We say soda here, for sure, but my father calls it tonic, which I've never heard anyone else use ever.
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zuisa - Sep 08, 2011 9:56:52 am PDT #24835 of 30001
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Consuela - Sep 08, 2011 9:57:07 am PDT #24836 of 30001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Yeah, they still say tonic in some more remote parts of New England, although I grew up saying soda in SE Massachusetts.
zuisa - Sep 08, 2011 9:58:38 am PDT #24837 of 30001
call me jacki; zuisa is an internet nick from ancient times =)
I'm in SE Massachusetts too, and my dad grew up here as well. So maybe tonic was more prevalent in the 50s and 60s when he was growing up? I'm sure lots of other people used it, but we used to tease our dad so badly about it.
-t - Sep 08, 2011 9:59:48 am PDT #24838 of 30001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
"Cold drink" was pretty common in BR - I don't know how we knew that didn't mean ice tea or lemonade, but we did. Not as common as Coke, though.
lisah - Sep 08, 2011 9:59:50 am PDT #24839 of 30001
Punishingly Intricate
I forgot about tonic!
Consuela, your brother's restaurant is like 1/2 a mile from Bob's office in Chicago (and it sounds right up his alley!). I'll pass along the rec and have him share it with his friends and co-workers. And get him to take me there next time I'm out!
Jesse - Sep 08, 2011 10:00:23 am PDT #24840 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Sodapop?
Ponyboy??
I grew up in greater Boston saying soda but knowing about tonic. Like spa -- I don't think I ever used it generically for corner store, but I got it.
Jesse - Sep 08, 2011 10:01:23 am PDT #24841 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
"Cold drink" was pretty common in BR - I don't know how we knew that didn't mean ice tea or lemonade, but we did. Not as common as Coke, though.
My grandmother (from the Gulf coast of Texas) says cold drink! I thought it could be iced tea, though, but maybe I'm wrong. I always figured it was just to distinguish from an alcoholic drink (which she would never be offering anyone).
Consuela - Sep 08, 2011 10:01:38 am PDT #24842 of 30001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
I'll pass along the rec and have him share it with his friends and co-workers.
Woot! I'm very excited for him, and I'm looking forward to going there the next time I'm in town. For one thing, the photos look gorgeous--they got a lot of furniture & stuff from an abandoned factory, so it's kind of rural-industrial-antiquey inside.
Sue - Sep 08, 2011 10:04:47 am PDT #24843 of 30001
hip deep in pie
My grandmother called them soft drinks.
Kathy A - Sep 08, 2011 10:08:17 am PDT #24844 of 30001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
Thanks for that rec, Consuela (and huge luck to your brother and the other owner(s)!). My dad takes my nephew out to eat every month (C is a senior at Roosevelt Univ., and lives in school housing downtown), and is always looking for new suggestions (even though C is such a stick-in-the-mud when it comes to food and refuses to try anything that isn't a steak or burger), so I sent him that article and suggested he try it next time.