I call it cough syrup. He he he! Seriously though.....I don't like most sodas at all, and I think Coke, Pepsi, Dr. Pepper.......all of those DARK sodas taste like cough syrup. I don't touch any black/brown soda. I can drink sprite, orange soda, cream soda, etc. if there's nothing else available, but Coke, Pepsi, Dr. Pepper, Root Beer, etc. is stuff I won't ever put in my mouth. I can't stand their taste and sweetness and bubbles. Yuck.

As to what we call them, I have called them *soda* throughout my life, and NEVER knew there were people that call ALL sodas *Coke*. How wierd! I've heard people calling soda *pop*, but never *coke*. Coke for me is just *Coke*, as in Coca-cola. Any other soda is *soda*.