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I could say the same thing about people calling all soft drinks “soda”

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38 points

“soda” is not also a specific drink though

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The only time people say “soda” where I am, is when referring to soda water, which is a specific drink. (And imo a terrible one)

Edit: It’s just an interesting difference in language, I’m not making an argument about what’s right…

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23 points

If only there was a way to specify between a “soda” and a “soda water”

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7 points

Yeah that’s why we just say soda water.

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4 points

Agreed, but we say pop around here.

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21 points

Dude it makes perfect sense.

The “so” is the first two letters from the word and the “d” is the third letter. And the “a” is obviously because……

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9 points

I’M SHOOK

You’ve changed my whole world

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2 points

Wait, what?

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4 points

Soft drink a

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4 points

At least it’s based on “soda pop”.

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