What do you call a carbonated beverage in your part of the world?

[Shannacore]

!

[Shannacore]

Also maybe say where you're from? Wondering if this is a regional thing or not (I don't really think it is).

[Hastley]

Soda but the regional dialect in Florida is coke

[Shannacore]

In New Mexico, everyone refers to a soda as "coke". Doesn't matter if it's Mt. Dew, Dr. Pep, Sprite, whatevs - they call it a "coke". So dumb.

[Zadrian]

Soda - like a normal person.

PA

[Gaffin']

in da south where I am mostly referred to as "drinks" other non soda types are labled water, juice, weird but just how its been said in my family

[Samoht]

What do you call a carbonated beverage in your part of the world?

we call it by it's proper name: unhealthy swill.

[r00t]

suga wata

[Shannacore]

Is "pop" vs "soda" maybe an age thing? Both my mom and I grew up in Colorado, but she calls it pop and I call it soda.

[Versch]

In South Carolina it's coke, you have to specify what kind of "coke" you want if there are options.

I blame marketing, general stupidity and an unwillingness to change because it really is kind of dumb. (oh and the coca-cola factory being just a short ways away)

[Champion_Standing]

http://www.popvssoda.com/

Yes, it is regional.

[Gaffin']

I dunno ive seen more people from the north call it pop than south

[Shannacore]

http://www.popvssoda.com/

Yes, it is regional.

Colorado is definitely predominately a "pop" state. Wonder how I picked up soda.

[Roku]

Since you used the word "world" in your question, my English friends call them fizzy drinks.

[Champion_Standing]

Colorado is definitely predominately a "pop" state. Wonder how I picked up soda.

I've lived in Michigan almost my entire life and pretty much everyone says pop here, I say soda and get strange looks....but I think it is just because of the way I speak. I have a deep voice and sometimes words like pop are easy for people to misunderstand if I am not shouting.

[radditsu]

Diet Dr Pepper (with cherry if available)

[Shannacore]

Diet Dr Pepper (with cherry if available)

I don't think soda often but anything with cherry (Dr. Pep, Coke, Pepsi, etc) is my fav.

[Bamz4l]

pop up here in canada

[Hasbinbad]

"that ill shit people back east drink."

[Kagatob]

Tasty beverage (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l1uqRZCyBIw)

[Laugher]

I dunno ive seen more people from the north call it pop than south

Yeah heard this from a couple friends who moved south from Chicago (within 20 miles of the city here) we call it pop, hardly hear soda haha they heard it so much where they moved to it was worth mentioning

[Sckrilla]

Definitely a regional thing, most people in the south call it Coke, then you have to elaborate on what kind of "Coke" (soda) afterwards.

[Kimmie]

figured kimmie wut be a bitch about this

Stayed in Pittsburgh with the Poppers for six long years, but I stayed strong. ;)

[bordbard]

Pop in Canada as well.. looks like all of Canada is Pop:

http://www.popvssoda.com/stats/CAN.html

[zanderklocke]

I call it soda, but I am a rarity to not call it "pop" in Minnesota.

[Estolcles]

I call it soda. DUnno if I speak for all of Virginia though.

I guess the further south you go, it becomes Coke. Probably with the closer you get to Atlanta.

[gotrocks]

pop, but i still say soda often too. Honestly though that has more to do with me simply not giving a shit about carbonated beverages than anything.

I also try to actively switch up my word choice, so i'll call it both daily.

Most people 'round here say pop though.

[Orruar]

I just call it that shit you drink if you want to look like:

http://img2-2.timeinc.net/people/i/2012/news/120910/mama-june-600.jpg

[gotrocks]

^^^ yeah exactly.

[myriverse]

Unless someone specifically refers to a Dew or Barq's or something, they just say, "Coke," around here.

[Daldolma]

the correct answer is soda

the rest of you still have time to repent

[Champion_Standing]

I just realized that you can see what people put for "other" on the pop vs soda site.

some examples include "Jared's ass lava", "A Large Farva" and "grape drank".

[Nikon]

some examples include "Jared's ass lava", "A Large Farva" and "grape drank".

I just straight ask for Liter Cola.

[Dr. Edge]

Back in the old days folks would go to the drug store and sit at the bar for "seltzer water" mixed with different herbs and extracts thought to give medical properties, this seltzer water was also known as "soda water" or "soda pop" due to the carbonation and bubbles it produced. This in time was shortened to just "pop" or "soda" in different areas.

The pharmacists grew tired of mixing these libations themselves so they hired men to take over this job, they were referred to as "Soda Jerks".

Calling all carbonated beverages "coke" is just ignorant, and I have never heard of that before.

Mystery solved:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soda_jerk

http://image1.masterfile.com/getImage/846-06111813em-1940s-SMILING-SODA-JERK-DRESSED-IN-SHIRT-TIE---WHITE-SMOCK-STANDING-BE.jpg

[Elements]

poison

[Aprio]

Since you used the word "world" in your question, my English friends call them fizzy drinks.

While I am not one of your English friends, I can confirm that we English do call them fizzy drinks.

[Sajan]

http://m.c.lnkd.licdn.com/mpr/mpr/p/7/000/27e/060/3e6ed2a.png

[Thulack]

Soda - like a normal person.

PA

[Stinkum]

Aspartame and Sucralose are two of the most heavily-studied-and-scrutinized substances on earth, and have repeatedly been shown to be completely safe for human consumption.

[Funkutron5000]

Aspartame and Sucralose are two of the most heavily-studied-and-scrutinized substances on earth, and have repeatedly been shown to be completely safe for human consumption.

I did the math once to scale up the study that found aspartame to be toxic to rats. To hit toxicity, it would require that a person consume in the neighborhood of 128 cans of diet coke at once to hit the toxic dosage (the rats were given a bolus dose of the aspartame). If you can do that, gg.

Also it's pop, you philistines.

[Sheriff Grady Judd]

Regardless of the words people use to describe carbonated beverages, everyone should be treated with kindness and respect.

[Shannacore]

Regardless of the words people use to describe carbonated beverages, everyone should be treated with kindness and respect.

:3

[Taluvill]

Is "pop" vs "soda" maybe an age thing? Both my mom and I grew up in Colorado, but she calls it pop and I call it soda.

Colorado? Littleton native here. Great state.

[Shannacore]

Colorado? Littleton native here. Great state.

My mom grew up in Littleton and the surrounding areas for most of her lives!

I'm from the Springs, unfortunately.

[Bamz4l]

Definitely a regional thing, most people in the south call it Coke, then you have to elaborate on what kind of "Coke" (soda) afterwards.

can I get a rootbeer coke?

[Sidelle]

Where I live now (NE Pennsylvania) they call it soda. I'm originally from SE Washington state, where they call it pop. I refuse to conform and still call it pop. I get teased about it sometimes but I couldn't care less. :D

I find it funny when people here laugh at me because they say shit like "how yous doin'".

[Sidelle]

Stayed in Pittsburgh with the Poppers for six long years, but I stayed strong. ;)

My in-laws live near Pittsburgh and I think they say pop too. But over here on the east side of the state all I hear is soda.

[Sidelle]

http://m.c.lnkd.licdn.com/mpr/mpr/p/7/000/27e/060/3e6ed2a.png

Lol yep, this map explains it pretty accurately I think.

[Dalven]

Fizzy juice in Scotland. Although one of my English pal's pet hates is how people in Scotland call anything that isn't plain water, milk or booze "juice".

The best fizzy juice in the world (http://www.irn-bru.co.uk/) is also made here.

[Taluvill]

My mom grew up in Littleton and the surrounding areas for most of her lives!

I'm from the Springs, unfortunately.

lives? :P

And the 'springs are alright. My sister is doing college out there now, not too bad.

[Kimmie]

Where I live now (NE Pennsylvania) they call it soda.

Man, we could have been bestest friends and braided each other's hair and eaten Chinese food and watched Disney movies together.
Now I'm moving, and this can only be a pipe dream. RIP :(


But yah, soda's gross. Drink water, y'all

[Kagatob]

http://m.c.lnkd.licdn.com/mpr/mpr/p/7/000/27e/060/3e6ed2a.png

This made me lol. Though they should have swapped the color selections around, as the "red" states are represented by the color green and the "blue" states are represented by red on this map.

[Sidelle]

Man, we could have been bestest friends and braided each other's hair and eaten Chinese food and watched Disney movies together.
Now I'm moving, and this can only be a pipe dream. RIP :(


But yah, soda's gross. Drink water, y'all

Aw damn, where ya movin to?

[Funkutron5000]

Oh really, doctor? Let's see your chemistry credentials, any data not provided by the people who make the shit or the lobbyist controlled FDA.

In the end, it's your body. Drink turpentine and eat Vaseline for all I care. You'd be better off drinking regular Coke with it's 10 teaspoons (4.2g) of sugar per can than drinking aspartame.

You're a very hostile person. And if you'd really like we can take bets on who has stronger chemistry credentials ;)

[a_gnoll_pup]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bw9CALKOvAI

[Thulack]

i get made fun of for saying water as wuder.

[Ahldagor]

Back in the old days folks would go to the drug store and sit at the bar for "seltzer water" mixed with different herbs and extracts thought to give medical properties, this seltzer water was also known as "soda water" or "soda pop" due to the carbonation and bubbles it produced. This in time was shortened to just "pop" or "soda" in different areas.

The pharmacists grew tired of mixing these libations themselves so they hired men to take over this job, they were referred to as "Soda Jerks".

Calling all carbonated beverages "coke" is just ignorant, and I have never heard of that before.

Mystery solved:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soda_jerk

http://image1.masterfile.com/getImage/846-06111813em-1940s-SMILING-SODA-JERK-DRESSED-IN-SHIRT-TIE---WHITE-SMOCK-STANDING-BE.jpg

dredge still not posting anything relevant to threads.



call it coke for general reference. specific to be stated if not wanting a coke.

[K|mm Barely]

Man this obese faggot still talking about health shakes.

LoL

[Lron]

This is a retarded thread. Shanna you wanna go out on the deck of my yacht and drink some 1k dollar pinot noir?

[mtb tripper]

pop

[Orruar]

This made me lol. Though they should have swapped the color selections around, as the "red" states are represented by the color green and the "blue" states are represented by red on this map.

Nothing everything is political... I highly doubt the choice of saying "soda" or "pop" was influenced at all by a person's political beliefs. Thanks for trying to insert politics where it doesn't belong. Everyone loves people who do that.

[Kagatob]

Nothing everything is political... I highly doubt the choice of saying "soda" or "pop" was influenced at all by a person's political beliefs. Thanks for trying to insert politics where it doesn't belong. Everyone loves people who do that.

I was referring to intelligence level.

Bro not everything is about politics.

[Funkutron5000]

And I notice you didn't give any data to back up anything you said. Because you don't know what they fuck you're talking about, and you want to keep guzzling your brain eating pseudo-sugar water guilt free.

"The only information that matters is the FDA, because it's 'Murican, because 'Muricah. Fuck yeah!"

By the way, go fuck yourself.

What does the National Cancer Institute have to say? Let's see. "There is no clear evidence that the artificial sweeteners available commercially in the United States are associated with cancer risk in humans" http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/factsheet/Risk/artificial-sweeteners

Now, I know the NCI is part of the same government as the FDA so let's check American Cancer Society. What could they say? "Aside from the possible effects in people with phenylketonuria, there are no health problems that have been consistently linked to aspartame use."
http://www.cancer.org/cancer/cancercauses/othercarcinogens/athome/aspartame

Let's just go to a general review on peer-reviewed scientific articles and see what they have to say. "The data from the extensive investigations into the possibility of neurotoxic effects of aspartame, in general, do not support the hypothesis that aspartame in the human diet will affect nervous system function, learning or behavior. Epidemiological studies on aspartame include several case-control studies and one well-conducted prospective epidemiological study with a large cohort, in which the consumption of aspartame was measured. The studies provide no evidence to support an association between aspartame and cancer in any tissue. The weight of existing evidence is that aspartame is safe at current levels of consumption as a nonnutritive sweetener."
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17828671

I'll give you the point that some research has found some worrying links:
http://ajcn.nutrition.org/content/early/2012/10/23/ajcn.111.030833.abstract

Though, even they had this as a conclusion "Conclusion: Although our findings preserve the possibility of a detrimental effect of a constituent of diet soda, such as aspartame, on select cancers, the inconsistent sex effects and occurrence of an apparent cancer risk in individuals who consume regular soda do not permit the ruling out of chance as an explanation."

I have now wasted too much time giving you data and sources. Have fun! ;)

[Orruar]

I was referring to intelligence level.

Bro not everything is about politics.

Nice backpedal attempt.

[Ella`Ella]

What does the National Cancer Institute have to say? Let's see. "There is no clear evidence that the artificial sweeteners available commercially in the United States are associated with cancer risk in humans" http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/factsheet/Risk/artificial-sweeteners

Now, I know the NCI is part of the same government as the FDA so let's check American Cancer Society. What could they say? "Aside from the possible effects in people with phenylketonuria, there are no health problems that have been consistently linked to aspartame use."
http://www.cancer.org/cancer/cancercauses/othercarcinogens/athome/aspartame

Let's just go to a general review on peer-reviewed scientific articles and see what they have to say. "The data from the extensive investigations into the possibility of neurotoxic effects of aspartame, in general, do not support the hypothesis that aspartame in the human diet will affect nervous system function, learning or behavior. Epidemiological studies on aspartame include several case-control studies and one well-conducted prospective epidemiological study with a large cohort, in which the consumption of aspartame was measured. The studies provide no evidence to support an association between aspartame and cancer in any tissue. The weight of existing evidence is that aspartame is safe at current levels of consumption as a nonnutritive sweetener."
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17828671

I'll give you the point that some research has found some worrying links:
http://ajcn.nutrition.org/content/early/2012/10/23/ajcn.111.030833.abstract

Though, even they had this as a conclusion "Conclusion: Although our findings preserve the possibility of a detrimental effect of a constituent of diet soda, such as aspartame, on select cancers, the inconsistent sex effects and occurrence of an apparent cancer risk in individuals who consume regular soda do not permit the ruling out of chance as an explanation."

I have now wasted too much time giving you data and sources. Have fun! ;)

Corova confirmed PhD in Organic Chemistry from a top 15 US College, currently post-doc at said university.

But still plays a paladin?!

[doraf]

Beer

[Shannacore]

Quit shitting up my very important thread

[K|mm Barely]

http://i.imgur.com/EBJk3gM.jpg

[Rellapse35]

http://i.imgur.com/EBJk3gM.jpg

WTB THIS OMG

[FoxxHound]

Family says soda, and coloradons say pop. So I just say soda pop. Or pop, pop / soda, soda.

[Rellapse35]

It is fucking COKE you neckbeards stfu

[Enxienty]

Soda <3

[Ahldagor]

oddly enough i have some floklore on this very topic.

[Stinkum]

No, they haven't. America, where you can pay politicians enough to make tobacco and alcohol, two proven killers that completely wreck a person's internal organs legal, is not the entire fucking world. 'Muricah.

Yup, it's all an American conspiracy.. Except that aspartame has been found to be safe for human consumption by the regulatory agencies of more than 90 countries worldwide. It is probably the most thoroughly tested and studied food additive on a global scale, and its safety is 100% clear cut.

The European Commission’s Scientific Committee on Food evaluated aspartame thoroughly, (http://ec.europa.eu/food/fs/sc/scf/out155_en.pdf) and they found over 500 papers on aspartame published between 1988 and 2001. It has been studied in animals, in various human populations including infants, children, women, obese adults, diabetics, and lactating women. Numerous studies have ruled out any association with headaches, seizures, behavior, cognition, mood, allergic reactions, and other conditions. It has been evaluated far more extensively than any other food additive.

When new rat studies by the Ramazzini Foundation in Italy (http://www.efsa.europa.eu/en/topics/topic/aspartame.htm) appeared to show an association with tumors, the European Food Safety Authority examined Ramazzini’s raw data and found errors that made them discredit the studies. Their updated opinion based on all the data available in 2009 said there was no indication of any genotoxic or carcinogenic potential of aspartame and that there was no reason to revise their previously established ADI (Acceptable Daily Intake) for aspartame of 40 mg/kg/day. Studies have shown that actual consumption is well below that limit.

People who are absolutely convinced they get adverse effects from aspartame have been proven wrong. For instance, the New England Journal of Medicine published a study (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/3657889) of people who reported having headaches repeatedly after consuming aspartame. When they knew what they were consuming, 100% of them had headaches. In a double blind crossover trial, when they didn’t know what they were getting, 35% had headaches after aspartame, and 45% had headaches after placebo.

Please put aside your tin-foil hattery and stop spreading misinformation.

[r00t]

aspartame causes cancer just like fluoride I thought this was old news

[Peatree]

Beer

[Greegon]

I call whatever I drink by its proper name, ie "lemme get a diet coke" or, "wtf you only have diet pepsi?"

[r00t]

I too like coke better dont tell me how to live my life

[Retti_]

Yup, it's all an American conspiracy.. Except that aspartame has been found to be safe for human consumption by the regulatory agencies of more than 90 countries worldwide. It is probably the most thoroughly tested and studied food additive on a global scale, and its safety is 100% clear cut.

The European Commission’s Scientific Committee on Food evaluated aspartame thoroughly, (http://ec.europa.eu/food/fs/sc/scf/out155_en.pdf) and they found over 500 papers on aspartame published between 1988 and 2001. It has been studied in animals, in various human populations including infants, children, women, obese adults, diabetics, and lactating women. Numerous studies have ruled out any association with headaches, seizures, behavior, cognition, mood, allergic reactions, and other conditions. It has been evaluated far more extensively than any other food additive.

When new rat studies by the Ramazzini Foundation in Italy (http://www.efsa.europa.eu/en/topics/topic/aspartame.htm) appeared to show an association with tumors, the European Food Safety Authority examined Ramazzini’s raw data and found errors that made them discredit the studies. Their updated opinion based on all the data available in 2009 said there was no indication of any genotoxic or carcinogenic potential of aspartame and that there was no reason to revise their previously established ADI (Acceptable Daily Intake) for aspartame of 40 mg/kg/day. Studies have shown that actual consumption is well below that limit.

People who are absolutely convinced they get adverse effects from aspartame have been proven wrong. For instance, the New England Journal of Medicine published a study (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/3657889) of people who reported having headaches repeatedly after consuming aspartame. When they knew what they were consuming, 100% of them had headaches. In a double blind crossover trial, when they didn’t know what they were getting, 35% had headaches after aspartame, and 45% had headaches after placebo.

Please put aside your tin-foil hattery and stop spreading misinformation.

Dude

U need human contact

[Stinkum]

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[Retti_]

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[Ryba]

Except that aspartame has been found to be safe for human consumption by the regulatory agencies of more than 90 countries worldwide. It is probably the most thoroughly tested and studied food additive on a global scale, and its safety is 100% clear cut.

You called me an assburger once and that made me feel bad, but this post is correct.

I hate Weston A. Price foundation motherfuckers more than I hate Monsanto.