Okay. So here's the deal... I know most of ya'll aren't from the US. BUT This might be amusing anyway.. I'm from Texas...and it's funny abceuse ONLY in Texas and the surrounding startes can you have this conversation with just abut anyone::

"Hey, want a coke?"
"Sure!"
"Ok, we have Dr Pepper, Sprite, Root bear and coke, what kind you want?"
"Dr. Pepper!"

I don't know if that seems weird to yall or not, but what seems weird to me is wehn Notherners come by and refer to everything as 'Pop' or 'soda'

So out of curiosity... what does everyone else refer to it as??

In Australia we call it "soft drink". Which basically has the same meaning as "soda" or "pop".

Coke is simply that Coke, you know as in Coca Cola, the generic term would be Cola, which covers Coca Cola (Coke), Pepsi etc.

Shazza-lay-me-down-fair-dinkum-strewth-Cola is the correct pronunciation in Australia.

...but seriously I just say Coke. I think vendors are obliged to determine what drink the consumer is after, as I think Coke has become synonymous with soft drink (Pop, Soda) rather than referring to Coca Cola. But places such as KFC who are a licensed Pepsi vendor will actually correct you if you ask for Coke, "Sorry but we only sell Pepsi," which is most likely to differentiate the product.

I call it fizzy drink. :)

Serious? :huh:

I mean, surely coke has bcecome a generic term for Cola, but all soft drinks?

Freaking weirdo. :P

God, I want some Dr. Pepper now.

Dr Pepper > Coke

Where can I buy a crate of Dr. Pepper?

Well if they ask me what drink I want, I'll usually just say Coke, not because I want Coca-Cola, but just because I want a soft drink and am too lazy to see what they have.

It's cool drink fools!

And Dr. Pepper...ugh, I'm so glad that you can't find that anywhere anymore. Ugh!

I've asked a bartender for a coke before and hetried to sell me some cocaine. Fizzy drink from now on for me. :lol:

Calpis > all drinks.

Just don't say the name out loud.

Got hooked on the stuff in tokyo. God bless vending machines.

but yeah "soft drink" is the generic term down here. The more ocker of us call them "softies", but those who use that term often are a rare beast. "Coke" is specifically tied to the brand of Coca-cola.

It's not like they were forcing you to buy it. :P

They did for a bit though, remember the whole collect a certain amount of gold can lids and you get a free one? I ued to take them of beer cans and end up drinking the doctor all day long. :lol:

That's hardly forcing you. :P

It's close though, when it's potentially free i'm all over it in a second. The freebies made me want more. :lol::P

Man I miss Dr. Pepper. :(

Me too. :( I see it occasionally at weird shops in random markets, so I buy it straight away. Naturally when I go back to get some more they don't have it anymore.

Cool Drinks

That is all

What he hell? :/

Cool drinks!? Exactly Drake, what the hell? You sound like you've justbeen ejected out of the 70s. "Yo buddy, pass me a coooooool drink." N00bs. :D

Well, over here, if someone asks you if you want a drink, they'll either go through all the brands they have or just say. "well, I've got squash, juice or fizzy", and then you take it from there.

Hahaha, classic convo. :D:P

Being a "Northerner" people say coke and soda mainly, while i don't hear anyone call it pop. (I think people mainly don't say pop because it sounds childish) The use of the word coke and soda are synonymous here.

Also Dr. Pepper Respec, It has been my favorite type of soda since i was 5 and its funny seeing how much people love this drink now, considering it used to be rare to find it in a store up here, but now its plastered everywhere and you see celebrities drinking it and such.

Do you see a lot of Pibb down in Texas? Whenever i go south i see lot of Pibb

o_O That's wierd. Where I live (Everyone here is a health nut.), we say "Don't drink that crap. It's loaded with calories. Have carrot juice." It cracks me up. There's like, a Trader Joe's every square inch here. xDDD