In Australia It's Either Soft Drink Or By Name, Iv'e Never Heard The Term Soda Unless It Applies To Soda Water, And Pop Is A Noise Used To Describe A Little Fart... Cheers Glen.
I say soda but I don't know anyone else around here who calls it that so I'm not sure where I picked it up. Most people here call all dark sodas coke and light sodas by their brand name.
Soda. Most people around here just refer to it all as "Coke." I think that is dumb. Pop is what my grandparents called it. At work it's "drinks". lol. At home it's, "Dear God, I really need to start drinking water."
When I was a kid I went to New York city to visit an uncle and somehow ended up somewhere at a soda fountain. Back when they still had those things. And he asked me if I wanted a soda, and I, thinking of that delectable ice cream confection said, "Sure." I got a lousy bottle of pop. These are the ingredients for a soda: 1 shot Half & Half 2 shots or pumps chocolate syrup or fruit-flavored syrup 2 scoops of vanilla or chocolate ice cream club soda or seltzer water (cold) whipped cream maraschino cherry