soda vs pop vs coke

[Sewer]

what DO you call it.................

[Joe Biden 2020]

pop

[tmthforu94]

pop

[Keystone Phil]

Obviously soda but we also call it up Coke sometimes up here.

[k-onmmunist]

Coke or fizzy drinks

[Obnoxiously Slutty Girly Girl]

Sodie pop....



Nah, just soda.

[Teddy (IDS Legislator)]

I DON'T drink baking soda
I DON'T drink coke, I drink pepsi

I DO drink Pop.

Anyone who is anal about it being called something wrong (IE soda) loses all my respect.

[RIP Robert H Bork]

Soda

[Sewer]

you guys drink baking soda?

On what planet do they call baking soda "soda"?

[Plant City Rebel]

Coke---even if it is anything but a coke.....

[Queen Mum Inks.LWC]

Pop (normal)

[Free Palestine]

Carbonated beverage.

[Rowan]

Soda

I can't understand how you can call soda that isn't even Coke, Coke. It makes no sense.

[Mr. Morden]

soda

[Ban my account ffs!]

you guys drink baking soda?

On what planet do they call baking soda "soda"?

That is a common shortening of the term.  Though shortening is something completely different

I know many recipes that call for "2 tsp of soda"... it's pretty obvious they don't mean sprite.

A few other things:


It seems in Europe if you order lemonade, they will bring you a sprite or 7up... most likely sprite.  Europeans just don't have nearly the choice Americans have when it comes to pop.

In the U.S., if you order lemonade (good advice for foreigners), you will not get sprite.  You will get a non-carbonated drink composed of water, ice, squeezed lemons, and sugar.  Though now days you'll probably get a concoction of various chemicals borne from a laboratory that kinda tastes like lemon juice, sugar, and water mixed together.

[Associate Justice PiT]

you guys drink baking soda?

On what planet do they call baking soda "soda"?

That is a common shortening of the term.  Though shortening is something completely different

I know many recipes that call for "2 tsp of soda"... it's pretty obvious they don't mean sprite.

     I imagine it's something specific to places that do not call soft drinks soda, since I have never heard of anyone referring to baking soda as soda.

[J. J.]

Soda, since I moved to Philly.

[Dr. Cynic]

Pop (normal)

I have to continue to coach Laura on how to talk when she moves here. She says "Soft Drink". In Pittsburgh, she'll get looked at like she has three heads.

[Dr. Cynic]

Soda, since I moved to Philly.

You're a traitor to your people

[Linus Van Pelt]

Yeah similarly, in practice I often say "soda" so people don't look at me like "what?", but definitely "pop" is the term in my native dialect.

When I first came to N.J., "soda" sounded kind of all-America-1950's to me, reminiscent of some diner with jukeboxes and that sort of thing. But now I'm used to it.

[Associate Justice PiT]

Yeah similarly, in practice I often say "soda" so people don't look at me like "what?", but definitely "pop" is the term in my native dialect.

When I first came to N.J., "soda" sounded kind of all-America-1950's to me, reminiscent of some diner with jukeboxes and that sort of thing. But now I'm used to it.

     That's interesting, since "pop" sounds to me like something people would have called it in the 1950s. I suppose there is a tendency to hear alien terms from within the same general culture as outdated.

[Mr. Morden]

It seems in Europe if you order lemonade, they will bring you a sprite or 7up... most likely sprite.  Europeans just don't have nearly the choice Americans have when it comes to pop.

I don't know about Europe, but here in Oz, there are apparently some tyrannical rules on caffeine content in soda, such that it's essentially banned in all sodas except colas.  You can find Mountain Dew here, but it's actually caffeine free, so it's not nearly as popular as in the US.  This of course leads to there being less selection among sodas than there would otherwise be.

(Of course, this is somewhat circumvented by the fact that some of the caffeinated drinks are simply marketed as "energy drinks" rather than "soft drinks".)

[Hatman 🍁]

It seems in Europe if you order lemonade, they will bring you a sprite or 7up... most likely sprite.  Europeans just don't have nearly the choice Americans have when it comes to pop.

I don't know about Europe, but here in Oz, there are apparently some tyrannical rules on caffeine content in soda, such that it's essentially banned in all sodas except colas.  You can find Mountain Dew here, but it's actually caffeine free, so it's not nearly as popular as in the US.  This of course leads to there being less selection among sodas than there would otherwise be.

(Of course, this is somewhat circumvented by the fact that some of the caffeinated drinks are simply marketed as "energy drinks" rather than "soft drinks".)

Those same rules apply in Canada, or at least they used to. It seems weird thinking Mountain Dew has caffeine in it, but then again who the hell drinks Mountain Dew?

[Obnoxiously Slutty Girly Girl]

It seems in Europe if you order lemonade, they will bring you a sprite or 7up... most likely sprite.  Europeans just don't have nearly the choice Americans have when it comes to pop.

I don't know about Europe, but here in Oz, there are apparently some tyrannical rules on caffeine content in soda, such that it's essentially banned in all sodas except colas.  You can find Mountain Dew here, but it's actually caffeine free, so it's not nearly as popular as in the US.  This of course leads to there being less selection among sodas than there would otherwise be.

(Of course, this is somewhat circumvented by the fact that some of the caffeinated drinks are simply marketed as "energy drinks" rather than "soft drinks".)

Those same rules apply in Canada, or at least they used to. It seems weird thinking Mountain Dew has caffeine in it, but then again who the hell drinks Mountain Dew?

Rednecks.

[Mr. Morden]

It seems in Europe if you order lemonade, they will bring you a sprite or 7up... most likely sprite.  Europeans just don't have nearly the choice Americans have when it comes to pop.

I don't know about Europe, but here in Oz, there are apparently some tyrannical rules on caffeine content in soda, such that it's essentially banned in all sodas except colas.  You can find Mountain Dew here, but it's actually caffeine free, so it's not nearly as popular as in the US.  This of course leads to there being less selection among sodas than there would otherwise be.

(Of course, this is somewhat circumvented by the fact that some of the caffeinated drinks are simply marketed as "energy drinks" rather than "soft drinks".)

Those same rules apply in Canada, or at least they used to. It seems weird thinking Mountain Dew has caffeine in it, but then again who the hell drinks Mountain Dew?

For me it seems weird thinking about Mountain Dew without caffeine, but then I grew up in the US, where that's what it's known for.

I've yet to hear the explanation for *why* Australia and Canada have these rules.  If caffeine is legal in general, why ban it in soda, and why then make an exception for colas?  It makes no sense.  Unless the thinking is just that soda is marketed to children, yet cola should somehow get a pass because it was grandfathered in?  But if caffeine in cola is allowed, then this seems a rather ineffective method for reducing caffeine consumption by kids.

EDIT: As an aside, there's a great store in Sydney called "Sugar Fix", which carries numerous junk food imports, including Dr. Pepper and root beer.  I don't remember what brand of root beer it is though.  I think maybe A&W.