What's it called?

[QueenAdrock]

YOU be the final decider! I know we've had the discussion before, but I want to know majority rule just so I can tell Droppin' he's wrong.

<vote for soda>

[QueenAdrock]

WHO THE HELL SAID POP?

GET OUT!

thanks.

[DroppinScience]

Whatevah.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soft_drink#Naming_conventions

[jackrock]

Droppin' is right... pop.

[QueenAdrock]

NO, YOU BOTH ARE WRONG.

Freakin' canucks comin in here and messin my thread up. :mad:

[jackrock]

When you open a can of pop it doesn't go "Soooda!", it goes "Pop!".
If it said "Sodaaa!" I'd be a little scared.

[Miho Mingu]

Soda it is. Pop and Coke are just slang terms, and the latter shouldn't even be a general term, in the first place, as it's a shortened-form of Coca-Cola.

[TurdBerglar]

just like calling all facial tissues kleenex

[Justin]

Everyone in WV called it POP or COKE. I personally just used the brand name when I was telling someone about it or telling someone to buy some.

So I had to say "bring back some coca cola" if i said bring back some pop...they could come back with some nasty generic shit.

[QueenAdrock]

When you open a can of pop it doesn't go "Soooda!", it goes "Pop!".
If it said "Sodaaa!" I'd be a little scared.

Yeah, but if you go by that, you'd say something like "I'd like to buy a VROOOOM!" instead of "I'd like to buy a car." You say soda because it's an adjective. Soda water was what it was originally called. Soda's an adjective and pop is a verb.

SODA! wooO!

[jackrock]

1. i'm going to start calling anything with an engine a Vrrrooooommm!, cause it'd be sweet

2. We're talking pop here, drinks, not vehicles.

[QueenAdrock]

So should we start calling milk GLUG GLUG GLUG and water drippy drip drip then?

I should start, it'd be super-retarded. Much like pop. :p

[jackrock]

That's not a half bad idea.

[DroppinScience]

LOL at how people think it's only Canadians who say "pop" :rolleyes:

[b-grrrlie]

I thought non-carbonated was pop. Loads of Brits call it that anyway.
btw what do you call non-carbonated drinks then? Like homemade saft (http://www.ceriks.se/storabilder/saft.JPG) (almost like juice, but made with water and loads of sugar).

[DroppinScience]

I thought non-carbonated was pop. Loads of Brits call it that anyway.
btw what do you call non-carbonated drinks then? Like homemade saft (http://www.ceriks.se/storabilder/saft.JPG) (almost like juice, but made with water and loads of sugar).

The British have a really screwed up usage of carbonated and non-carbonated drinks (see Wikipedia link above).

To use North American terms...

Coca-Cola/Pepsi/7Up/Sprite/Dr. Pepper, etc. = Pop or Soda (or "Soda Pop")

[afronaut]

people who call all soda "coke" need to end their lives.

[QueenAdrock]

I heard someone ask for an "orange coke" one time, and I was like, you fuckin' kidding me?

I also hate when I go to someplace and when they ask me what kind of soda I want and I say "Diet Coke" they're like "We only have Pepsi, is that okay?" I'd like to meet the person who makes the hissy fit over that and slap them. It all pretty much tastes the same, why you gotta be snotty over brands? C'mon.

[Miho Mingu]

Really? Because whenever I go to any fast-food restaurant, and I ask for Pepsi, they always tell me they don't have it--just Coke. Not that I'm picky at all, but I'm just pointing out that I have never come across a restaurant that carries Pepsi.

[AdRockGRL]

I think it's soda.... in Italy we call everything with its name, we have not a generical class.. and... i never drunk soda that thing that you call "soda" in my life!

[QueenAdrock]

This was Taco Bell. They only have Pepsi products there.

Either way, I don't caaaare!

[Miho Mingu]

Oh that figures. I rarely eat there. I'd rather have authentic tacos, but even those places are scarce in my area.

Next time, I'm going to use "refreshment" when speaking of soda.

[M.C. Guevera]

Soda. It's always soda.

[Randetica]

alcohol free drinks

[Planetary]

it's either 'pop', or just 'a drink', or just whatever the hell the drink is called.

plus, isn't soda just short for soda pop?

[IDIOTSVILLE]

Sometimes called fizzy

[Tzar]

people who call all soda "coke" need to end their lives.
fuck you cunt

[Randetica]

here soda is bubble water mixed with lemon juice

which is much better than your soda/pop/coke shit

[icy manipulator]

shit, i made a mistake on this one

[afronaut]

fuck you cunt
end your life

[kleptomaniac]

soda :rolleyes:


but you know i used to call it pop when i was five.

and some of my friends call it coke.... :/

soda sounds better to me though. that's all. let the people have their soda & drink it too!

[ggirlballa]

here in Cali its called soda(y) and only if your drinking coca cola its called coke.

if u wanted a sprite u woudn't say give me a coke

[Miho Mingu]

If you know what you want, just say the specific brand. I never use the word soda. Coke, I use, when I want a Coca-Cola.

[milleson]

Coke is coke.

But,

Dr. Pepper = coke.

Sprite = coke.

Orange Crush = coke.

If you don't like it you don't have to dance.

[b-grrrlie]

Coke is only the brown yucky stuff, it can be Coca-Cola, Pepsi, Cuba Cola (yeah they had that here at least in the 80's, you might even find it somewhere still), Tab, Dr Pepper or whatever. All the other colours are sodas.

Me, I don't touch the carbonated stuff at all, except any lime/lemon, but it has to have loads of vodka and ice with it then...

[Miho Mingu]

Sprite is produced by the Coca-Cola company, but Dr. Pepper and Orange Crush are produced by Cadbury-Schweppes.

It's up to you how you want to refer to any beverage, though.

[marsdaddy]

Grape Nehi http://www.popsoda.com/grapenehi.html

[King PSYZ]

where's the tasty beverage option?

[b-grrrlie]

where's the tasty beverage option?
(y) (y)

[ScarySquirrel]

LOL at how people think it's only Canadians who say "pop" :rolleyes:
Right, most of my fellow retarded Michiganders also refer to it as pop.

However, seeing that soda is most uniformly recognized as a carbonated beverage, no matter where I go, I prefer to call it soda. A very long time ago I asked someone for a pop when I was out of state and they didn't know what I was talking about... so since I also recognized the word soda as the same thing, I said that and they got it.

Problem solved. That's a pretty damn long and boring explanation of why I choose soda, but you get it now, right?

[DroppinScience]

Right, most of my fellow retarded Michiganders also refer to it as pop.

However, seeing that soda is most uniformly recognized as a carbonated beverage, no matter where I go, I prefer to call it soda. A very long time ago I asked someone for a pop when I was out of state and they didn't know what I was talking about... so since I also recognized the word soda as the same thing, I said that and they got it.

Problem solved. That's a pretty damn long and boring explanation of why I choose soda, but you get it now, right?

I get ya, but in Canada, it's the reverse. You'd get weird looks if you called things "soda." We know what it is, but "pop" is just the word we use.

It's called regionalisms, people.

But generically calling soda pop "coke" is a tad scary...

[CJM]

it's called pop.

i prefer water, cause that shit is right bad for ya........unless you add vodka....

[beatrix_rocks]

Representin' the Southside here...it's Coke.

Coke is Coke and Pepsi is Coke.
Sprite is Sprite.
Sunkist is "whatever orange drink you have".
And Faygo is king! :cool: 'Specially since it's so cheap!

Nobody down here says pop or soda, it's just unheard of.

[befsquire]

it's all coke unless you're at a restaurant, and then you ask for what you want specifically.

i went through a dr pepper phase when i was with my children's father, and he'd call before coming home and he'd ask whether i needed anything. i'd answer "coke" and he knew that meant dr pepper. then for a while, coke really meant coke, and then it meant diet coke.

now, i usually just ask bobby to hand me an accessory, since i always have to take one with me wherever i go.

[QueenAdrock]

I get ya, but in Canada, it's the reverse. You'd get weird looks if you called things "soda." We know what it is, but "pop" is just the word we use.

It's called regionalisms, people.

YEAH AND YOUR REGION IS INFERIOR! USA! USA! Specifically, to DC. D-C! D-C! WOOO!

And I said soda when I was up there, and they knew what I was talking about. The only time I got weird looks was when I said "Pop," in a condescending voice and then started giggling at its retardedness. :cool: