Carbonated beverages...

[ace]

I recently moved, and everyone up here calls it "pop", whereas where I moved from, GA, everyone called it "soda". So I was telling my friend how I had to give up soda for lent, and that eventually somehow became an argument over whether to call it "soda" or "pop". So my question is: what do most people call it? Just curious...

[DOOM_GOAT]

Whatever it says on the label.

[GoldEyes]

In the midwest here, people say "pop". I however, am the oddball and say "soda". My cousin who lived in Florida for awhile, said "soda" and it just caught on with me. My husband who is from Massachusetts says "soda", as do everyone else out in New England.

[ace]

I'm the odd-ball here, too. I just can't allow myself to say pop... It sounds too weird to me. I think I've heard people call it soda pop somewhere, but I can't think of where it was...

[Mute1788]

S-O-D-A, all the way! Like us "normal" people call it. :)

[DoomedAce]

I usually call it "frisdrank", which could be either pop or soda depending on how you want to translate it.

[PumpkinSmasher]

I live in the south...no matter what it is, its called Coke.

When you ask for a coke, a typical reply is 'What kind?'

When I hear people say pop it freaks me out, and it just sounds way to wrong. Soda I'm okay with, there are many people call it that here(mostly people who weren't born here), but pop i can't stand.

[ace]

I had a bad experience with that once. I asked for coke and they said which kind... I said "coke" and they said which kind... I finally had to tell them "Pepsi". *rofl*

[GoldEyes]

I live in the south...no matter what it is, its called Coke.

When you ask for a coke, a typical reply is 'What kind?'

When I hear people say pop it freaks me out, and it just sounds way to wrong. Soda I'm okay with, there are many people call it that here(mostly people who weren't born here), but pop i can't stand.

I've always wondered about this. So if you really just want a COKE, do you have to say Coca Cola?

[Bomberman9000]

I call it soft drink myself :D But i'm imagining this is for American folk, so i guess i have not much say :p

[Looney]

I call it both POP and Soda, depends on my mood. ;) I do have a hard time calling it soda, when a true Soda has ice cream in it. :)

[Doom_Dude]

I always called it Pop and now I call it either Pop or Soda.

Don't the brits call it Fizzy Water or somesuch? :p

[sLydE]

"I'll have a liter of cola"

Soda, definitely Soda.

[Aliotroph?]

It's pop for everyone here. Everyone who calls it soda (about 5 people) wasn't born here or is really old. Some people use soft drink too. They're weird. ;)

Cola is oftenreferred to as coke, especially by me. Drives me crazy when I eat out and ask for a coke only to have them tell me they only have Pepsi. I don't care because the ice makes it all taste the same. Come to think of it, I also call all lemon-lime pop Sprite. The Coca Cola guys must love me for that. :D

[MasterOfPuppets]

i always called it pop, as most people here (northwest us). somehow i call it soda while i'm at school though, as thats what my friends say. still pop at home though. i agree, when you actually think about it (i'm wiered, my mind wonders). "pop" is kinda retarded or something. i don't know why, but to me it sounds more proper to say soda. lol, whatever.

[iori]

Yeah its pop here too. Soda just sounds odd. And n00mish.

[She-wolf]

At least in my family, Ninja and I call it fizzy juice, coke, or by the brand name. So you were fairly close DD. Fizzy water to me is just carbonated or sparkling water. The only time I refer to a fizzy drink as soda is when you have soda cream, a scoop of icecream in somthing like lemonade. Haven't had that in ages.

[Harry]

I just call it by the brand name, my grandparents call it pop :p lol.

[Majuub]

I call it soft drink myself :D
ME TOO!!!!!

[Aliotroph?]

Pop and soda are both stupid names for it. Neither makes any technical sense. Soft drink could be anything since all it does is indicate no alcohol. It's eat how names are often weird.

[Falci]

I call it "refrigerante" or just "refri" for short...

[Danimetal]

Here we call it "Casera". "Casera" is a brand but it´s used to name everything related to it. Also "Refresco", but it´s a little bit posh.

[Nemesis]

What Doom_Goat said. I call it whatever's on the label. :)

[ace]

Wow, I didn't know there were so many names for it... shows how much I know. :p

[PumpkinSmasher]

I've always wondered about this. So if you really just want a COKE, do you have to say Coca Cola?
Either that or just ask for regular coke.

I had a bad experience with that once. I asked for coke and they said which kind... I said "coke" and they said which kind... I finally had to tell them "Pepsi".
I don't like pepsi at all.

[Mute1788]

Aww, Pepsi is so much better than Coke though!

[PumpkinSmasher]

Pepsi tastes like dog crap

[Mute1788]

Did you drink bad Pepsi or something? *chuck* It definetly doesn't.

[DOOM_GOAT]

Fizzy dog crap, get it right.

[GoldEyes]

Coke > Pepsi

[doomdiz]

*runs thru thread bare ass naked screaming like a loonatic..*

SUNKIST ORANGE SODA RUL3Z!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! *bang*

[Ninja_of_DooM]

Here I call it whatever's on the bottle/can/particle accelarator.

So please, tell me what dog keich tastes like PS. I'm all ears.:p

*throws a can out after Doomdiz. This is followed by a shriek and then a 'thump'*

[Doom_Dude]

Pop and soda are both stupid names for it. Neither makes any technical sense. Soft drink could be anything since all it does is indicate no alcohol. It's eat how names are often weird.

I can't think of a good technical name for pop.

[She-wolf]

Here I call it whatever's on the bottle/can/particle accelarator.

So please, tell me what dog keich tastes like PS. I'm all ears.:p

*throws a can out after Doomdiz. This is followed by a shriek and then a 'thump'*

Ninja where in our house do we have a particle accelerator? *uhh*
I realised I called cream soda soda cream. *giddy* I blame the bass and drums on Saturday which I could feel at many stages in the concert, for killing some of my brain cells! *wacky*

[Mute1788]

SUNKIST ORANGE SODA RUL3Z!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! *bang*

Oh hell yeah! That SODA is the best!

[DoomedAce]

For me it doesn't really matter what kind or brand of soft drink I get. I like any and all.

I don't know why or how people discriminate between Coke and Pepsi. For me the difference in taste is negligible. And they're not much different from the cheapest C-brands of coke like 3-es, Highway or First Choice they sell in the stores around here either. Same goes for the store's housebrands of coke. I guess it's all between the ears.

[Danimetal]

Someone has to say beer tastes better than any soft drink. Rum tastes better than beer. 7th up and Sprite-like soft-drinks are worth. Also coke if mixed with rum.

[MasterOfPuppets]

fanta is good, anybody heared of that?

[Mute1788]

Yeah, that stuff burns my throat.

[Danimetal]

Fanta... It´s quite popular here in Spain. Tastes good, specially Orange :).

[PumpkinSmasher]

Yea Fanta is a good type fo coke. I like orange and grape.

[ace]

Pepsi tastes like dog crap

It's alright. I prefer coke much better though. But when you're at a Pepsi-brand place that complicates things...


SUNKIST ORANGE SODA RUL3Z!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! *bang*

ORANGE SODA!!!!!!!!!!!!! :D


fanta is good, anybody heared of that?

Hell yes! GO FANTA!!!!!!! :D


I can't think of a good technical name for pop.

How about... "fizzy juice"! It's fizzy, it's juice, you can't go wrong. Yeah, I'm gonna call it that from now on.


Too many quotes, but I'm done now. *turvy*

[Mute1788]

So, you call "soda", or cabonated beverage "coke" too I take it?

[ace]

Yes. I call it soda. SODA!!!!!!


Okay I need to calm down now... too much caffeine...

[Mute1788]

Oh, okay... Welcome to Earth, home of the normal people then. :)

[ace]

I guess nobody calls it soda pop... I shouldn't have put that there. Oh well.

[Aliotroph?]

Coke > Pepsi
Diet Pepse > Coke
Diet Coke == bleagh

Pepsi and coke are usually too sweet.

[ace]

I agree with that 150%. I HATE DIET COKE! I don't care much for any diet drink. And what's with diet Dr. Pepper? I love DP, but the diet version doesn't taste even close to the original, as the commercials say... damn media.

[PumpkinSmasher]

I always thought Diet Dr. Pepper tasted more like the original, that any other diet version of a drink ever has. No it doesn't taste exactly the same, but not too bad. Though I don't really like diet drinks. and Diet Coke tastes too much like Pepsi.

[Mute1788]

I agree too, diet Dr. Pepper does tast more like the original than any other diet drink... But I still prefer the original.

[GoldEyes]

Yep. Diet Dr. Pepper is the only Diet soda I will drink, because it tastes pretty damn close to the original.

[Danimetal]

Dr.Pepper????. Guess I´m not living in the first world.

[GoldEyes]

http://www.rollingpaperwarehouse.com/ProductImages/can_safes/images/drpepper_safe.gif

[Doom_Dude]

LOL@Big Dr Pepper can ;)

Dr Pepper is a strange but tasty pop. :D

I hatesssssssssssssssssss all diet pop. I never tried diet pepper tho. Meh. ASSperTame = Bad. :p

[doomdiz]

Dr. Pepper is an odd, but magical drink......for some reason it goes GREAT with yager.. *drinky*

[Ninja_of_DooM]

All this diet crap really is, is just the original drink with less sugar and a bucket-load of caffeine thrown in. Bad stuff.*bleagh*
If I wanted caffeine then I'd drink tea.:p *sips tea*

[+Black Cat§ +]

They call it soft-drinks here in Singapore. Soda is a name of a drink itself, they call it ice-cream soda or somethin'. And coke is definately coke here at least. :p

[Big_al]

I wonder if you can buy carbonated coffee :D

[Danimetal]

I wouldn´t drink that, looks like a cherry. Anyone remembers cherry coke?.

[She-wolf]

All this diet crap really is, is just the original drink with less sugar and a bucket-load of caffeine thrown in. Bad stuff.*bleagh*
If I wanted caffeine then I'd drink tea.:p *sips tea*
They add caffeine to both kinds of coke.
The only diet ones I like are the diet coke with lemon or lime. Those are pretty nice. But for the most part I don't drink much fizzy drinks. If I drink something then it's usually tea, fruit juice or water.
Dr. Pepper is nice, the first time I tried it it tasted a little like marzipan to me which I love, but now it doesn't taste quite like that anymore. Still it's nice. *grin*

[Mute1788]

I wouldn´t drink that, looks like a cherry. Anyone remembers cherry coke?.

Cherry Coke is my favorate! Well... That and Dr. Pepper... :)

[ace]

My favorite Coke's are cherry, vanilla, and lemon. I haven't had lime yet. Is it any good?

Other than Coke my favorit soda of all would be Dr. Pepper. :)

[Danimetal]

Vanilla????. Lemoon????... I think I´m living in the moon ´cos these flavours haven´t arrived here yet!. Cherry managed to come in the middle 90s and was a huge commercial failure. Maybe that could explain why the rest didn´t make it.

[Big_al]

I find vanilla too sweet and sicky, like lemon coke though.
Only seen the diet version of Lime coke here so far.

[GoldEyes]

I wouldn´t drink that, looks like a cherry. Anyone remembers cherry coke?.

remember it? It's still around! I am so happy when I can get it in at a place to eat! Fountain Cherry Coke is so yummy! I LOVE Cherry Coke. But I also LOVE Dr. Pepper. It isn't any kind of cherry flavor. I actually drink a lot of "generic" versions of Dr. Pepper. (store brands) I love it.

[ace]

Only seen the diet version of Lime coke here so far.

I've seen the regular version around here more recently. But I saw Diet with lime about a month or two before the regular version and the commercials. Why they even release diet first is beyond me. *whatever*

[Falci]

Just for a matter of information, most popular soft drink sin my country (that I can remember)
Coca Cola (normal, light and lemon light), Fanta (normal and diet; orange, grape, orange-tangerine, strawberry; not found anymore or hard to find: Apple, citrus), Sprite, guaraná Kuat (normal, diet and with orange).

Pepsi (normal, diet, lemon); 7up and... gee!I can't remember the name from other pepsi soft drinks that exist around here...

And finally: Guaraná Antartica (normal and diet)

There are surelly others... I just can't remember right now.

[Doom_Dude]

Homemade rootbeer is the best. Can't get the extract anymore in the stores around here. meh.

Ginger Beer is good too. :D

I used to buy the local generic version of Dr Pepper. It was tasty but they stopped making it.

[Unconscious_Doomer]

S-O-D-A, all the way! Like us "normal" people call it. :)

That's a lie, and you know it.

In England- Land of the English language, that the Americans stole from us-, we call it pop.

And because we are smart-ass posh secret agents, we must be right.

[ace]

Homemade rootbeer is the best.

I honestly hate root beer. Most people I know like it alot, but I can't stand it. I'm just weird. *weird*

[PumpkinSmasher]

I like root beer, but I've never had it home-made.

[DOOM_GOAT]

Honestly old boy, I can't say I've ever heard any englishman call it pop, soda or anything of the sort. Though that could be because, as you say, we are all secret agents. All very hush-hush, what.

[The Undertaker]

Anyone remember the disaster that was New Coke?

[Mute1788]

That's a lie, and you know it.

In England- Land of the English language, that the Americans stole from us-, we call it pop.

And because we are smart-ass posh secret agents, we must be right.

We Americans speak "Broken English". In origional English you may call it what ever, but up in northern USA, we all call it soda; unless your from the south...

[Danimetal]

remember it? It's still around! I am so happy when I can get it in at a place to eat! Fountain Cherry Coke is so yummy! I LOVE Cherry Coke. But I also LOVE Dr. Pepper. It isn't any kind of cherry flavor. I actually drink a lot of "generic" versions of Dr. Pepper. (store brands) I love it.

It just dissapeared here. Was around for a while but noone seemed to like it. I haven´t seen it from those commercials with the "Uka shaka" music and the days of Pepsi Max...
Now that I realize Spain is not the center of the universe I can think about Cherry Coke being a failure here and a sucess elsewhere :P.

And talking about other things, English gentlemen don´t drink soda, but Martini, Whiskey (of course, alone, with three ice cubes) and so on :P.... I just want to be like Sting is.

[ace]

I just had a regular Lime Coke. It was pretty good, tasted like artificial lime... Not bad, not really anything special. It's good if you're looking for something different. :)

I also LOVE Dr. Pepper. It isn't any kind of cherry flavor.

DP is my favorite of ALL. Actually, they do have cherry vanilla Dr. Pepper. I wonder if it's any good...

[Aliotroph?]

Dr. Pepper tastes a lot like all those generic black cherry pops. It's good stuff. :D

[Nemesis]

http://www.phenix-informatique.ch/images/mountain%20dew.jpg

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
The Drink Of The Gods. =D

[Nephil]

My favorite Coke's are cherry, vanilla, and lemon.
Uuuuuughhhh, Vanilla Coke... *chuck*
I like the classic one most. And Pepsi isn't bad neither, but not as good as Coca Cola.
I drank 1 Pesi Max onec, I almost had to puke, I felt so sick afterwards...

[doomdiz]

Vanilla coke was always the drink that i tried to avoid....it tasted to "smooth" for a soda...it was creepy. Only thing i use it for is to water down whiskey....

[Mute1788]

Vanilla Coke is more like a cream soda. That's what I thought it was the first time I had it.

[ace]

Cream soda is AWESOME! I haven't had it in so long.

[Mute1788]

It is awsome... I'm having some right now *sips Wallmart brand imitation cream soda*.

Mmmm... Artificial flavor...

[ace]

I was going to get some today but the weather right now is too overly crappy. Plus I'm lazy. That too. :p

[Mute1788]

Cream soda will kick you ass if you don't buy it *what* ...

Bow down to thee almighty cream soda! *bow*

[Big_al]

Good with vodka too

[GoldEyes]

Good with vodka too

Lemonade and vodka is even better!

[Wa59]

The guarana sodas are the best ones..

guarana is a small fruit that looks like an eye..
http://www.solrio.com/_borders/guarana.JPG
http://www.guarana.com/images/antarctica-glass.jpg
I Just love those sodas....
i don't know if there thoses sodas in USA/Europe..

No dr. pepper here, is it hot ? =D

[Mute1788]

Not that I know of. Thoses fruits scare the crap out me...

[Doom_Dude]

http://www.phenix-informatique.ch/images/mountain%20dew.jpg

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
The Drink Of The Gods. =D


Ahh yes Mountain Dew. That's good stuff too. Looney would also agree I know. :)

[ace]

The guarana sodas are the best ones..

guarana is a small fruit that looks like an eye..
http://www.solrio.com/_borders/guarana.JPG
I Just love those sodas....
i don't know if there thoses sodas in USA/Europe..

No dr. pepper here, is it hot ? =D

Those guarana are staring at me... *sick*
As for Dr. Pepper, I don't know if it's hot in my area, but it's got to be hot somewhere to have new flavors out. Whether it would be popular if it were in Brazil is a mystery to me.

[Danimetal]

There´s some Guaraná in Europe but I doubt it being the REAL thing.

[Mute1788]

Oh that's nice... Fake eyeball soda... Pardon me a moment. *chuck*

[Wa59]

Oh that's nice... Fake eyeball soda... Pardon me a moment. *chuck*

guarana tastes like concrete...

But guarana's soda is sooo good *flip*

[PumpkinSmasher]

I've never heard of guarana soda.

[ace]

guarana tastes like concrete...

But guarana's soda is sooo good *flip*


???... *laugh*

Is that even scientifically possible? :p

[Looney]

The guarana sodas are the best ones..

guarana is a small fruit that looks like an eye..
http://www.solrio.com/_borders/guarana.JPG
http://www.guarana.com/images/antarctica-glass.jpg
I Just love those sodas....
i don't know if there thoses sodas in USA/Europe..

No dr. pepper here, is it hot ? =D

When I was in Brazil they was a redish soda that was made from native berries (Naya or something like that) Good stuff. ;) hehehehehe

Yes Moutian Dew is my fav. ;) I agree

[PumpkinSmasher]

guarana tastes like concrete...

But guarana's soda is sooo good *flip*

And you have tasted concrete?

[Wa59]

And you have tasted concrete?

Yup, concrete tastes like guarana =D *wacky*

[Looney]

Hummmm last time I got drunk I tasted concrete. ;) HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA Thats why I quit drinking booze. ;) hahahahahahahahahahaha