you guys drink baking soda?
On what planet do they call baking soda "soda"?
That is a common shortening of the term. Though shortening is something completely different
I know many recipes that call for "2 tsp of soda"... it's pretty obvious they don't mean sprite.
A few other things:
It seems in Europe if you order lemonade, they will bring you a sprite or 7up... most likely sprite. Europeans just don't have nearly the choice Americans have when it comes to pop.
In the U.S., if you order lemonade (good advice for foreigners), you will not get sprite. You will get a non-carbonated drink composed of water, ice, squeezed lemons, and sugar. Though now days you'll probably get a concoction of various chemicals borne from a laboratory that kinda tastes like lemon juice, sugar, and water mixed together.