What Do You Call This Popular Beverage?

[cbwjm]

Here in NZ we call them fizzy winkles named after John Winkle who brought carbonated drinks to the country in 1937.

 

[Twiggly the Gnome]

Where I'm from, someone will ask you if you want a coke, and if you say yes, they'll ask which kind.

My grandfather would call them dopes, because growing up they were a special treat you'd get at the drug store.

My wife calls them sugary drinks.

 

[R_J_K75]

Pepsi is a bit sweeter.

Yeah. I can't stand Coke as it's too bitter and always prefered Pepsi. I was probably one of the few people who preferred New Coke over Coke Classic. I stopped drinking all cola about 10 years ago as out of nowhere I started getting a strange bitter after taste from drinking it. I can drink any other flavor of pop so Im assuming my taste buds just changed. Maybe I'll grab a bottle and see if still has the same effect.

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

Around here, at least, anything non-alcoholic fits in the "soft drink" category.

Ditto here, technically, but if you ask, they’ll start with listing the carbonated stuff first. You might even have to ask for anything non-carbonated by name.

 

[Tonguez]

Yeah. I can't stand Coke as it's too bitter and always prefered Pepsi. I was probably one of the few people who preferred New Coke over Coke Classic. I stopped drinking all cola about 10 years ago as out of nowhere I started getting a strange bitter after taste from drinking it. I can drink any other flavor of pop so Im assuming my taste buds just changed. Maybe I'll grab a bottle and see if still has the same effect.

I hate all fizzy sugar waters except a ginger ale or soda water. Taught my baby son that coke was evil

I'll tolerate lemonade if I need to but would rather drink milk or water, even juice is too sweet for me

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

Here in NZ we call them fizzy winkles named after John Winkle who brought carbonated drinks to the country in 1937.

The rest of the world knows there's at least a 50/50 chance this kind of stuff is just Kiwis messing with the rest of us, but it's so charming, we just let it go by unquestioned.

 

[R_J_K75]

I hate all fizzy sugar waters except a ginger ale or soda water.

I dont generally drink much pop or keep it in the house unless they have 5 for $5 2-liters, which they do every so often. But at almost $3 a bottle now I buy it even less.

I'll tolerate lemonade if I need to but would rather drink milk or water, even juice is too sweet for me

I'll buy the powdered lemonade or Gatorade mix so I can make it so it's not so tart. Milk I can't stand. Except a glass of chocolate milk every few years, I probably haven't had a glass of milk in 40 years. I use it for coffee, cereal or cooking, but I can't drink it straight.

 

[SableWyvern]

What do you call this?

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If I know what it is, I will probably call it what it is.

If I'm not sure what it is, but am thinking about possibly drinking it, I am likely to ask if it is coke or say something like, "what type of cola is that?" but I will certainly not refer to it as coke unless I have reason to believe it actually is.

If I need to refer to sweet, fizzy drinks generally, I will most likely call use the term "softdrink".

 

[pukunui]

Here in NZ we call them fizzy winkles named after John Winkle who brought carbonated drinks to the country in 1937.

Is that a generational and/or regional thing? I hear “fizzy” all the time in Auckland but have never heard “fizzy winkle” in the 20+ years I’ve been living here.

 

[Zardnaar]

Coke or fizz/fizzy.