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Why are soda's called soft drinks

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The name "soft drink" specifies a lack of alcohol by way of contrast to the term "hard drink". Thanks for using ChaCha!

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Source: Soft drink - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia | en.wikipedia.org

Description: Carbonated soft drinks are commonly known as soda, soda pop, pop, coke or tonic in various parts of the United States, pop in Canada, fizzy drinks or soft drinks in the United Kingdom and Australia 1 and sometimes minerals in Ireland.

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Soft drinks can trace their history back to the mineral water found in natural springs. Soda is actually the slang for soft drink.

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