Is it soda or pop?

[Umbran]

"Soda or pop?" is a question without real consequence. Who cares?

"Soda or powder?" however, matters a great deal.

 

[MGibster]

We called them phosphates when I was a wee lad in the late 19th century.

 

[payn]

"Soda or powder?" however, matters a great deal.

Yeap found that out the hard way making cornbread years ago.

 

[abazaba]

Unneeded calories. But where I live those calories are called: soda, pop, Coke, Is Pepsi OK?

Same over here. Whenever I order a 'cola', they always call the beverage 'Is Pepsi OK' too.

 

[FitzTheRuke]

I call them "yuck".

Truthfully, I tend to think that I don't like Carbonated Beverages (which I guess is a technical name for what we're talking about) but then folks rightly point out that I do like Beer. So, I think it's more that I don't like the sugar-to-water ratio of Pop (what I would really call it). Yes, that would include fake-sugar. That's even worse.

 

[payn]

I call them "yuck".

Truthfully, I tend to think that I don't like Carbonated Beverages (which I guess is a technical name for what we're talking about) but then folks rightly point out that I do like Beer. So, I think it's more that I don't like the sugar-to-water ratio of Pop (what I would really call it). Yes, that would include fake-sugar. That's even worse.

I dont drink soda regularly, or at all if I can manage. Once every so often ill have one if its free and there is no better alternative. Its so damn sweet and sugary I usually toss at least half of it. Im not sure how folks get used to that.

 

[Olgar Shiverstone]

Coke

I now live in the US upper Midwest, and hearing "pop" grates on my ears like fingernails on chalkboard. I will grudgingly accept "soda". As to flavor, I'm a die-hard (diet) Dr. Pepper fan.

 

[jian]

A few noteworthy UK/US differences - in the UK lemonade pretty much exclusively means what in the US might be called lemon soda - a clear fizzy drink with sweet lemon flavour. The still lemonade common in the US we'd probably classify as lemon cordial. We similarly have orangeade, but grape soda was never really a thing here.

Lemon-lime soft drinks are also popular, but don't have a generic identity, usually referred to by the most popular brand names Sprite or 7-Up.

There is “traditional lemonade” which is basically opaque and slightly more sour. Most brands and supermarkets sell that too.

 

[payn]

Coke

So confusing. "Ill have a coke." "which kind? Sprite, Pepsi, Orange, Grape?" Especially, since these days they have actual orange and vanilla coke flavors.

I now live in the US upper Midwest, and hearing "pop" grates on my ears like fingernails on chalkboard. I will grudgingly accept "soda". As to flavor, I'm a die-hard (diet) Dr. Pepper fan.

Im from the midwest too, and pop has always kinda bugged me.

 

[Corinnguard]

I call them "yuck".

Truthfully, I tend to think that I don't like Carbonated Beverages (which I guess is a technical name for what we're talking about) but then folks rightly point out that I do like Beer. So, I think it's more that I don't like the sugar-to-water ratio of Pop (what I would really call it). Yes, that would include fake-sugar. That's even worse.

Are you referring to those brands of Pop that contain more than the daily recommended intake of sugar?