Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site decwrl.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!floyd!harpo!decvax!decwrl!rhea!akov68!boyajian From: boyajian@akov68.DEC Newsgroups: net.nlang Subject: New Englandisms Message-ID: <6362@decwrl.UUCP> Date: Tue, 27-Mar-84 02:19:21 EST Article-I.D.: decwrl.6362 Posted: Tue Mar 27 02:19:21 1984 Date-Received: Thu, 22-Mar-84 01:27:46 EST Organization: DEC Engineering Network Lines: 21 As I've always understood the terms (I'm born and bred New England and have lived here all my life): Tonic is used mostly for that peculiar mixer often called "Club Soda". Eg. "gin-and-tonic". It is also used, although much less so, to mean soda water in general. Last, but not least, it used to refer to various other liquids such as "hair tonic". I, myself, hardly ever use the term "tonic", prefering "soda". The difference between frappes and milk shakes is that frappes have ice cream and milk shakes don't. As for "water bubblers", I suspect that the term originated as one for those thingies with the upside-down bottles and a spigot in which air bubbles to the top to replace the water that gets poured into one's cup and was later used to refer to any kind of water dispensing machine. --- jayembee (Jerry Boyajian, DEC Maynard) UUCP: (decvax!decwrl!rhea!akov68!boyajian) ARPA: (decwrl!rhea!akov68!boyajian@Shasta)