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

[Zhukov]

Other: soft drink.

Location: Australia.

 

[WrongSprite]

Almost always brand, fizzy drink if generalizing.

We don't say soda in the UK.

 

[MasterChief892039]

I call it pop. Also live in Canada, if that makes a difference.

 

[Bakuryukun]

Ugh I hate this discussion, because most people don't seem to know that Soda and Cola are two separate things, at least where I live. Cola being all Dark colored pops that are flavored by nuts, roots etc. and Soda being light colored pops with fruity flavors.

 

[Snor]

we commonly say cola, for coca cola/pepsi etc. but then again we have a different language
Soda is the category of all (well sodas) drinks with bubbles like 7up and Fanta, as far as i know

 

[Thaa'ir]

Pop, and I'm from Michigan. You get teased among my friends if you use "soda."

 

[walkingdead127]

coke, or whatever the coke made product equivalent is(ie sprite or cherry coke)

 

[Shuswah_Noir]

Where I'm from in Australia it's generally soft drink/fizzy drink, unless asking for a specific brand.

 

[holy_secret]

I'm from Sweden, and I've always been unsure of how to say this word in English. The result is that I simply avoid saying it There are always ways to work around words so it's never been a problem.

 

[master m99]

i just call it by the branded name tbh, of i want coke ill say coke if i wasnt 7 up ill say 7 up =)

 

[Nexoram]

Im almost certain Me and everyone else in Australia call it "Soft Drink"

And seriously before people start saying "I only say brand name derp" seriously, when you ask your friends what kind of Soft Drink they want in the shops you say, "do you want (goes on to list every drink possible)" or do you make a generalisation?

Yes this guy has it summed up in his post. I think only Americans or British people visting us refer it something not 'soft drink'

 

[Jewrean]

SOFT DRINK

All carbonated drinks in Australia are first referred to as 'Soft Drinks' as opposed to 'Hard Drinks' (alcohol). It is rare to hear it be called Soda here.

 

[AvsJoe]

I live in Canada, where almost everyone calls it pop. I say soda, however, because more than one person had thought I said pot. Unlike pop, it's difficult for anyone to confuse soda with anything, even if it is spoken with my thick-as-fuck accent.

 

[Hinro]

Over here in Washington, it is called Pop. I however, starting calling it Soda after I adopted a more Canadianish dialect.

Off Topic: I'm sorry but that post makes basically no sense. Unless you're in Quebec or you're trying to be different than everyone else it is normally called pop up here in Canada. Soda just sounds too sugary and our pop actually has less sugar than your sodas (on average).

OT: I'm from Ontario Canada and I personally go back and forth between calling it a soft drink and calling it pop simply because my mom calls them soft drinks (she spent some time in Australia when she was younger) and my dad calls it pop.

 

[chstens]

In English, I call it soda, but in my native tounge I just go for "brus", take that sockervatten.

 

[DarkPegasus333]

Here in the South we're supposed to call it soda (or so I'm told). I usually call it by its given name (Mountain Dew, Pepsi, Sprite, Coke, etc.). Generically, I call it "a drink".

I can't be the only one that does this...

 

[Mrrrgggrlllrrrg]

Wisconsin here, soda pop.

 

[Chatato]

I call it by its specific name if i want a Diet Coke I'll say so if I want a Pepsi I'll say i want a Pepsi and so forth.

 

[ultimateownage]

Coke is just Coca-Cola. Fizzy drinks are usually called soda, but no one ever calls them that. They call them by their brand name, or if there isn't one they call it [fruit used to flavour it]-ade. So it's Cherryade, Lemonade, Orangeade, Dr Pepper, Fanta, 7-Up, Coke, Pepsi.

 

[Katherine Kerensky]

I call it by the specific brand name, so I don't end up with some random crap I don't want >.>
Or if not the brand name, the name of the actual drink. Want cream soda? Ask for cream soda.
Want Coca Cola? Ask for Coca Cola/Cola/Coke.
Pepsi? Pepsi.
Etc.
It seems weird to just call everything the same thing >.>
That, or I'm just overly specific and picky... maybe that... along with a load of other people, no doubt >.>