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

[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?