| -Newcloud- said: In ireland we just say the drink we want, like 7up,fanta,club orange or coke ect... I never understood why some countrys call soda it makes the drink sound cheap IMO |
My take is that the usage of 'Soda' and 'Pop' was always used a shorter term for soda pop.
American usage of any of the three major terms is because of the soda wars in the states. All restaurants are forced to carry only one brand of soft drinks, and can be fined if they carry rival brands (e.g. Pepsi Co. products and Coke products). The penality is so high that a place would likely rather shut down than handle the fine.
Therefore, if you are at a restaurant and the server asks "What would you like to drink?" and you want a soft drink, you respond with a phrase that asks the question of which grouping of products and special classes of soft drinks they have. So in Ohio, its typically "What kind of pop do you have?".
Having said that, I don't think many people ever use soda/pop/coke outside of such situations, as we're always more specific if someone is talking about anything outside of their generic usages.
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