How do you say it in your part of the world

[carl1951]

Example: Pop. It's what we say here in the Midwest when we ask for a bottle of carbonated, flavored water.

Later, Carl

[Dreamfire]

we say soft drink. As opposed to alcohol
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Soda in New York

[shmeep]

We called everything "Coke" in Los Angeles--at least that was what happened in my family--but then we'd specify which kind of soft drink being referenced if it wasn't Cola.

I have no idea what it's called here in DC. I don't pay attention because if it's not water, tea, coffee, or maybe juice, I don't drink it. Kenina? Longlashes? What do we call it here?

[bjobsessed]

Canadians drink pop

[inuvik]

bjobsessed said:

Canadians drink pop

Yup, except me, I hate pop.

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admin said:

We called everything "Coke" in Los Angeles--at least that was what happened in my family--but then we'd specify which kind of soft drink being referenced if it wasn't Cola.

Same in Florida...Miami anyway. A less common alternative is to refer to it as "soda."

Becky

[Deleted]

It's so interesting to learn how people say things around the world and even moreso to learn the word's origin:

Italian, from Arabic suwwAd, any of several saltworts from the ashes of which sodium carbonate is obtained.

Soda!

[housemouse]

Coke, soda, or pop here in So Cal. Nearly everyone is from somewhere else so we have it all!

How about the thing women put their wallets in and carry over their shoulders. Around here it is called a purse, but I know it is goes by other names in different parts of the country.

[bluedelft]

Depending on who I'm talking to it will be soda or tonic. Use tonic with family and friends who live here in MA and soda with everyone else.

Here's something interesting, or I thought it was, on one of our trips to Virginia I asked for iced coffee and was given a strange look. Figured since iced tea is very popular iced coffee would be too but I found out different.

Purse - call it a pocketbook.

[Deleted]

Pocketbook - call it a handbag or in my case a duffle! Mine's big enough to carry a dead body and the floral arrangement from the wake.

[Dreamfire]

Hi, we still think pocket book or purse is funny, because a purse is where you store your money and a pocket book is either electonic or a small note pad. Having said that ask me again tomorow and I may answer differently because the americanisms catch on pretty quick here. We call it a handbag and there is a new version the man-bag for those men who feel metrosexual enough to carry one without blushing.
There might benew words among the younger crowd - spoony? 4paws?

[bjobsessed]

purse is a purse. Handbag isn't used too much.

[Duchess of Lashes]

admin said:

We called everything "Coke" in Los Angeles--at least that was what happened in my family--but then we'd specify which kind of soft drink being referenced if it wasn't Cola.

I have no idea what it's called here in DC. I don't pay attention because if it's not water, tea, coffee, or maybe juice, I don't drink it. Kenina? Longlashes? What do we call it here?

Sorry, Shmeep - no help here. Everyone I "drink" with - and I use that term lightly - orders it as they want - by name. I'm with you and don't happen to drink the stuff. But when I did, the Canadian in me carried over - and I called it POP.

[carl1951]

Then with men, it's either a Billfold or Wallet.

I prefer billfold. With me, it usually begins with the prefix: Empty.

Later, Carl