Why do people in my area say this?

Question

Most people call carbonated drinks soda, pop, or coke. In my area we just call any carbonated drink a drink. Instead of saying get me a soda out of the fridge, we say get me a drink out of the fridge,. Why?

Answer 1

I would say that people in you rarea are so used to drinking carbonated beverages, that it has become their one and only "drink." Thus, when they think of a drink, nothing comes to their mind but sodas.

Answer 2

The use of soda vs. pop. vs coke tends to be regional. Here's a map that shows where people says what.

Answer 3

Different areas have different names for everything, the best thing to do is find people that have lived there for most of their lives and ask them.

Answer 4

people in my area call everything coke. even if its dr pepper. if theres pepsi in the fridge, we say, get me a coke. wierd.

Answer 5

i don't know, but in Texas most people call any soda a coke here.

Answer 6

We call them cokes in New Mexico, it just varies by region.

Answer 7

i say they use some type of slang where you come from you just havent paid attention. Everyone everywhere does start saying it like soda and everyone else will quickly pick that up

Answer 8

Me , my friends ,and my family have called it soda as long as I can remember.

Answer 9

I guess because that was the way you were all taught, we all do things differently. If we were all the same it wouldn't be much of a world.

Answer 10

regional thing in my area we call it pop