What do you call soft drinks?

soft drink or just the specific thing that it is most often

 

I can't really say that in my experiences that one term runs away with it in Houston. I use soda.

I haven't heard sugar water in years. I had a creole friend back in middle school who always pronounced it; "sugah watah."

 

I usually just say soda or call them by their name brand, Do you want a Coke, Dr Pepper, Sprite... etc.

 

Exactly. Thats what i do when people ask me for a coke...but yea thats how i also refer to cokes as...i mean soft drinks as

 

I lived in Utah and I had a really hard time keeping a strait face when grown men would say "pop" with no remorse.

I just sounds so childish.


I'm a "coke" guy, and I personally despise Coca-Cola.

 

It's corn water.

 

Ditto.

 

I'm going to print this thread out and xerox it

 

After reading that guy in the wheelchair in front of the 18 wheeler, I need a kleenex to wipe my eyes from laughing.

 

pop, the way it should be

 

When I was a kid, I saw a sign that said, "frontage road".

Me: Mom, what is a frontage road?
Mom: Its the feeder
Me: ....oh ... ? why do they call it the frontage road?

 

same here, I said something to the effect of "that frontage road must be a long street"

 

So what region is "feeder" from? Is it just Houston or Texas or what? I only discovered that everyone else uses frontage a few years ago.

Btw, on to topic. Coke...but only in my social circle. When I say coke in a restaurant, I mean Coke.

 

I'm from Houston...I call everything Coke.

I live in Minnesota now...and everyone here calls it pop. Actually it's more like "pahp," which I can't stand.

The other day I asked someone at work where the closest coke machine was...her answer: "Well, there's a pop machine around the corner, but I'm not sure if they have Coke."

 

I think it's mainly a Houston thing although it could be a Southeast Texas thing.

Someone posted an article or something about it a couple a years ago and that's how I found out.

 

I'm Houstonian, but when I say Coke, I mean Coke.

I use "soda" otherwise.

Polariod and Rollerblade are others to add to the list. And the English call vacuums "Hoovers". It's a verb, too.

Hey, plonker, hoover the flat.

 

I hated working at a grocery store and have people refer to it as soda water. One time an older lady asked me if I could grab her some "soda water" that was on sale. i brought back a 2 liter of club soda that was on sale. She looked at me like i was an idiot.

 

Its a Houston thing and i believe another area in Michigan or Wisconsin.

 

Its a Houston thing and i believe another area in Michigan or Wisconsin.

 

Hah.

That's awesome.

Thanks for the comments.



I hear the term "Soda Water" often too. I think that's the dumbest thing ever.