Orange drink?

[MissCommando]

What do you call that stuff (orange) that you add water to? I personally call it orange squash (so does everyone down here - I live in south-west england) but I was speaking to a guy from Rotherham who calls it orange dilute. He thinks the word squash is american and takes the mick out of me. Another guy from Manchester calls it cordial! So come on, what do you call it? and where are you from?

[Peter Pedant]

Agent Orange - definitely.

My family (English) are all superannuated Vietnam war protesters, and this phrase brings back memories. It also brings out the essentially chemical nature of orange drinks, which usually havent seen a natural molecule during their existences

[gary baldy]

Does anyone remember the powdered orange drink we had in this country in the 70's. It was really really sweet and really really orange (probably had loads of tartrezine in it) and i think it might have been called "VitC" or something (or maybe not!)

[THECORBYLOON]

Are you thinking on "Rise and Shine?" I used to love it!

[gary baldy]

That was it! i think VitC was a posh drink but Rise and Shine was what my nana used to give us when we went to stay. it had like a smiley face sun on the packet didnt it?

[Laurinha]

We call it diluting orange (Glasgow) but I've always thought of orange squash as being an English form of saying it.

[Drusilla]

If lime and peppermint cordial were Londoners, they would live in Hampstead or Mayfair, whereas lemon and orange squash would live in Hackney or Bethnal Green. I think it's a bit of a class thing as cordials and squash both need diluting.

[lupen]

well it is dilutable, and it is often called squash(not american!) i think cordial is when it is made differently from normal diluteable juice/squash/whatever. im from all over the place really cambridge, suffolk, berwick and essex.

[gary baldy]

10clarionst- was always intrigued by your name and did know there was a Clarion Street up that way and when you said you were a manc > 2+2 = newton heath (or is that miles platting?)

[biglad]

He sounds like he knows alot, listen to him :)

[joko]

I can't believe a question about what to called orange has got 30 responses! Ha Ha!

I cordially invite you to squash this thread.

Its juice going on too long now.

orange you going to change the subject?...;o)

[JohnSmithHon]

I call it cordial and I'm from Darwen (Lancashire).