'No, I meant skoosh'. When I suggested that such Glaswegian terminology may not have reached the Mediterranean, he modified his request to 'a botel o' ginger'. This was the ubiquitous word for fizzy drinks in Scotland, derived from the early days of ginger beer.

What does Ginger mean in Scottish?

Ginger. A fizzy drink – sometimes Scotland's favourite, Irn Bru, but the term can be used for any fizzy juice you fancy.

Why do Scots call pop juice?

But you will still always call it fizzy juice as it is fizzy and it is juice, because all Scots know that liquids only come in two categories: booze or juice. It doesn't matter what has or hasn't been juiced to make said juice. It's still juice. 8.