What do you call soda/pop?

by **Vitius** » Mon Jul 18, 2011 10:27 am

Random, but fairly simple.

I call it soda. I'm from western Canada and the people around me often called it soda, but I heard pop as well. Three years after I moved to the U.S., I had a southern classmate and he called it 'Coke'. If he wanted orange-flavored soda, he would call it 'Orange Coke', and would proceed to put the type of flavor or drink in front of Coke to refer to what specific kind of soda he wanted. Since then, my family has gone on some trips down south (mainly to Florida) and we've passed through very rural parts of Kentucky/Tennessee and they often called it Coke as well, but they understood soda/pop and everything. However, I have heard some stories from friends when they went down south, and their waitresses/waiters didn't know what pop/soda was; they only called it Coke.

What about you?

by **Fionnuala_Saoirse** » Mon Jul 18, 2011 10:29 am

Fizzy drink I suppose. Generally I just ask for what I want.

by **Fartsniffage** » Mon Jul 18, 2011 10:29 am

I call it by the name of the product.

Coke is coke, tango is tango, lemonade is lemonade, diet coke is diet coke etc...

I find that means I actually get what I want when I order.

by **Greater Cabinda** » Mon Jul 18, 2011 10:29 am

I call it bob.

by **Big Jim P** » Mon Jul 18, 2011 10:31 am

Dr. Pepper.

by **Sun Aut Ex** » Mon Jul 18, 2011 10:32 am

Fartsniffage wrote:I call it by the name of the product.

+1.

On the rare occasion that I'm talking about the general type of drink, I usually call it "something fizzy".

by **Wiztopia** » Mon Jul 18, 2011 10:32 am

Soda.

by **Big Jim P** » Mon Jul 18, 2011 10:34 am

Sun Aut Ex wrote:
Fartsniffage wrote:I call it by the name of the product.

+1.

On the rare occasion that I'm talking about the general type of drink, I usually call it "something fizzy".

Not exactly wise. "Something fizzy" can mean a lot of things.

by **Sun Aut Ex** » Mon Jul 18, 2011 10:34 am

Big Jim P wrote:Not exactly wise. "Something fizzy" can mean a lot of things.

Here in Aus... it usually just means a carbonated drink.

by **Fionnuala_Saoirse** » Mon Jul 18, 2011 10:35 am

Big Jim P wrote:
Sun Aut Ex wrote:
+1.

On the rare occasion that I'm talking about the general type of drink, I usually call it "something fizzy".

Not exactly wise. "Something fizzy" can mean a lot of things.

So could soda or pop. The lesson here is be precise if you think your server is an imbecile.

by **Big Jim P** » Mon Jul 18, 2011 10:36 am

Sun Aut Ex wrote:
Big Jim P wrote:Not exactly wise. "Something fizzy" can mean a lot of things.

Here in Aus... it usually just means a carbonated drink.

To a twisted mind, it can mean just about anything you can make fizz in a cup or bottle.

by **Sun Aut Ex** » Mon Jul 18, 2011 10:38 am

Fionnuala_Saoirse wrote:So could soda or pop. The lesson here is be precise if you think your server is an imbecile.

If you're in a restaurant or bar situation, you ask for the product by it's name.

by **Der Teutoniker** » Mon Jul 18, 2011 10:38 am

I call it Soda.

I never order a "soda" though. To presume such is ridiculous. When not referring to a specific type of soda, I call it soda.

I live in MN. I inherited the trait from my ex-fiancee, who was raised in Georgia, and her family called it soda.

by **Fionnuala_Saoirse** » Mon Jul 18, 2011 10:39 am

Sun Aut Ex wrote:
Fionnuala_Saoirse wrote:So could soda or pop. The lesson here is be precise if you think your server is an imbecile.

If you're in a restaurant or bar situation, you ask for the product by it's name.

Nah plenty of times i've been in a bar or restaurant and just demanded alcohol in a mixer of their choice but i'm agreeing with you anyway so it doesnt matter

by **Quelesh** » Mon Jul 18, 2011 10:39 am

It's "coke," regardless of brand.

by **Khodoristan** » Mon Jul 18, 2011 10:39 am

Soda.

by **Der Teutoniker** » Mon Jul 18, 2011 10:39 am

Sun Aut Ex wrote:If you're in a restaurant or bar situation, you ask for the product by it's name.

A lot of people seem to be misunderstanding the question. Obviously the thread means what do you refer to the genre of beverage, not "What type of carbonated, sugary beverage do you order in a restaurant?"

by **Sordiaca** » Mon Jul 18, 2011 10:40 am

sometimes I say soda pop

by **Ahi Maunga** » Mon Jul 18, 2011 10:40 am

A fizzy drink I suppose, I'd normally just ask for what I want (A coke or what ever it is), or it's flavour (an orange fizzy)

by **Charles Buckingham 2** » Mon Jul 18, 2011 10:40 am

sody water

by **Leepaidamba** » Mon Jul 18, 2011 10:40 am

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We're done for the US now.

Oh yeah, we call it "frisdrank".

by **Cavaleiro da vontade** » Mon Jul 18, 2011 10:40 am

I dont drink soda :meh:

by **Sun Aut Ex** » Mon Jul 18, 2011 10:41 am

Der Teutoniker wrote:A lot of people seem to be misunderstanding the question. Obviously the thread means what do you refer to the genre of beverage, not "What type of carbonated, sugary beverage do you order in a restaurant?"

Yeah, and I said I call it fizzy drink. But generally here, you don't just go into a shop and ask for "fizzy drink"; that's as asinine as when people on TV go into bars and ask for a beer.

by **Arumdaum** » Mon Jul 18, 2011 10:41 am

I call it soda, and so does everyone else in Southern California. I've never heard it being called something else.

by **Tekcirb** » Mon Jul 18, 2011 10:41 am

Pepsi