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[–] MrScottyTay@sh.itjust.works 14 points 10 months ago* (1 child) Fizzy drinks, pop. Soda is used to describe specifically soda water alone. At least in my experience Kind of like how cookies are a type of biscuit rather than the name used for all biscuits. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Rothe@piefed.social 15 points 10 months ago (1 child) That very much depends on the country and the language. Claiming there is a standard word in Europe for anything is pretty much nonsense. It is called "sodavand" in Danish for example, while fizzy water is called "danskvand". permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] MrScottyTay@sh.itjust.works 8 points 10 months ago Yeah that's why I said "in my experience"; I'm aware other places would have different names and was only speaking for my area, of which I'm unaware of its bounds. It's likely just the UK but don't know if the same kind of logic is used for other English speaking Europeans or not (when speaking English and not the native language of their region anyway). permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Rothe@piefed.social 15 points 10 months ago (1 child) That very much depends on the country and the language. Claiming there is a standard word in Europe for anything is pretty much nonsense. It is called "sodavand" in Danish for example, while fizzy water is called "danskvand". permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] MrScottyTay@sh.itjust.works 8 points 10 months ago Yeah that's why I said "in my experience"; I'm aware other places would have different names and was only speaking for my area, of which I'm unaware of its bounds. It's likely just the UK but don't know if the same kind of logic is used for other English speaking Europeans or not (when speaking English and not the native language of their region anyway). permalink fedilink source parent
[–] MrScottyTay@sh.itjust.works 8 points 10 months ago Yeah that's why I said "in my experience"; I'm aware other places would have different names and was only speaking for my area, of which I'm unaware of its bounds. It's likely just the UK but don't know if the same kind of logic is used for other English speaking Europeans or not (when speaking English and not the native language of their region anyway). permalink fedilink source parent