American vs British English - do we understand each other?

[SandwichShortOfAPicnic]

To the best of my knowledge (and I could be wrong), I don’t think we really have those here.

I had a quick look and according to Googlegod in America it’s often referred to as a ‘Fruit Drink’?

 

[TastyReuben]

I had a quick look and according to Googlegod in America it’s often referred to as a ‘Fruit Drink’?

Possibly, as we have fruit drinks that contain fruit, and some that don’t…like that Sunny D you mentioned earlier.

 

[SandwichShortOfAPicnic]

Possibly, as we have fruit drinks that contain fruit, and some that don’t…like that Sunny D you mentioned earlier.

This is a very concentrated juice/sugar mix that you dilute with water. 1 part ‘squash’ (max) to about 6 parts water.
It’s not something you can drink straight from the bottle, tastes like pure sugar undiluted.
It’s more of a watery syrup you dilute.
Like Ribena, did you have ribena when you were here? I can’t imagine you escaped it

 

[TastyReuben]

Like Ribena, did you have ribena when you were here? I can’t imagine you escaped it

Yes, absolutely. I can get that here, but only at specialty places.

We do have drink concentrates that get mixed with water, but they’re not like the squashes I had in the UK.

We also have frozen juice concentrates, where you’d dump a can of frozen slush into a jug, then add something like three cans of water, to make a juice - common flavors are OJ, lemon, lime, and apple juices.

 

[JAS_OH1]

Yes, absolutely. I can get that here, but only at specialty places.

We do have drink concentrates that get mixed with water, but they’re not like the squashes I had in the UK.

We also have frozen juice concentrates, where you’d dump a can of frozen slush into a jug, then add something like three cans of water, to make a juice - common flavors are OJ, lemon, lime, and apple juices.

We have fruit punch, too.

 

[karadekoolaid]

What is squash (the concentrated sweet drink variety you dilute with water) called in America?

It doesn't exist. Only in England

 

[badjak]

Cordial?
Maybe?
We got the brand sunquick here

 

[rascal]

I have raspberry cordial here. Mixes with water and lemonade.

Russ

 

[SandwichShortOfAPicnic]

Cordial?
Maybe?
We got the brand sunquick here

Yes Cordial! Except here cordial implies it’s a squash made with better quality ingredients but it amounts to the same thing!

 

[JAS_OH1]

Cordials here are generally associated with sweet alcoholic beverages.

 

[SandwichShortOfAPicnic]

Cordials here are generally associated with sweet alcoholic beverages.

Do you have lime cordial or elderflower cordial then? The syrupy stuff you dilute?

 

[TastyReuben]

Do you have lime cordial or elderflower cordial then? The syrupy stuff you dilute?

Not that I’ve ever seen.

 

[SandwichShortOfAPicnic]

Not that I’ve ever seen.

Blimey.
No Elderflower Collins then?
And no pints of lime and soda?

What about grenadine syrup?

 

[TastyReuben]

What about grenadine syrup?

Used mainly as a cocktail ingredient here.

 

[TastyReuben]

No Elderflower Collins then?

I looked up a couple of US recipes for that, and they call for elderflower liqueur.