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Atkingani 
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 Posted: March 10 2007 at 19:29 |
In Brazil, the general name for all gaseous drinks is refrigerante or simply refri. Cola is used for Coke & Pepsi and 1,000 other similar/equal brands.
"Coca" is used for Coca-Cola and that other thing. We never use Coke, even cans don't bear this name. However, I once saw a kid asking a 'Coca from Pepsi'... 
Soda is a kind of lemon gaseous beverage and Pop another one, in this case, with several flavours: lemon, orange, cola, etc.
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Snow Dog
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Posted: March 10 2007 at 19:05 |
 martinn wrote:
I call it gaseosa |
When does he fight Godzilla? 
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Snow Dog
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Posted: March 10 2007 at 19:04 |
johnobvious wrote:
The Coca-Cola headquarters are based in Atlanta, GA so a lot of people down in that area work for them or know people who do and I believe this is why down south the term "Coke" morphed into meaning all sodas. Waitresses in restaurants will ask "what kind?" after you say you want a Coke. Bizarre, I know. People in my area of the country call it pop, but I had a roommate in college from New York, who, after we argued the merits between pop and soda, got me to convert. So I call it soda in pop country. |
In Britain "Soda" means Soda Water only.
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martinn
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Posted: March 10 2007 at 19:04 |
I call it gaseosa
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johnobvious
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Posted: March 10 2007 at 19:03 |
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The Coca-Cola headquarters are based in Atlanta, GA so a lot of people down in that area work for them or know people who do and I believe this is why down south the term "Coke" morphed into meaning all sodas. Waitresses in restaurants will ask "what kind?" after you say you want a Coke. Bizarre, I know. People in my area of the country call it pop, but I had a roommate in college from New York, who, after we argued the merits between pop and soda, got me to convert. So I call it soda in pop country.
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Chris H
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Posted: March 10 2007 at 19:01 |
I usually just call it coke. But then again, I live in an upper-class neighborhood/town so I've never really had a problem 
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Philéas
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Posted: March 10 2007 at 18:59 |
The T wrote:
Just Coca-cola or "cola" in my country.. here of course coke...
But it's better to explain things properly...You don't want to go
to a inner city neighbourhood and order "coke" in a store... you may get the other version |
The one used for heating? The coal-ish things one burn, you know?
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Posted: March 10 2007 at 18:58 |
progismylife wrote:
Soda |
Are you an American living in Britain Ben?
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Snow Dog
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Posted: March 10 2007 at 18:57 |
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Being British, its pop. But I generaly call it by the name that it actually is.
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The T
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Posted: March 10 2007 at 18:36 |
Just Coca-cola or "cola" in my country.. here of course coke...
But it's better to explain things properly...You don't want to go to a inner city neighbourhood and order "coke" in a store... you may get the other version |
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Dalezilla
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Posted: March 10 2007 at 18:35 |
bhikkhu wrote:
Now, I have a definitive answer for the soda and pop debate. These separate terms used to be used together as soda pop, to describe the beverage in question. If you look at it, soda is the adjective, and pop is the noun. So the correct answer is pop.
(So says professor H  ) |
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Bj-1
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Posted: March 10 2007 at 18:29 |
Philéas wrote:
Coke is Coke and nothing else |
For the poll question; soda.
Edited by Bj-1 - March 10 2007 at 18:29
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Philéas
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Posted: March 10 2007 at 18:27 |
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Coke is Coke and nothing else. In Sweden we call it läsk (pronounced
lesk in English), which is short for läskedryck, which is an older way
of saying "refreshing beverage" in Swedish. The best option here would
be soda, although I tend to use the term soft drink(s) in English.
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Psychedelia
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Posted: March 10 2007 at 14:39 |
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whoops sorry i didn't understand the question. I voted for the coke one. Nobody actually calls fizzy drinks by these names that i know. As may have been gleaned everyone just calls them fizzy drinks.
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Abstrakt
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Posted: March 10 2007 at 13:07 |
Soda, or cola.
Depends what kind of soda it is
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bhikkhu
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Posted: March 10 2007 at 12:51 |
Calling everything Coke is just silly. Coke is a specific beverage, and is also not the generic term for any cola.
Now, I have a definitive answer for the soda and pop debate. These separate terms used to be used together as soda pop, to describe the beverage in question. If you look at it, soda is the adjective, and pop is the noun. So the correct answer is pop.
(So says professor H )
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cookieacquired
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Posted: March 10 2007 at 12:49 |
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progismylife
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Posted: March 10 2007 at 12:18 |
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Soda
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darkmatter
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Posted: March 10 2007 at 12:16 |
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Soda!
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JJLehto
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Posted: March 10 2007 at 11:17 |
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