It turns out even the names we have for certain drinks can be a cultural difference. We all know that despite speaking the same language, the cultural differences between English-speaking countries like the UK and the US are huge. From spelling things differently to having two sports both known as "football", there's a lot that separates us from our brothers and sisters across the pond.
And it's not just the US, as one Canadian who lives in London has described the culture shock she felt when she went to a restaurant and tried to order one particular drink. In a viral video, Jenna Bennett said she was baffled when she asked for a Sprite with her meal, because the waitress told her they had lemonade instead. To any Brit, that makes perfect sense, but Jenna was confused - as "lemonade" to her is an entirely different drink.
She explained on TikTok : "I will never forget the first time I tried to order Sprite in a London restaurant. This was about a month after I moved to London and I went out to eat by myself. The waitress comes over and is like 'What can I get you?' and I didn't know what I wanted to eat but I knew what I wanted to drink, so I said, 'Can I have a Sprite please?' "She looks at me and she's like, 'Oh we don't have Sprite but we have lemonade'.
My initial instinct is just that she didn't hear me, I said Sprite but she thought I said something else. So I said it again, and she replied with the same thing. So now I'm extra confused.
In my mind, I'm like, where do I.
