Keith Willcocks wrote:
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Percival P. Cassidy wrote:

The last of these is regional: in some parts of the USA they are all
"coke," in others all "soda," and in yet others all "pop."
Unless you're in Boston (bah-stun), in which case the generic word is
tonic (tah-nik). Don't ask me why. At least that's how it was 30 years
ago when I lived there.


And when I was in Boston this summer, every time I asked for Scotch and
Tonic they gave me Scotch and Soda (which I dislike intensely).

When I returnee from Johannesburg with a Girlfriend in tow..she went
into the pub and asked for a Gin and Tonic "And can you put a little
arse in that?"

Strange looks all round.