soda pop' and 'soft drink' would warrant their own mentions.

    I know the terms were originally regional in nature, and people would call them whatever term they were most used to, though with people moving around and terms spreading like wildfire all over the world, those terms are losing their regional distinction. Most of the time in my area it's either 'soda' or 'soft drink', but those terms rarely come up, as people generally prefer to use the actual name of the beverage instead.

    It's gotten to the point where those terms are nearly synonymous with each other (if not completely synonymous), so those terms are readily and easily understood by the audience no matter who says them.
    The two exceptions to this are 'cola' and 'coke'. 'Cola' is a specific sub-category of beverages (the dark-brown somewhat-bitter ones), and 'coke' is short for either 'Coca-Cola' or 'cocaine'. The latter is why I never hear the term 'coke' spoken anymore.
     
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    Soft drink, easy one ;)
     
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    I've only ever heard one person call it pop in my life. That was my friend Brook. She was from Mississippi I believes. I still have fond memories of our little arguments about which one of us was correct~
     
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    I usually just call it carbonated sugar water.

    No but in actuality the first time I heard people arguing the difference in soda and pop thought it was silly, My family calls it soda (except my dad who would refer to a specific brand of root beer as medicine) but if someone said they were drinking pop I would know what they meant. I agree that orange is very satisfying though I like the stickiness of grape a bit more.
     
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    Apparently, everyone where I live calls it "pop", according to things, but I've only ever heard one or two people call it that in my life. I always call it soda, but I also commonly see "soft drink" on menus and such.
     
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    Pretty much everyone in my location calls it soda.
     
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    If we're just referring to a general carbonated drink and not a brand name, then we call it soft drink here. I've never even heard of it being called pop, to be honest. :D
     
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    Everyone here in where I live either refer to it as 'soft drinks' or 'soda'. I've never heard anyone calling it "pop" before, I wonder where people got the word "pop" from? Is it because it fizzles on your tongue when you drink it?
     
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    I call it soda, but it honestly doesn't matter to me as long as we both know what it is we're talking about. Soda, pop, they're just names for the same delicious beverage that we all know and love. Does it really matter what we call it as long as we know just what it is? I say call it whatever you want except late to dinner cause I want my soda with my dinner.
     
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    I did a quick search for this (since I'm interested in that too, now that you mention it), and the drinks were called 'pop' because they were originally stored in glass bottles, shut fast with a cork; when the bottle was opened, it would make a 'pop' sound (from the build-up of CO2 gas being released).
     
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    Like champagne, kinda. Anyway, my family calls it soda, but I've heard some people call it pop or something else. Typically out of towners.
     
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    Like everybody else around me, I always call carbonated drinks "pop". That's what I get for being in Michigan, after all.
     

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