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Originally Posted by Nanners52674
No I live in Connecticut, have my whole 21 years and I personally have never heard tonic used to mean club soda. . . I am however very familiar with wicked, jimmies, frappes, and my two personal favorites from high school packy and cocked. . .
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That's because much of Conn isn't really New England
Tonic-Flavored carbonated water (cola, root beer, moxie(a whole 'nother story
etc.
Soda- we mix it with whiskey.
Pop- what we call our father (pronounced fah-thuh)
Grinder- a sandwich made on a long bun(you might call it a sub, po' boy etc) also known as a spucky
Packie- where you go to buy 'naries (be-ah)
Bulkie- a roll used to make sandwiches or served with butter for breakfast.
Bubbler- a water fountain
Pickup-what we do with the opposite sex on Sat nt.
Milk Shake- milk and chocolate syrup, shaken
Frappe (Frap) add ice cream to the shake
Jimmies- you put them on top of ice cream,
In the immortal words of Winston Churchill, "we are one people, separated by a common language"
And yes, we've heard of the "southern ivies" Vandy, Duke, Wake Forest, Emory, etc.