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Originally Posted by SeaBookGuy
"Tonic" meaning soda pop* is a Massachusetts thing I understand. I've never heard it, and my 72 year old mother, who was raised there, said that if anyone offered her a glass of "tonic", she'd assume they meant tonic water.
*Coke, Pepsi, Sprite, Fanta, etc. - even the foul Irn Bru! In the midwest, one hears "pop" more often than "soda" (on the coasts).
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When I was a boy watching old American films I got very confused when people talked and got excited about Soda or Soda Fountains. The only "soda" I had tasted was soda water and it was horrible. In fact I only understood that it seemed to mean any fizzy soft drink when I visited the European HQ of Microsoft and was told that the soda was free while being pointed towards a wall of soft drinks.