What do you call soft drinks/soda pop in your country? (map included!)

[Joelcool7]

Rath said:

SamuelRSmith said:

alekth said:

How do they force restaurants, and who fines them? I've always thought those places just had a deal with whoever they chose.

Well, in the UK, if a restaurant/bar carries Pepsi, and the customer says that they want a Coke (as most do when asking for Coca Cola), the server is technically supposed to reassert that they are about to buy a Pepsi, rather than Coca Cola. I'm not sure whether this comes from the bureacrats in Whitehall, or the ones in Brussels.

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As for the topic, I find myself either referring to the the drink via the specific brand, or I will use the word "soda" for generic purposes "be right back, going to soda machine", for example. I know that I stand out from the norm, as people often question me as to why I call it soda... I've noticed that I tend to use a lot of Americanisms, such as "chips" for crisps, and things like "pants" and "khakis" for describing trousers.

In New Zealand we call both crisps and hot chips chips.

I'm confused whats a Crisp? I know some countries call french fries chips too. Doritos are chips, french fries are fries. What the heck is a crisp?