RE: [xml-dev] more politics

Now we all know that's a harmonization of the root or 
first degree of the scale, but nothing like a root beer.

len

From: Thomas B. Passin [mailto:]

[John Cowan]> Bullard, Claude L (Len) scripsit:
> 
> > In the North, these are 'pops'.  If you ask for a 
> > 'pop' in the South, they look at you strangely but 
> > if you keep insisting, they will pop you.  This usually 
> > just results in a sore arm or nose.  In the North, 
> > if they pop you, it results in a trip to the mortuary.
> 
> True.  But "pop" for "soda" is not understood everywhere.
> If I ordered a "pop" here in NYC I would expect to get asked
> for clarification.
 
Tonic.  It's a "tonic" ... in some parts of New England.