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What do you call soft drinks?
Coke
Soda
Pop
Soda Water
Soda Pop
or something else?

I personally call everything coke. If asked I will say I want a coke and then specify which kind, usually a Dr. Pepper.

Sprite.

I call soft drinks "soft drinks".

Coke

Soda. Around here, "Coke" refers specifically to Coca-Cola, soft drink makes you sound like a commercial, and pop just makes you sound silly.

Death from the Sea wrote:What do you call soft drinks?
Coke
Soda
Pop
Soda Water
Soda Pop
or something else?

I personally call everything coke. If asked I will say I want a coke and then specify which kind, usually a Dr. Pepper.

Normal people call it "soda"

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Brus

Around here it's called coke, with context determining whether one is talking about Coca-cola specifically or all soft drinks.

I call 'em sodas.

Soda. Calling it 'pop' is a good way to get knocked on your ass.

Who says pop anymore? I voted "soda," by the way.

From dictionary.com

soft drink
n. In both senses also called soda pop, also called regionally cold drink, drink, pop1, soda, soda water, tonic.

Soda
Chiefly Northeastern U.S., Eastern Missouri, & Southwestern Illinois

Pop
Chiefly Midwestern U.S.

Coke here is specifically coca cola, or that taste of drink, like pepsi or asda's home brand or whatever.

I call em fizzy drinks.

Soda eh? Afraid coke's the generic term for everything when you can't be bothered to specify on the other side of the channel - or at least in the North of England. Scratch another cultural obscurity on the chart...

The_Lumberjack wrote:Soda eh? Afraid coke's the generic term for everything when you can't be bothered to specify on the other side of the channel - or at least in the North of England. Scratch another cultural obscurity on the chart...

Er..i'm from the north of england dude. Many of my friends are avid Coca Cola drinkers, so calling anything coke would anger them greatly.

Weirdoes*

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soft drink, why would you call it anything else, unless its the name

If we're talking about carbonated sugar-water here, it's "cola." "Soda" is too inclusive, because it refers to cola and other sugary drinks like Sprite, Mountain Dew, Dr. Pepper, and 7-Up. I don't call it "pop" because it's not 1955, and ditto for "soda pop." I don't call it Coke if it's Pepsi, and "soda water" is completely different and shouldn't even be on the list.

So, all the choices you gave are wrong.

Rye wrote:

The_Lumberjack wrote:Soda eh? Afraid coke's the generic term for everything when you can't be bothered to specify on the other side of the channel - or at least in the North of England. Scratch another cultural obscurity on the chart...

Er..i'm from the north of england dude. Many of my friends are avid Coca Cola drinkers, so calling anything coke would anger them greatly.

Weirdoes*

Must be a North East thing then, I've heard it a few times in the North-West, but noone appears to be to fussed - North East, specifically Cramlington and surrounding areas - the usual process is as follows -

'you want a coke or something?' 'Dunno, what you got?'

Its more likely to be a lazy bastard thing rather than any UK area, I was merely making the observation that anyone calling them soda's in the North East would get some strange looks...

I call it cola,pepsi-cola,coca-cola whatever-cola its cola.

What ever it says on the bottle or can. Not that i ever drink them these days, i'm a water or beer man these days.

GrandMasterTerwynn wrote:Normal people call it "soda"

Are you calling people on this board normal?

If someone tells me they want a Coke, they will get a fucking CocaCola for being that freaking lazy.

To me its Soda, Soda Pop, Pop, and Soft Drink.

I call them coke... im generic that way. I never drink cokes anyway so it doesn't matter