Poll: What do you call it? Soda, cola, pop, etc...

[StBishop]

I'm an Aussie.

We say soft drink to mean any sugary, carbonated, non-energy drink[footnote]Energy drink being Red-Bull, V, Mother, Monster, Rockstar etc.[/footnote].

Pop means Grandpa/Grandfather.

Soda means Soda Water.

If I want a specific drink I'll ask for it. But if I just want a drink in general I say drink.

eg. "Dude I'm going down the caf (Cafeteria/Cafe) to get a can of Mother" or "Dude, I'm grabbing a drink, you want something?"

or, "Hi can I have a Big Mac meal with a large chips and Coke and another the same but with Sprite"

I will say cola, but only if I mean a coke like drink that isn't Coke or Pepsi/all cola drinks.

Also, Pepsi is pretty much ignored in Australia. Seriously I don't know a single person who prefers Pepsi and I've not seen any Pepsi since... the 90s. I've never seen a Pepsi ad on TV in my life.

 

[Dystopia]

I'm in Yorkshire in the UK.

whereabouts in Yorkshire, if you don't mind me asking?

Wakefield, near Leeds. Pourquoi?

 

[Mr Shrike]

I call it by whatever it is named.

If it's Coke, I call it Coke.
If it's Lilt, I call it Lilt.

Well, you get the picture...

(I'm in the UK.)

 

[DonMartin]

Limsa.


That is all.

 

[Artina89]

I'm in Yorkshire in the UK.

whereabouts in Yorkshire, if you don't mind me asking?

Wakefield, near Leeds. Pourquoi?

I was just curious. I don't see many posts by other people from Yorkshire. (There might be a load of people from Yorkshire on here, and i just haven't noticed XD )

 

[Samwise137]

I usually call it by whatever specific soft drink it is (eg. Coke, Sprite, Jones etc).

 

[ICantBelieveItGoesBoom]

I call both Coca Cola and Pepsi coke (but not diet coke, disgusting stuff). Both for like sprite, fanta etc I call them all by their actual names. I don't really have a catch-all term.

 

[Weslebear]

I call whatever I'm drinking by it's actual name, I like to be specific.

 

[El Poncho]

I refer to them as it's brand.

If it's coca cola it's coke, if it's Fanta it's Fanta, why beat around the bush and give a term like soda?

What are you drinking?
Soda?
What kinda of soda?

As opposed to:

What are you drinking?
Fanta
Cool, I like Fanta, although I prefer Tango!

 

[WolfLordAndy]

Like everyone else from the UK, I call it by its name! To call em collectively I guess I call them Softdrinks.

 

[drunkenduck]

I've never heard anyone say pop or soda but I live in Scotland. I call them soft/fizzy drinks.

 

[Your Nightmare]

Coke or pop, depends really. If we have Coke, then i'll ask for it. If I just want to make a sweeping generalisation among all of the fizzy beverages in the house, then it's pop.

England here..

 

[drosalion]

I live in Australia -

I wouldnt use a single one of the options on the list (except for coke, when specifically refering to coca cola and only coca cola), nor have i ever heard any one else ever use any of those terms.

Its only ever called 'soft drink' as a general thing (MAYBE 'fizzy drink' but rarely), or more commonly refer to each drink by brand ie. coke, pepsi, sprite, fanta, etc

 

[Coldster]

Canadians call it pop, Americans call it soda. Thats all I know

 

[Amberella]

I usually call it soda or pop. xD

 

[TilMorrow]

My general term for it is fizzy but if we are talking specifically about coco cola then I'd say coke. But I'm more inclined to say fanta.

 

[Funkiest Monkey]

In the UK, it's pop.