Discovering Different Words Which Mean The Same Thing

Well in India for Coke or pepsi type of carbonated drink we use the term COLD DRINK. For Refridgerator we just use Fridge

If you're from the South, people say "Coke" to refer to any type of soda. I always laugh at people that say pop. I say to them, "Pop is something you do to a balloon. Soda is something you drink. Learn the difference!" haha I've also heard some people say "weedeater" and some people say "weedwhacker."

We always used pop at home, but I use soda nowadays..We called the couch a davenport when I was a kid.

In the south everything fizzy is a coke. Pop was my grandfather, not a drink!

There are many different words for many different things depending on what part of the country you're in. When I lived in Latvia saying soda or pop was like speaking in English and in Latvian the word for the drinks translated to fizzy lemonade,

We both use sofa or couch but I have not heard of jimmies. I am familiar with the others.

I've never heard of the last two, they must be new but I've heard the first 2 used interchangeably and as for soda or pop, round here it's cola but I've heard the first 2 as well when I'm on base.

While I would use sofa or couch the same, for a circular intersection I would prefer Roundabout, I thought that "Pop" means grandfather. Also in Italy we use different words for the same things according to the region where we live. As an example, socks are called "calzini" in my region "calzette" in some other regions.

I'm from the south and all carbonated drinks we call coke.

I say soda too. I also say couch. I say traffic circle.

@dgobucks226 You are very right about how people say different things for the same word. I grew up in the Midwest and we used to call soda pop and in the east they call it soda. I have also never heard of jimmies. What is Roundabout?

I'm from the NW and always say pop, couch, sprinkles but I sometimes do say roundabout.

I have heard all of these before. I have learned a lot here from all over the world.

Oh yes absolutely! There are many such words I've come across but when I read your post, there's this one funny/embarassing experience that comes to my mind. I'm from India where it's more common to refer to glue as 'gum' and to refer to chewing gum, we generally say the brand name or as chewing gum specifically. So this had happened when I was new to the US and had just joined work. I used to have the habit of chewing on gum most of the times and one fine day while I was at work and chewing on my gum, one of my colleagues came over to me and asked if I have a gum. Like I said, since I was new to the US of A and also it was a work place, I assumed that he was asking for glue! So I searched around a bit and replied no since I didn't have a glue. Just then one of my other colleagues said he has one and handed over a chewing gum and I went like Yes! Still pretty confused what reaction to pick by the way, I was that embarrassed and confused I was so worried that he might have misunderstood that I had intentionally avoided to share my gum and what not! He took the gum from the other colleague and disappeared to his work station but I couldn't work peacefully after that. So after pulling myself together I went upto him and explained him everything, apologized and told him that he is always welcome to ask me for a 'gum' whenever he needs one but just makes sure that he specifies which gum so he can safely put it in his mouth! He had a hearty laugh listening to everything

we say sofa or sopa in filipino. i know sprinkles (candy sprinkles), and have never seen or heard it called jimmies we call the roundabout rotonda here

I've never heard of sprinkles or jimmies! What are they? Here in the south we say turn signal or blinkers, but our friend in Mass. says directional.

I have noticed the different words.

Different languages have different meanings for the same terms

also.australians call it chips when some of us call it fries.

This confuses me quite a bit, maybe I haven’t woken up yet