• Lamedonyx
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    Because what we call “lemonade” in Europe is not the same drink as what is called “lemonade” in the US, although we usually have our own variation (citronnade in France) that corresponds to the American one.

      • Echo Dot
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        11 months ago

        Oh really, then let me just go find some “alcoholic” cider.

        Linguistic redundancy at its finest

      • @[email protected]
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        1211 months ago

        These are the same people who drive on the wrong side of the road and weigh themselves in stones.

        • @Shialac
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          611 months ago

          Didn’t know all of europe is now the UK

          • @Ryumast3r
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            611 months ago

            You’re not wrong, but it is a bit like bringing Hitler into the conversation.

            The US has never had Hitler, feel better now? Can we talk about soda and lemonade now?

      • @thechadwick
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        211 months ago

        “it’s provocative, it gets the people going!”

      • @wieson
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        911 months ago

        Since I don’t speak EU, I can only tell you, what it’s called in German. And that would be

        • Zitronenwasser
        • Zitronenschorle
        • Süßer Sprudel
        • Wasser mit Zitronensaft und Zucker
        • selbstgemachte Limonade

        I don’t really know. It doesn’t have much cultural presence here. We have our own drinks that we drink all the time and have names for like Bionade, Schorle, Fassbrause, Radler.

      • @Snoopey
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        Speaking to 28 countries with 24 languages “WhAt Do YoU cAlL tHiS?”

        Not that the UK is in the EU anymore, but we’d call that “Still lemonade”, still meaning not sparkling.

        Not to be confused with “Flat lemonade”, which would just be regular “sparkling” lemonade which has lost its bubbles and now tastes rancid.

      • Echo Dot
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        311 months ago

        Even the real Lemonade in Europe is fizzy, so it actually is closer to Sprite than you’d think.

        Obviously Spite isn’t really lemonade it’s soda, but that’s also not really a word that exists in Europe. It’s known about and it’s understood especially in more recent times, but historically it’s not really a word you’d commonly use.

        So because Lemonade is sparkling, and the word soda isn’t really used, you can kind of see how people would then say well Sprite is Lemonade.

        • @[email protected]
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          011 months ago

          How does water + sugar + lemon juice = a fizzy drink?

          You guys don’t have kool-aid either do you?

      • @[email protected]
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        211 months ago

        Most places all fruit flavored pop are called lemonade. Where I live even mint and coke can be called that.

        I don’t think I’ve ever had real lemonade, only sprite.

      • @Skaryon
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        211 months ago

        In Germany, Limonade is usually from oranges, so Fanta.

          • @Skaryon
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            611 months ago

            In that case we would usually specify Zitronenlimo.

      • @Venti
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        111 months ago

        Lemonade for me (and google) is a homemade recipe with lemon + water with or without sugar syrup, I guess it depends on the country. I also never see Sprite at parties… just Fanta, Cola and our sodas