Coke is juice in Scotland

[tobyaw]

Heading north on the East Coast main line from Kings Cross to Leuchars; the train crew changes at Newcastle, and we have Scottish stewards for the latter half of the journey. This was apparent when the drinks trolley came along: I asked for a juice, and was offered apple, orange, Coke, or Diet Coke.

Comments

[mike fallone (from livejournal.com)]

But what is the appropriate collective noun for carbonated drinks? I personally can't use 'pop' without feeling like I'm in an Enid Blyton story. I grew up of both the East and West of Scotland and would always use 'juice' for any cold, not water drink and on the West coast, and I would use 'ginger'.

[tobyaw]

Oh, I certainly wasn’t complaining! I quite like referring to fizzy drinks as juice, although it irritates kateaw.

After a week in London, it was a welcome sign that Scotland was approaching.

And anything is better than “soda”…

[ggreig]

I remember being quite disconcerted when I went to a family occasion in Aberdeen as a child and was offered "ale" - meaning a fizzy juice* of some sort.

A commonly used term growing up on the west coast was scoosh.

* Of course it's juice - you mean it isn't elsewhere?