• MrScottyTay@sh.itjust.works
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    18 hours ago

    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.

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      17 hours ago

      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”.

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        17 hours 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).