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comment by edricarica
edricarica  ·  2209 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Fucking businesses fucking up the fucking democratic process.

I enjoy learning Americanisms on Hubski :) In Britain we call them "soft drinks", except up North (Northern England, which is anything above Birmingham if you're a Londoner like me) where they also use "pop" and people of my mother's generation who say "fizzy drinks" or simply "fizz" (although the latter can also refer to Champagne).

I wonder what it is about a carbonated beverage that makes its nomenclature so regionally varied?