Soft drinks/minerals [moved from AH]

Firetrap · 23-01-2008 1:23am #1

Does anyone know why soft drinks are sometimes called minerals?

Overheal · 23-01-2008 1:25am

Good question: I always called it soda.

biko · 23-01-2008 1:25am

Some cross-over from mineral water?

5starpool · 23-01-2008 1:37am

Because there are coal and emeralds in it. That is why it is so expensive.

kraggy · 23-01-2008 2:02am

Firetrap wrote: »

Does anyone know why soft drinks are sometimes called minerals?

Because they use mineral water to make them.

Ruu_Old · 23-01-2008 2:05am

I always have (and still do) called them minerals, quite confusing to Americans.

orestes · 23-01-2008 2:09am

The only person I have ever heard call them minerals was my mum, I just assumed it was an English thing

Firetrap · 23-01-2008 9:37am

It tends to be older people who call them that. When my parents were going out in the sixties, there used to be mineral bars in the dancehalls. An oxymoron I know - mineral bar. I'm not sure it's because of mineral water though - did people really make a big deal of that thirty or forty years ago?

Firetrap · 24-01-2008 4:30pm

I fear I'm not going to get an answer to this. This particular section of Boards is very quiet

Faith · 24-01-2008 5:12pm

It is quiet, but those who post tend to really know their stuff. Give it time!

GerardKeating · 20-09-2008 10:19am

Firetrap wrote: »

Does anyone know why soft drinks are sometimes called minerals?

As others have said, basically is a shorter version of Mineral Water.

"Mineral Water Distributors" (or "MiWadi") was an eatly Irish soft drink company, later became Cantrell & Cochrane or "C&C"...

tbh · 25-09-2008 2:35pm

GerardKeating wrote: »

As others have said, basically is a shorter version of Mineral Water.

"Mineral Water Distributors" (or "MiWadi") was an eatly Irish soft drink company, later became Cantrell & Cochrane or "C&C"...

is that where the name comes from? thanks for that, I love those bits of information

(bisto comes from a Browns Seasons Thickens in One, reorganised, obviously

)

pawrick · 25-09-2008 2:58pm

agree with the Miwadi bit - makes sense

oh and I still call them Minerals even to my housemates who are "blow in's" to here

Tayto's are tayto's just as Minerals will forever be Minerals as far as I'm concerned

and while I'm at it stop calling all orange minerals fanta!!!

Ron DMC · 25-09-2008 3:11pm

pawrick wrote: »

Tayto's are tayto's

Surely you mean Taytos.

_blank_ · 25-09-2008 3:15pm

Why do culchies people from outside Dublin insist on calling every type of crisp Taytos?

"Can I have a packet of King Taytos please"

Ron DMC · 25-09-2008 3:53pm

It's like when people say Dunnes Coke, or Virgin Coke (remember that?).

It's only Coke when it's Coca Cola. Otherwise it's Cola.

And to stay on tiopic I'd consider Coke to be a mineral by the way. I rarely use the term Soft Drink, and never Soda. Although I occasionally use the term Fizzy Drink.

_blank_ · 25-09-2008 3:55pm

Ok so.

Can I have a package of King Tayto, a bottle of club fanta, and a pepsi coke please.

tolosenc · 03-11-2008 9:19pm

I've always called 'em "pop", but I get slagged about it.

*cries*

Aurora Borealis · 09-12-2008 9:17pm

I'd imagine it is due to its mineral water content...

UU · 16-01-2009 3:42pm

Yeah I've always called them minerals always wondered why people in Ireland call them that. The Americas call it soda (pop) lol. But soda here could be washing soda or baking soda. Btw I didn't know the name MiWada came from Mineral Water even though MiWada isn't a mineral but a cordial!

Soft drinks/minerals [moved from AH]

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