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What do you call them?

I guess many people in the east call it "soda"
while many people in the west/northwest call it "pop",
I've heard that people on the south call it all "coke"…which pisses me off.

What do you guys call it?

I call it soda because of my French background. "boisson gauses" translates to soda better than pop so I've just grown up saying soda even though I live in the West and everyone calls it pop :p

Soda (I live on the east coast). If I ask for a Coke, I'm definitely asking for Coca-Cola. Which really doesn't happen much, as I prefer clear sodas to dark sodas.

Pop, and i don't drink it.

East coast! So soda. My mom and dad both say pop though and I hate it.

Carbonated Poison

Poison.

~Sand

Pop :)

Many other poisons in life, might as well have one that you enjoy.

soda, and

how is it poison? sugar, caffeine, and carbon, in amounts that cannot even affect you

"Soft Drink" is the term used in Australia (well, most commonly used) ;)

i call it "CO2 enchanced ______"

From: Awkwardsaw
soda, and

how is it poison? sugar, caffeine, and carbon, in amounts that cannot even affect you

It's a poison because people often drink way too much of it (and it's really easy to drink too much). And most of them are poison to people with diabetes, anyway.

so…poison is defined by how much people drink it? I didn't think too many people were drinking bleach these days, but that is a poison. And it's not pop that poisons diabetics, it's sugar, which most pop has a lot of, but not all pop.

From: Brain
so…poison is defined by how much people drink it? I didn't think too many people were drinking bleach these days, but that is a poison. And it's not pop that poisons diabetics, it's sugar, which most pop has a lot of, but not all pop.

No, poison isn't defined by how much people drink it. But anything is a poison in too large of a quantity.

People have died from to much water, i remember in the news, a radio show was doing a water drinking contest. Had to drink gallons in 3 minutes to get a ps3. Women died who was doing it for her kids.

From: ZaSz
People have died from to much water, i remember in the news, a radio show was doing a water drinking contest. Had to drink gallons in 3 minutes to get a ps3. Women died who was doing it for her kids.

It wasn't a PS3. It was a Wii. The contest was called "Hold your Wee for a Wii." Everyone involved in the contest was then fired.

From: senrath
But anything is a poison in too large of a quantity.

No, anything is fatal in too large of quantity, not everything is a poison. Too much heat such as being teleported to the surface of the sun is fatal, you will vaporize, but it is in no way poisonous.

I've never heard a story where an individual willingly and casually drank too much pop and died…..I did have a friend however that drank too much pop too often and had some kidney stones. And then the unfortunate chap had some testicular torsion and lost a ball.

And of course I agree with you, nearly every substance has a toxicity concentration point.

From: Awkwardsaw
soda, and

how is it poison? sugar, caffeine, and carbon, in amounts that cannot even affect you

Obesity, Type 2 diabetes, harsh on your teeth and virtually zero nutrient values.

If the amount of caffeine in carbonated drinks cannot affect you, why would they add it? It certainly is not taste seeing as most people consider caffeine to taste awful.

And no, they do not add carbon to carbonated drinks, they add carbon dioxide. Two very different things.

I have in my possession diet 7up and pepsi. The 7up has virtually no sugar, but 124 mg of aspartame for every 355ml. The Pepsi has 30g of sugar per cup. If you honestly believe that is not a lot of sugar, you are crazy. The negative effects aspartame are still out of the park.

I will be honest, I still drink the occasional carbonated drink but its never a lot. Drinking anything more than around a cup gives me bad stomach pains. And this is usually because of floats. I cannot say for sure why carbonated drinks pains me so much, but I know pain is a warning developed by the body to tell you that something is wrong. That is enough for me.

I call it Liquid Sugar, but when I ask for it at the restaurant then I would say soda

Soft Drink in Australia.

[QUOTE=Dan's The Man;646025]"Soft Drink" is the term used in Australia (well, most commonly used) ;)[/QUOTE]

SoftDrink FTW

Well :

Coca Cola = Coca (coke)
Sprite = limonade
Fanta = fanta…

Etc.

Coke, I'm from the south..
so wat?

"Soft drink"

pop.
thats what it is.
everything else is wrong.
coke = pop.
sprite = pop.
rootbeer = pop.






hehe im sothern canadian >.> dont know if that has anything to do with it..

I call it "iets met prik".

I call it whatever the actual name is. I don't generalize a name for all the drinks.

~Camo

From: Camo Developer
I call it whatever the actual name is. I don't generalize a name for all the drinks.

~Camo

so if you were offering someone a drink at your home, and you had 1000 different kinds of beverage, you would list each one out instead of saying "Would you like a soft drink/pop/soda/coke(not the brand, the generalization that every drink is coke)"?

Everybody in British Columbia calls it pop. I was actually surprised when everybody called it Soda in the U.S., I thought that people just called it pop everywhere :/

From: Brain
so if you were offering someone a drink at your home, and you had 1000 different kinds of beverage, you would list each one out instead of saying "Would you like a soft drink/pop/soda/coke(not the brand, the generalization that every drink is coke)"?

If I had a 1000 different kinds of beverages, I would be scared. I would list them by name. I have a weird case of OCD when it comes to things like that, plus working at a restaurant where we have to list the drinks by name to the customers doesn't help.

~Camo

Its pop. I call individual drinks by their names though

Well it depends on what I want.

If I want any variant of Coke, like Pepsi or w/e Ill say coke. If I want a tango, I'll say that, same as Sprite, etc etc

pop

Nobody asked you Torrent :P <3

~Camo

From: Torrent of Flame
Well it depends on what I want.

If I want any variant of Coke, like Pepsi or w/e Ill say coke. If I want a tango, I'll say that, same as Sprite, etc etc

"tango"? lol :p

From: bionicle1800
"tango"? lol :p

I'm assuming it's like a Fanta sort of drink.

~Camo

From: Camo Developer
I'm assuming it's like a Fanta sort of drink.

~Camo

"Fanta"?

Tango is like Fanta. :p

EDIT: Also, Camo </3 :(

From: MylesMadness
"Fanta"?

^ Fanta :)

@Torrent. Turn that frown upside down :) <3

~Camo

From: Camo Developer
^ Fanta :)

:drool: Blonde 1 ftw

From: tofurocks
Everybody in British Columbia calls it pop. I was actually surprised when everybody called it Soda in the U.S., I thought that people just called it pop everywhere :/

I live in BC and I call it soda!

@Bionicle. Nah, purple +1

@Hobbit. Well you're just the odd one out lol :P

~Camo

From: Camo Developer
@Hobbit. Well you're just the odd one out lol :P

~Camo

No, I'm the sexy French one out ;)

From: Hobbit
No, I'm the sexy French one out ;)

French? in BC?

From: Hobbit
No, I'm the sexy French one out ;)

It does make sense I guess.

From: Hobbit
No, I'm the sexy French one out ;)

Touche, you are shmexy lol :)

~Camo

From: tofurocks
I was actually surprised when everybody called it Soda in the U.S.

Not everybody in the US calls it soda :p

so i herd u liek fitin ofah wich fanta womun iz tuh bezt

I call it soda, as most people do who live in New Jersey, USA. It would make me mad also if people called it coke regardless lol, I hate coke…. except for cherry coke, that's sooo good. :p

From: Brain

I've heard that people on the south call it all "coke"…which pisses me off.

It's just the same as calling a tissue a "Kleenex" the leading brand of the product.

From: ItsBrucey
It's just the same as calling a tissue a "Kleenex" the leading brand of the product.

Wow, that's an awesome point.

I generally don't drink it.. but when it comes down to it… I call such carbonated drinks soda… that is mainly because I am a spiteful person living on the west side of the USA…

From: ItsBrucey
It's just the same as calling a tissue a "Kleenex" the leading brand of the product.

My mom does that, I know she can't help it since everyone in her family does it. I still call it a tissue.

~Camo

Atlanta is the birthplace of Coca~Cola, so everything is a Coke, even bringing a Pepsi product on Coke Facility (as an employee) is grounds for dismissal. "Pop" is the noises the bubbles make when they…Pop…almost annoying as saying "Crack Cocaine", because it makes a crack noise when it's made :s ….most carbonated beverages are made from "Soda Water" and syrup….When in Rome, do as the Romans do…. I call it Soda…

~RAM

I usually call it 'prik' (Dutch ino ino), as there's no other word really used for it over here..

Pop, but vary rarely.

From: Brain
so if you were offering someone a drink at your home, and you had 1000 different kinds of beverage, you would list each one out instead of saying "Would you like a soft drink/pop/soda/coke(not the brand, the generalization that every drink is coke)"?

I would have to name off all 1,000 different kinds. I usually ask for a drink by name as do my friends.

From: Narcle
Pop, but vary rarely.



I would have to name off all 1,000 different kinds. I usually ask for a drink by name as do my friends.

I am not alone :)

~Camo

From: Camo Developer
I am not alone :)

~Camo

yea actually now that i think about it, i do name the drinks individually (if i know what i want :p) if i dont know, then i usually say pop though

'fris'

Oh, so everyone calls them by their name in their country now? :p
'Brus' then..