the only correct answer is pop, sry2say

[dragged_up]

I got into an argument with an American over this the other day, and also I am bored, so here is a VERY IMPORTANT QUESTION for you:

Poll

In other news, having bright pink fingernails is awesome, if distracting.

Comments

[annarti]

Also, because we're Aussie and like to shorten words as much as possible, 'softy'. Or 'fizzy pop' but I picked that up from Mum who likes to make up her own funny words for stuff X3

[amaresu]

Living in Minnesota as I do this is a time honored argument. It's right up there with 'Duck, Duck, Grey Duck' vs 'Duck, Duck, Goose'. Goose doesn't even sound right.

[austengirl]

It's pop. *However*, I have had this discussion at college with Americans from all over, and the best we could figure is that it's a regional thing (duh). From Pittsburgh (my hometown) through the midwest, it appears to be pop, but soda on either coasts, and Coke in the south. But my BFF from Boston says they call it 'tonic' which I think she's making up as I have never heard anyone else call it that.

Also, 'Duck Duck, Grey Duck'? The hell? I've never heard that before and had no idea 'Duck Duck Goose' had other names. :)

[pokemel]

It's a fizzy drink!

Also the talk about lemonade intruigues me. American lemonade isn't fizzy? :O

[rionaleonhart]

American lemonade is an actual lemon-and-sugar drink! I visited California once, and being able to order lemonade in a restaurant and get something with actual lemons in it is probably the thing I miss most about it.

(The thing I miss least: the price tags in shops display prices before tax. What is the earthly point of that? If the customer is paying the tax, not listing it on the price tag is just lying.)

[biginjapan]

I say pop, but that's pretty old-fashioned in England. People laugh and call me 'grandma'.