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Old 09-06-2015, 09:05 AM   #74
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Originally Posted by HarryT View Post
Tell the man with the food stall outside the Neues Museum in Berlin that. On his menu he has a section headed "Lemonade", under which is listed "Coke", "Lilt", "Sprite", etc. I asked him if he actually sold lemonade, and he said that no, that was what people there called drinks like Coke.

Perhaps one of our German friends could comment on the matter.

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So did he call it lemonade or did he just list it under lemonade because it doesnt deserve its own category? I think there was a misunderstanding, perhaps his English was too bad (or your German)?
He asked the vendor, who replied that that was how they referred to soft drinks.
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