how do you say soda???

boxbang · **Joined:** Sat Jan 17, 2009 1:33 am **Posts:** 1397

In Australia it's all just "soft drink" or Coke, Sprite etc.
We never call it "Soda". That's what we put in our Scotch (carbonated water).

RCB-CA-USA · **Joined:** Mon Apr 27, 2009 1:31 am **Posts:** 1281

I'm from the east coast... where soda is known as sew-duh!

Ceri · **Posted:** Tue Apr 10, 2012 4:00 pm

boxbang wrote:

In Australia it's all just "soft drink" or Coke, Sprite etc.
We never call it "Soda". That's what we put in our Scotch (carbonated water).

'Zactly. Same in the UK too. Where the word coke is often used as a generic to describe any brand of cola. If you asked for coke and the establishment happened to stock Pepsi and gave you that you'd think nothing of it. 7Up and similar flavoured soft drinks are generically known as lemonade. Lemonade made with real lemons is known as real lemonade. Kinda obviously.

Collectively, all of them are known as soft or fizzy drinks.

Irn Bru is the soft drink for real men (ask alanssaab). And Tizer ain't what it used to be (I'm losing you now, aren't I?).

Soda water is strictly for whisky - and only if you're not man enough to drink it neat.

And if you call someone a soda jerk he won't know what you're talking about but he'll likely punch you in the mouth just to be on the safe side. It doesn't sound polite on our ears. So take care!

Cheers - C

Hou-Tex · **Posted:** Tue Apr 10, 2012 4:10 pm

I'm from Texas. We call it "Beer"! :shock:

Soda for the other stuff.

phreddybee · **Posted:** Tue Apr 10, 2012 4:13 pm

i always say it by brand name. go to a restaurant and say "give me a soda", and watch the blank look, followed by "what kind?"

RCB-CA-USA · **Joined:** Mon Apr 27, 2009 1:31 am **Posts:** 1281

Hou-Tex wrote:

I'm from Texas. We call it "Beer"! :shock:

Soda for the other stuff.

LOL!!!

Hou-Tex · **Posted:** Tue Apr 10, 2012 4:18 pm

Hold my beer and watch this.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Anan-J76WkU

boxbang · **Joined:** Sat Jan 17, 2009 1:33 am **Posts:** 1397

G'day Ceri, you've brought back a childhood memory. I left England when I was young. I remember I loved "Tizer". What exactly is that ?

Ceri · **Posted:** Tue Apr 10, 2012 4:29 pm

boxbang wrote:

G'day Ceri, you've brought back a childhood memory. I left England when I was young. I remember I loved "Tizer". What exactly is that ?

Hiya, boxbang! It used to be great, we loved it as kids! I think it had some ingredient in it that has probably become highly illegal since - opium or some such, I expect.

Couple of years ago I found it in a shop in The North and excitedly bought a bottle, ready for a nostalgia trip. But it turns out nowadays it's just red coloured lemonade. What a disappointment!

It's not the real thing.

Cheers - C

Gorgon · **Posted:** Tue Apr 10, 2012 5:07 pm

Ginger we call it in Scotland

Screamin' Armadillo · **Posted:** Tue Apr 10, 2012 5:37 pm

In Texas, we call everything except Dr. Pepper a "Coke".

Typical exchange overheard in a small Texas cafe:
Waitress: What do y'all want to drink?

Texan: Two Cokes and a Dr. Pepper...

Waitress: What kind of Cokes you want?

Texan: A Sprite and a Orange Crush.
(*note that neither of those drinks are Coca-Colas)

Mexicans call everything a "soda", which I don't know if that's a Tex-Mex/Spanglish word or actual Spanish word.

seismic · **Joined:** Thu Nov 04, 2010 6:31 pm **Posts:** 261

Sprite is a product of Coca-Cola, Inc.

Soda is a synonym for soda pop. It is neither Spanish, nor a conjugate of English or Spanish languages. It has its origins in Italian, > medieval Latin.

Soda also has traditional word usage in chemistry; i.e. sodium based compounds.

pappawookee · **Posted:** Tue Apr 10, 2012 6:00 pm

Gorgon wrote:

Ginger we call it in Scotland

Do we??????? :shock:

When you go into a bar in ABerdeen and ask for sparkling water you get soda water out of the draught gun......

I always thought 'ginger' was ginger ale........

Ceri wrote:

boxbang wrote:

Irn Bru is the soft drink for real men (ask alanssaab). And Tizer ain't what it used to be (I'm losing you now, aren't I?).

Irn Bru is basically, liquid sugar and the ultimate hangover cure..... :shock:

BUt it has to be Barr's Irn Bru and NOT the nasty tasting debacle that is 'Iron Brew'...that stuff is just nasty!!!!

Gorgon · **Posted:** Tue Apr 10, 2012 6:42 pm

pappawookee wrote:

Gorgon wrote:

Ginger we call it in Scotland

Do we??????? :shock:

Yes we do, a bottle of ginger or a can of ginger could mean a bottle or can of any soft drink, coke, pepsi, lemonade, Irn bru. Ginger is the generic term.

Briese · **Joined:** Fri Jan 28, 2011 11:34 am **Posts:** 168

To me it is pop. I never order a soda. It seems that my prefered flavor (Mountain Dew) is rarely available in other areas of the country. Everytime I ask for a Dew, I get pegged as being from Minnesota; close enough I'm actually from North Dakota.

I traveled to Russia a few years ago and wherever I went, coke was the universal term, often the only flavor and it was always flat; while the water was always carbonated. When I asked for flat water they gave me the "I can't believe you would actually drink that" look at which point I decided against it because I wasn't sure if it was safe to drink.

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