Poll: Do you call it Soda, Pop or something else?
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Soda or the name of the specific drink, usually abreviated.
Dr. Pepper = D-Pep
Mountain Dew = Dew (Note: this is the most common reference used as Mountain Dew is only a few steps short from being a deity in my family)
Dr. Pepper = D-Pep
Mountain Dew = Dew (Note: this is the most common reference used as Mountain Dew is only a few steps short from being a deity in my family)
We don't have it in Norway either. We had it for a few years before they stopped selling it. I really miss it.PureChaos said:we don't have Mnt Dew in the UK
Since English isn't my first language I don't use the English word to describe my beverage. I usually go by coke or pepsi since that's what I drink most of the time.
In my part of Canada.. everyone uses pop.
It really urks me when people call soda/pop/soft drinks by 'coke'. It's one thing to say kleenex to mean tissue, because brand isn't important for your choice. But when people make coke and pop synonymous, it's just stupid. Coke != root beer != gignerale != dr. pepper or whatever. Doesn't this conversation strike you as odd?
Server: What you like to drink today?
Customer: Coke.
Server: What kind?
Customer: .....Coke.
.. /endrant
It really urks me when people call soda/pop/soft drinks by 'coke'. It's one thing to say kleenex to mean tissue, because brand isn't important for your choice. But when people make coke and pop synonymous, it's just stupid. Coke != root beer != gignerale != dr. pepper or whatever. Doesn't this conversation strike you as odd?
Server: What you like to drink today?
Customer: Coke.
Server: What kind?
Customer: .....Coke.
.. /endrant
The brand name every time. "Fizzy drink" seems to have carried from my childhood, and if it's still pop. Pop at a push. If I seriously can't think of the name and don't know if it's carbonated.
I call it by name: "Pepsi, 7UP, Crush, etc."
Except for Coca-Cola, I call that Coke, for no particular reason.
Except for Coca-Cola, I call that Coke, for no particular reason.
Here in the South, we call it "Coke."
Obviously if we want to specify, we call the carbonated beverage by its particular name. But if I'm going to get a drink and I want to see what anyone else wants, I say "I'm going to get a Coke, you want anything?" And then I'll return with a Sprite, Mountain Dew, etc.
Obviously if we want to specify, we call the carbonated beverage by its particular name. But if I'm going to get a drink and I want to see what anyone else wants, I say "I'm going to get a Coke, you want anything?" And then I'll return with a Sprite, Mountain Dew, etc.
