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[Kamikaze28]

The term 'soda' always confuses me. To quote Wikipedia:

1. Soda water, a natural potable mineral water with high concentration of sodium bicarbonate, often carbonated. Ex. original Selters water.
2. Carbonated water, with added mineral salts (or sometimes even without), also known as artificial "soda water", if that label isn't protected by national regulations. Ex. Club Soda.
3. Regionally used for a soft drink, a beverage product, often using "soda" as a part of the name, even if sodium bicarbonate concentration is low. Such is typically carbonated.

As a native german speaker, I associate 'soda' with choices 1 and 2, but americans (I suppose) mean 3 when they talk about soda - which is so counter-intuitive since your sodas don't contain much if any sodium compound.