Date:  Tue, 4 Feb 1997 13:28:01 -0500
From:  Margaret Ronkin <ronkinm[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]GUSUN.GEORGETOWN.EDU>
Subject: Re: cold drinks

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Hey Lynne, welcome back! As for the part of your question about other
varieties of English, "cold drink" definitely appears in Pakistani
English. It means a chilled, bottled drink, e.g. Pepsi, whatever the
orange soda and variant of Sprite are, and mango juice (which is what I
always got and why I can't remember the others). If you're hanging out
with friends, especially in the summer, you often opt for a "cold drink"
rather than chi (tea, which is served hot with lots of milk and sugar).
I don't know whether "cold drink" originally came from the UK or one of
the colonies, but I think that the opposition between a "cold drink"
and tea is probably important.

I hope this helps.

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 Maggie Ronkin / Georgetown University / ronkinm[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]gusun.acc.georgetown.edu
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On Tue, 4 Feb 1997, M. Lynne Murphy wrote:

> thanks very much. sure wish i had a copy of DARE here...
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> lynne
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