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TrashCat · M
It's Tonic!
The New England section is wrong wrong wrong
The New England section is wrong wrong wrong
ElwoodBlues · M
@TrashCat Apparently tonic is not used by younger generations
[quote] [b] Soda Versus Tonic: Is the Age-Old Argument Finally Being Settled in Massachusetts? [/b]
[i]March 28, 2012 [/i]
Decades ago, when you wanted a soft drink in Southie, Dorchester and West Roxbury, you’re best bet was to call it “tonic.” But now, referring to “soda” as “tonic” is quickly going by the wayside in Massachusetts, according to a report in the Boston Globe.
Additionally, only 22 percent of students at Boston Latin School said in a survey that they even knew the word “tonic” only in reference to soda, and almost all the students said they knew it through an older generation – not from actual use.
“Tonic is something that was centered in Boston, and was part of the Boston culture, but it faded out slowly as people are less affected by the pull of the center,’’ George Goebel, an assistant editor of the Dictionary of American Regional English tell the Globe. He points out that Massachusetts was never exclusively a “tonic” state, with the line between “tonic” and “soda” found namely in Mendon, Massachusetts.[/quote]
[b]https://www.americaninno.com/boston/soda-versus-tonic-is-the-age-old-argument-finally-being-settled-in-massachusetts/[/b]
[quote] [b] Soda Versus Tonic: Is the Age-Old Argument Finally Being Settled in Massachusetts? [/b]
[i]March 28, 2012 [/i]
Decades ago, when you wanted a soft drink in Southie, Dorchester and West Roxbury, you’re best bet was to call it “tonic.” But now, referring to “soda” as “tonic” is quickly going by the wayside in Massachusetts, according to a report in the Boston Globe.
Additionally, only 22 percent of students at Boston Latin School said in a survey that they even knew the word “tonic” only in reference to soda, and almost all the students said they knew it through an older generation – not from actual use.
“Tonic is something that was centered in Boston, and was part of the Boston culture, but it faded out slowly as people are less affected by the pull of the center,’’ George Goebel, an assistant editor of the Dictionary of American Regional English tell the Globe. He points out that Massachusetts was never exclusively a “tonic” state, with the line between “tonic” and “soda” found namely in Mendon, Massachusetts.[/quote]
[b]https://www.americaninno.com/boston/soda-versus-tonic-is-the-age-old-argument-finally-being-settled-in-massachusetts/[/b]
TrashCat · M
@ElwoodBlues I was raised in Boston and lived in NewHampshire. Everyone I know. (Even the kids) calls it tonic and then soda