Apparently there's a lot of different terms...

[deird_lj]

Okay. I’m officially intrigued.



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[deird1]

Soft drinks! Otherwise known as fizzy drinks, if you're under 10.


What do you call them?



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[angearia.livejournal.com]

On the East Coast, mostly we call it soda. But I grew up in the Midwest and there we called it pop.

My dad loves to tell this story about the first time he went to NYC in the 70's and asked a guy for a pop on the street and they thought he was asking to buy some pot. :P

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[deird1]

It's interesting that America is so split on the whole thing.

(Here, the biggest issue seems to be what you wear for swimming: are they bathers, swimmers, cozzies, or togs?)

[stormwreath.livejournal.com]

Trunks for men, cozzies for women. (You can also prefix 'swimming' to either of those words to make it clearer).

As for soft drinks; probably 'soft drinks' or the specific type. 'Pop' as a child in the north of England.

[deird1]

Definitely bathers for women - and boardies or Speedos for men, depending on type (although they'd be bathers too).

[next_to_normal]

I don't know what any of those words are. We call 'em bathing suits.

[lavastar.livejournal.com]

Orrr bathing suit vs. swim suit/trunks. We're not all Aussie-cool with the 'er' at the end of stuff.

I like cozzies, though - do you know where that came from/why it's called that?

[deird1]

I think it probably came from "bathing costume".

[fenchurche.livejournal.com]

I grew up in the military, surrounded by people from all over, and called it by both soda and pop, sometimes together (as in soda pop).

I have to admit that regional differences in terminology really fascinate me... probably in part because I did get exposed to people from so many different backgrounds when I was a kid.

[lavastar.livejournal.com]

My mom calls seltzer 'fizzy water', which always cracks me up.