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2006-10-04 14:03:01 · 17 answers · asked by Fuel632 2 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Polls & Surveys
It's called a soft drink as opposed to either beer or higher proof alcoholo, this from the nineteenth century where drinking was quite common and definitely part of the meal carried over from western Europe. It's been conjectured it was custom because the sewers and water system were so old and bad, they drank wine instead. If any of the ladies in my family are correct, somebody who drinks has a wealth of reasons. So I'll go with that. A soft drink is one that has no after effects, with the exception of Coca Cola which, when first introduced had a percentage of actual content from the Coca leaf. Yes, from where they make Cocaine. I think at the very tail end of the nineteenth century, with the slogan; ' The pause that refreshes. ' ( Open to correction. ) With that content, I can't see how you could help being anything other than lively. Too, at the time, Laudnum was generally prescribed for incurables. It was a wild and wacky century, to be sure. All soda really is, is colored water with a sugar content. Velazquez most famous painting, is called the water seller. No fizz. Just some flavoring. All organic and vaguely healthy. The idea was to cool the thirst, not put you onstage at the Escorial. Hope this helps.
2006-10-05 06:48:05 · answer #1 · answered by vanamont7 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Its a completely regional thing, depending on where you live depends on what word you use.
I am from South Alabama and people call everything a coke, regardless of what type of soda it is.
My dad is from Massachusetts and says soda, so I inherited that phrase from him.
This is my theory, and it has held up over the years, after meeting all kinds of new people from different places.
I am thinking that you are not from the south, for sure :) right? (if you are my theory is crap)
2006-10-04 14:13:48 · answer #2 · answered by Psychogirlfrog 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They call It "soft drinks",because It doesn't have any acid's In them(not sodas).Like,for example,Lemonade Is pretty much known as a soft drink,because,It doesn't have any bacteria In It,no acid's,not a strong drink(etc.)...
2006-10-04 14:08:35 · answer #3 · answered by I am 14 And In the 8th grade! 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Here is my theory. It has to do with the water that is used in processing the beverage. Carbonation IE. soda in the water makes the water softer. Hence the name.
2006-10-04 16:50:26 · answer #4 · answered by MAD MEL 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Because heavy alcoholic drinks are called "hard drinks" and since soft drinks don't have anything in it like that it would be "soft drinks".
2006-10-04 14:06:17 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Texans call it a coke. What kind of coke do you want?
Ill take a Dr. Pepper (invented in Texas)
we're out
K, gimme a Big Red.
2006-10-04 14:06:12 · answer #6 · answered by Thin Ice 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
because it's soft and cold on a hot day but when you drink it any other cool day it burns the hell out of your throat then it's called (cokecola)
2006-10-04 14:07:35 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
It is an old term, and refers to something other than an alcoholic beverage.
2006-10-04 14:07:56 · answer #8 · answered by Waferette 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Cause they dont like soda I guess.
2006-10-04 14:04:16 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
It's a "soft drink" as opposed to liquor, a "hard drink".
2006-10-04 14:05:07 · answer #10 · answered by kitten lover3 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋