2108: Carbonated Beverage Language Map - Revision history

209.178.201.80 at 22:48, 8 March 2026

2026-03-08T22:48:16Z

2026-01-26T02:34:55Z

‎Explanation: The "plus" in names like Water Plus is not a preposition. I don't know if 'suffix' is the very best word, but it's at least accurate.

2026-01-26T02:23:14Z

‎Explanation: Italicized book title

2025-08-31T08:44:48Z

i want a carbo bev :3

2025-03-20T16:24:17Z

Thx. freaking autocorect

2025-03-20T09:24:07Z

In the original version of the trivia, "elixer" was misspelled as "elixir". I later corrected this mistake.

2025-03-02T10:44:28Z

2025-03-02T10:44:18Z

‎Trivia

2023-04-20T06:42:41Z

‎Transcript

2022-05-04T21:08:19Z

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 |No word for them
-|This region of the US does not have a word for carbonated beverages (according to Randall). It's not uncommon for speakers of a dialect to be familiar with something but have no specific term for it; for example a rainstorm while the sun is still shining is called a "{{w|sunshower}}" in some dialects, but in other dialects it is just a rainstorm. Randall could also be suggesting the citizens of Vermont do not refer to carbonated drinks by any name at all, or even have them in their state, thus their dialect would never develop a word for them.
+|This region of the US does not have a word for carbonated beverages (according to Randall). It's not uncommon for speakers of a dialect to be familiar with something but have no specific term for it; for example a rainstorm while the sun is still shining is called a "{{w|sunshower}}" in some dialects, but in other dialects it is just a rainstorm. Randall could also be suggesting the citizens of Vermont do not refer to carbonated drinks by any name at all, or even have them in their state (at least any with big names attached to them that are common across the country), thus their dialect would never develop a word for them.
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 |Hydro

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 |Water Plus
-|Technically the name of {{w|Water Plus|a British water retail services provider}}, this likely refers to the prevalence of "plus" as a preposition in branding nomenclature (e.g.: {{w|Google+}}, {{w|iPhone 8 Plus}}, {{w|7 Up Plus}}, etc.). Also reminiscent of "Milk Plus," the drugged milk from the movie A Clockwork Orange.
+|Technically the name of {{w|Water Plus|a British water retail services provider}}, this likely refers to the prevalence of "plus" as a suffix in branding nomenclature (e.g.: {{w|Google+}}, {{w|iPhone 8 Plus}}, {{w|7 Up Plus}}, etc.). Also reminiscent of "Milk Plus," the drugged milk from the movie A Clockwork Orange.
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 |Carbo bev (title text)

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 |Spicewater
-|Thought to be a reference to the spice in "Dune." This area covers much of the state of Idaho, which may be a reference to the character {{w|Duncan Idaho}} in Dune.
+|Thought to be a reference to the spice in ''Dune''. This area covers much of the state of Idaho, which may be a reference to the character {{w|Duncan Idaho}} in ''Dune''.
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 |Softie

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 |No word for them
-|This region of the US does not have a word for carbonated beverages (according to Randall). It's not uncommon for speakers of a dialect to be familiar with something but have no specific term for it; for example a rainstorm while the sun is still shining is called a "{{w|sunshower}}" in some dialects, but in other dialects it is just a rainstorm. Randall could also be suggesting the citizens of Vermont do not even have carbonated drinks at all, thus their dialect would never develop a word for them.
+|This region of the US does not have a word for carbonated beverages (according to Randall). It's not uncommon for speakers of a dialect to be familiar with something but have no specific term for it; for example a rainstorm while the sun is still shining is called a "{{w|sunshower}}" in some dialects, but in other dialects it is just a rainstorm. Randall could also be suggesting the citizens of Vermont do not refer to carbonated drinks by any name at all, or even have them in their state, thus their dialect would never develop a word for them.
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 |Hydro

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 ==Explanation==
-In the US, people in various parts of the country refer to carbonated beverages by {{w|Names for soft drinks in the United States|different names}} such as "soda", "pop", "coke", and others. Generally, the West Coast and Northeast say "soda", the South says "coke" and the rest of the country says "pop".
+In the US, people in various parts of the country refer to carbonated beverages by {{w|Names for soft drinks in the United States|different names}} such as "soda", "pop", "coke", and others. Generally, the West Coast and Northeast say "soda", the South says "coke" and the rest of the country says "pop". There are various maps of where these different names are used, including [http://popvssoda.com/ popvssoda.com] and [https://laughingsquid.com/soda-pop-or-coke-maps-of-regional-dialect-variation-in-the-united-states/ this map on Laughing Squid]. Such maps were trending and popular in 2013.
 xkcd's map is a satire of those maps – these regional terms are fake. Not only are there far more terms than are actually used by Americans, many are terms for other beverages (mead), unrelated liquids (quicksilver), or trademarked beverage names less popular than {{w|Coca Cola|Coke}}/{{w|Coca Cola}} ({{w|Mountain Dew|Code Red}}) – and in one case, something that's not even tangible ({{w|cryptocurrency|"Crypto"}}).

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 ==Trivia==
-In the [https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/images/archive/3/3f/20190209140621%21carbonated_beverage_language_map.png original version of the comic], "elixir" was misspelled as "elixir". Randall later corrected his mistake.
+In the [https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/images/archive/3/3f/20190209140621%21carbonated_beverage_language_map.png original version of the comic], "elixir" was misspelled as "elixer". Randall later corrected his mistake.
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 :[A red area in Southern Alaska, near Anchorage.]
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