In East Midlands UK English -ade means flavoured like the thing but fizzy. Cherryade, orangeade, raspberryade, limeade. Historically flavoured and coloured ludicrously artificially.
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The origin of the suffix -ade though comes from sweetened beverage typically made with fruit. It predates carbonation. Its also why Gatorade was called Gatorade. It originally contained lemon juice. Its a way UK AND US language diverged
jul 26, 2025, 12:45 pm • 4 0 • view
www.etymonline.com/word/-ade
jul 26, 2025, 4:57 pm • 0 0 • view
In Egypt, where it was invented, it was just lemon, water, and sugar. Most Americans(South and North) drink it with plain water. I think it's cool we can have all sorts of things, even if confusing. I love trying new things when I travel.
jul 26, 2025, 12:13 am • 3 0 • view
sweet lemon seltzer sounds delicious but I would never call it lemonade
jul 26, 2025, 12:42 am • 2 0 • view
that would be a lemon soda
jul 26, 2025, 2:46 am • 2 0 • view
I've had a lemon drink with soda and a lemon soda. They are not the same
jul 26, 2025, 2:48 am • 0 0 • view
jul 26, 2025, 2:50 am • 2 0 • view
Fizzy glucose.
jul 25, 2025, 10:35 pm • 3 0 • view
they rebranded sugar 😂
jul 25, 2025, 10:37 pm • 3 0 • view
And then, because of a really badly designed tax, took most of the fucking sugar out and wondered why sales fell
jul 26, 2025, 12:13 am • 4 0 • view
but note, always fruit flavored, unless tonic water is quininade
jul 25, 2025, 10:09 pm • 2 0 • view
I think so. As a kid we joked around putting milk in soda stream to make milkade and other such abominations but nobody sold that.
jul 25, 2025, 10:11 pm • 2 0 • view
ew I don't even like kefir
jul 25, 2025, 10:13 pm • 1 0 • view
Dammit. Ten year old me could have cornered the healthful disgusting milk concoction market.
jul 25, 2025, 10:15 pm • 2 0 • view