Soda vs. Soda

[NeoTifa]

Un coca.

[Momiji]

in indiana we say coke for pepsi or coke actually, anything other than orginal carbinated drinks we use the actual name, but the dark colored one is always coke here

Maybe in your region of Indiana, pal. All of the losers on this side say 'pop' and it makes me wince every time I hear it. I'd rather have it the way you do.

[Raistlin]

Soda is increasing it's plurality. It is inevitable. One day, the cleansing will be complete.

[Magixion]

Everyone around here says "pop", even me.

I guess living in the "rural" and backwater city of Salt Lake makes me a hick.

:rolleyes2

[Raistlin]

I never said rural, just backwoods. And Utah is pretty backwoods/weird overall. Anti-alcohol much?

Just further proof of the superiority of "soda."

[Timekeeper]

I use soda to feel like I'm better than the rest of Australia who say soft drink.

[Bunny]

ORANGE DRANK

[oddler]

Kel loves orange soda. Soda.

[Raistlin]

Only three votes away from an actual majority, and forever stomping out the disgraces of the English language: the usage of "pop" and "Coke" to refer to sodas in general. Go "soda!"

[Iceglow]

stop defining english with your snobbery and start defining it by how it is used

Using brand names as generic terms is an insidious claw of monopolism upon any free market society. Why do you hate honest trade, Allison?

Well who wants to say "adhesive bandage" when you can just say "Band-Aid"?

The correct term for a band-aid when resorting to anything other than band-aid is plaster get it right

Pop is the correct answer. Soda is the clear sparkling water drink that has nothing to do with pop.

That's called sparkling water.

Both wrong and right at the same time. Sparkling water is used almost exclusively when speaking about carbonated mineral water sold at ridiculous rates. Soda water is more accurate being that Soda water is purely water which has been carbonated. If you seek further clarification on this then come to the pizza hut where I work and ask me for a Soda Water and a Sparkling Water and I will clear it all up for you. Needless to say Soda Water is both gassier and more flavoured than Sparkling Water. In fact in most restaurant environments all "soft drinks" are made by the mixing of a concentrated syrup with soda water the machine works like a giant Soda Stream machine. I have to change it's huge gas cylinders and boxes of syrup (they're similar to wine boxes with a bag inside). However for the purpose of what we discuss here both of you are wrong.

"Fizzy drinks," hm?

Acceptable in the UK a carbonated soft drink is refered to as either a carbonated soft drink if you're posh or have recently had the full length of a broom handle inserted up your anus and not yet removed or as a fizzy drink. Fizzy drink is the laymans term for it. Soft Drinks is also used but in the UK people tend to refer to still juices and cordial mixes when talking about "soft" drinks. Though I must confess it is a downfall of my country that in reality when saying the term soft drink it could in reality be relevant to any drink that does not contain alcohol for these are hard drinks.

Pop is a genre of music and therefore I am forced to agree with Raistlin that Soda is correct term for it. Coke is a brand name and sure when people come in and ask for a coke I know that they mean a pepsi (though we have to clarify this and often this causes people to change their drink order to a tango or 7up) however I must also conclude that a brand name is wrong. Soda drinks especially when going in to a restaurant that does not simply pour you a glass of a carbonated drink from a bottle/can but has the "pump" machine process is especially accurate in the fact that in those cases the drink literally is a Soda.

[Blue Harvest]

Kel loves orange soda. Soda.

Is it true?

[Raistlin]

SO CLOSE, only two more votes needed. Come on, soda, you can beat out these terrible alternate names for you!

[Bunny]

It seems I had forgotten to cast my vote in favor of soda.

[blackmage_nuke]

Soft Drink

[Mirage]

Coke makes no goddamn sense as a general word for carbonated, flavoured drinks. Soda all the way.