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Re: more politics

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• Subject: Re: more politics
• From: "Thomas B. Passin" <tpassin@c...>
• Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2003 20:36:59 -0400
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[John Cowan]> Bullard, Claude L (Len) scripsit:
> 
> > In the North, these are 'pops'.  If you ask for a 
> > 'pop' in the South, they look at you strangely but 
> > if you keep insisting, they will pop you.  This usually 
> > just results in a sore arm or nose.  In the North, 
> > if they pop you, it results in a trip to the mortuary.
> 
> True.  But "pop" for "soda" is not understood everywhere.
> If I ordered a "pop" here in NYC I would expect to get asked
> for clarification.
> 

Tonic.  It's a "tonic" ... in some parts of New England.

Cheers,

Tom P

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