Re: OT - Mindless Rant
Well over on this side of the pond... (UK)
Cola = cola. No other carbonated bevrages (ie lemonade) are covered by this term.
Coke = cola. Even if they're buying Pepsi, most people will ask for a Coke. Now _that's_ brand identity.
Pop. Back in the 1950s people in the UK used the word "pop" as a blanket term for fizzy drinks of all kinds. Now it just sounds a little... well... camp. "Pop" is now only used for balloons and music.
Soda - on it's own means nothing. Soda water is simply plain carbonated water.
Basically we in the UK have no generic term to describe carbonated drinks in gnral. Th closst we hav is "soft drink" (Which I imagine applies to you lot as well) but which also ccovers all non-aloholic fruit juices, cordials etc. Not tea and coffee, though, oddly.
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