2006-06-07 10:42:38 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Trivia
It is to do with ginger beer because that was the only fizzy drink available to kids years ago. You couldn't ask for beer so you asked for ginger and then when other flavours were included the name ginger just stuck
2006-06-07 10:51:52 · answer #1 · answered by cazzcull 2 · 4⤊ 2⤋
It's got nothing to do with Irn Bru. A lot of shops used to brew ginger beer and was the main fizzy drink available- the name shortened to 'ginger'. It later became a generic term for any fizzy drink.
2006-06-07 10:57:09 · answer #2 · answered by Jude L 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Firstly not all Scots call it Ginger!
Goes back to the past when ginger beer & lemonade were the first available I guess. In a lot of places we say lemonade & not ginger
2006-06-07 11:20:54 · answer #3 · answered by Jules 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't know.I too have worked with Scots and they all call Coke Ginger!! Weird.
2006-06-07 10:48:20 · answer #4 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
lol i know and im a scot, ive no idea mabey its a reference to ginger beer but it is called other things too, juice,scoosh,swally, strange race us scots eh?
2006-06-07 10:47:22 · answer #5 · answered by harrierzero1 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
im a scot and neither myself nor anyone i know calls it ginger anymore! its an old slang term and i dont know why it got called that.
2006-06-07 10:49:22 · answer #6 · answered by Showaddywaddy 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Maybe it's because they make Iron Bru (made from girders) which is ginger coloured (orange)????
2006-06-07 10:47:35 · answer #7 · answered by MISS B.ITCH 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That would be weegies only. The rest of Scotland doesn't
2006-06-07 10:49:35 · answer #8 · answered by wild_eep 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Would you prefer they be called Mary Ann?
2006-06-07 10:45:30 · answer #9 · answered by TheOnlyBeldin 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Is it something to do with the colour of their hair?.
2006-06-07 10:47:41 · answer #10 · answered by Apple Crumble(Devils Advocate) 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋