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Subject: Re: Pop vs. Soda
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Date: Mon, 29-Apr-85 23:32:49 EDT
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>     In Ireland, the equivalent of a "soda pop" is a
>     "mineral". "Soda" is a short form of "soda-water" - or
>     what is known here as "club soda."

I was incredibly mystified when I moved to New Hampshire at the tender
age of 14 and found everyone referring to "tonic."  Tonic was something
you put in your hair to me!  But no, tonic meant pop.

Not to mention bubblers, grinders, basements, and frappes.  Or, as I
knew them, drinking fountains, submarine sandwiches, restrooms
(apparently only applied to those in schools), and milk shakes.

	-paul asente