On Tue, 21 Dec 2004 10:50:10 -0600, Damsel in dis Dress wrote:

> On Mon, 20 Dec 2004 21:19:26 -0600, Dan Goodman > wrote:
>
>>When I moved to Minneapolis around 1980, I had to keep remembering to say
>>"pop" rather than "soda". But soda has been making inroads.
>
> So it was YOU who contaminated Crash's brain! I should have guessed. LOL
>
>>But I still have to remember to ask for "black tea" rather than "regular
>>tea."
>
> What's the difference?

There isn't any -- these are the standard terms in different areas.

> I've never heard of black tea.

In most Twin Cities eateries, that's what I have to ask for to get plain,
ordinary orange pekoe tea. I had a lot of trouble till I found that out.
Servers (both waitstaff and counter help) could not understand my
explanations.

Oddly enough, when I slip and ask for "stringbeans" rather than "green
beans" I've always been understood. I've been told that "stringbeans" used
to be the local term, so people still remember it.


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