Why Do They Say that 'Sodas' (or 'Soft-Drinks' or 'Colas' or 'Cokes' or 'Pops/Soda-Pops' etc.) are #Carbonated?
That word comes up in a post (linked through 'the main word' below) about "Coca-Cola." Here, I list a few 'root-words' that tie that word into our lexicon....
The word “Carbonated” (containing the #Carbonic Acid Gas #CarbonDioxide) is built on ancient words that mean #Carbon. - #Carbonate #Carbonating #Bicarbonate
"Carbon" (name of an Element that occurs naturally as Diamond, |Graphite or |Coal) is built on ancient words that mean |Heat, Fire. - #Carbon14, used in #CarbonDating; #CarbonCycle #CarbonFootprint #CarbonPaper (from obs. #CarbonicPaper) #Carbo- #Carbide #Carbolic #CarbonMonoxide #Carbonaceous #CarbonCopy #Carboniferous #Carbonization #Carborundum #Fluorocarbon #Hydrocarbon #RadioCarbon
History of Beverage explains that they are called 'carbonated drinks' because they are the chemical reaction (forming carbon dioxide) when chalk and acid are added to liquids. The inventor's drinks (I infer, as the report doesn't say otherwise 😏) brought about the discovery of carbon dioxide---which HOB implies when they tell us why we call the drinks |Soda.
... I still don't know why we only think of 'darker' drinks as the "carbonated" ones, when 'the clear ones' (7Up, Sprite) are just as 'carbonated.' (And I say "we," but I mostly mean 'me' ... i.e. I haven't searched to find out what 'most people' call the drinks.) Maybe 'the air that inspired Joseph Priestly to research carbonation' mostly rose from the darker beverages made at the brewery next-door ...
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