Very rarely I might refer to multiple drinks as either soda, or soft drinks, or pop.
It varies on the situation.
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I personally prefer to call it soda. Anything with pop in it sounds too old-fashioned. Soft drink is a ridiculous word combination (although this is probably the most common term for eating establishments.) Sugar water is just water with sugar in it and I've never heard it used to describe carbonated beverages (there's another term.) I think cola only describes a specific type of beverage, as I couldn't imagine somebody referring to a lemon-lime soda as "cola".
Do you call that wonderful fizzy drink of the gods? Soda or Pop?
Personally, I call it soda.
(i tend to ask stuff like this when I get bored lol)
I think the wonderful fizzy drink of the gods is sparkling cider. Therefore, I call it sparkling cider.The REAL wonderful fizzy drink of the gods, however, is nectar.
EDIT: Some people may ask, how is nectar a fizzy drink? Well, nectar is the drink of the gods and can be ANYTHING YOU WANT IT TO BE.
Growing up, I called it pop. But when I learned it was called soda elsewhere, I made a conscious decision to use that word instead. To me, just sounds better. If I ask someone for "pop" I feel like a twelve-year-old.
Seriously, so many people call it soft drink. All your American names and maps (and some ignorance) doesn't mean anything when we call it soft drink.
I call it soda
OT: I call it pop, as does everyone around whom I live.
Pop isn't exclusively a British thing, I live in America, check this map for more information;
Very rarely I might refer to multiple drinks as either soda, or soft drinks, or pop.
It varies on the situation.
::Quote from The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
(Yes I'm from the South)
Sugar Water was meant to be a joke.
Pfft, I already posted that map on the previous page!
I think the wonderful fizzy drink of the gods is sparkling cider. Therefore, I call it sparkling cider.The REAL wonderful fizzy drink of the gods, however, is nectar.
EDIT: Some people may ask, how is nectar a fizzy drink? Well, nectar is the drink of the gods and can be ANYTHING YOU WANT IT TO BE.
YOUR MAP IS LIES!
Not that it matters, I don't drink soda. xD