So for the folks that call lemon-lime soda “lemonade” (instead of the non-carbonated drink consisting of water, sugar, and lemon juice), is the idiom “When life gives you lemons, make lemonade” just not a thing? Or is it an idiom that is in use but it just doesn’t really make a whole lot of sense?
That idiom only exists in media from the USA. I heard that idiom for the first time in Portal2.
Don’t make lemonade. Make life take the lemons back! Get mad! I don’t want your damn lemons, what the hell am I supposed to do with these? Demand to see life’s manager! Make life rue the day it thought it could give Cave Johnson lemons! Do you know who I am? I’m the man who’s gonna burn your house down! With the lemons! I’m gonna get my engineers to invent a combustible lemon that burns your house down!
This is an argument I have with my French girlfriend all the time. Their sweet soda they call lemonade doesn’t even fucking taste like lemons!!!
On the other hand Orangina is the ultimate orange soda so it’s a draw really
Ooooh!!! Oooh!!! I’ve had Orangina in Italy and it’s made from real Italian oranges with real orange juice and it’s the best God damn Orangina I’ve EVER HAD!
This whole thread is blowing my mind
Mate, we’re well aware sprite isn’t lemonade, that’s why we have Solo, Lift and pub squash
There are only 2 sweet fizzy drinks in Europe. Coke (obvious) and lemonade (everything else that isn’t coke). Easy, simple. We do have lemonade flavors. Orange, lemon (citron), etc lemonade. But they’re all lemonade.
The Scots will be upset by this.
Yet their Orangina is literly orange spritzer?
Oranussy
To be fair, they didn’t say NZ.
NZ is way more like Europe than Sprite is like lemonade
New Zealand is just temperate Australia
I have it on good authority that the land of stale tea has fizzy lemonade rather than normal lemonade.
They also do not have Arnold Palmers.
WTF? Where in europe do people say that? Limonade is fuzzy water lemon, and sugar. Sprite is a crap soda beverage. They do not even compare
It’s the UK. We just can’t handle the fizz and the lemon at the same time. it’s too spicy for us.
But the UK likes spice a lot though? More so than anywhere else in Europe, even Spain.
Spicy curries are massive here and nowhere else in the continent. And let’s not even talk about English mustard compared to other mustards.
I don’t doubt it, both english mustard and horseradish are hella hot (and good), but for me Hungary takes the lead. They love hot paprika and use it in almost every dish, It’s a shame its cuisine is almost unknown in western Europe.
Hot paprika isn’t actually spicy though
And I wouldn’t say it’s unknown, goulash and paprika chicken are pretty popular
Somehow over time lemonade became to mean the same as soda here in Belgium. Probably through being introduced to American lemonade and Soda at the same time.
Most carbonated fruit drinks are called lemonade. Coka Cola is called just Cola. Sprite, Fanta and similar drinks are all lemonades here.
If lemonade tastes the same to you as sprite, you need to go to the doctor or maybe the hospital because something is very wrong
It’s more that they’re straight up called the same thing in those areas for some strange reason.
Where did this bullshit come from? Sprite is not lemonade in Europe or Australia, it’s lemon and lime and I don’t know anyone who doesn’t know that. There’s loads of brands of lemonade here and Australia, cloudy, traditional, clear…wtf?
Really? Because there are a lot of people who disagree with you.
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Wikipedia saying " In the United Kingdom, Ireland, Central Europe, South Africa, Australia, and New Zealand, a carbonated lemonade soft drink is more common. Despite the differences between the drinks, each is known simply as “lemonade” in countries where it is dominant."
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Quora saying “Lemonade” in Australia normally refers to a clear, carbonated, lemon-flavored beverage similar to 7-Up. “Lemon squash” is a cloudy version of the same thing (still carbonated). There’s no particular tradition of making non-carbonated lemon drinks at home, but if you did, you’d probably call it American-style lemonade."
However I did goof on it not being available. That I’ll edit. But the rest of it seems to hold up…
I see on the Wikipedia article it seems to say that lemonade in the USA is flat, not fizzy? I think this is where I confused your question and we got our wires crossed. Anything that ended “ade” in the UK is a fizzy drink, like a pop/soda. Lemonade, cherryade, orangeade etc. Schweppes, Barr’s etc make lemonade like that, clear, sweet fizzy and just lemon flavour.
I can’t think of a drink that’s fresh lemon juice as described on wiki over here. There is squash, or cordial, diluted juice with water. But lemon wasn’t common or popular to the best of my knowledge. I’ll look when I’m in asda the morn now though, just to see for curiosity.Well why the country fried fuck doesn’t everyone drink uslemonade it’s delicious. Keeps the scurvy down too.
After reading that article I have to say it looks amazing
Because what we call “lemonade” in Europe is not the same drink as what is called “lemonade” in the US, although we usually have our own variation (citronnade in France) that corresponds to the American one.
We know what you call it, you’re just fucking wrong.
These are the same people who drive on the wrong side of the road and weigh themselves in stones.
Didn’t know all of europe is now the UK
Get antibrexited nerd
Most of our schools are still safe tho :)
You’re not wrong, but it is a bit like bringing Hitler into the conversation.
The US has never had Hitler, feel better now? Can we talk about soda and lemonade now?
