On Tue, 21 Dec 2004 12:25:26 -0600, Dan Goodman >
wrote:

>On 21 Dec 2004 13:25:36 GMT, Michel Boucher wrote:
>
>> Mike Beede > wrote in
>> :
>>
>>>> But I still have to remember to ask for "black tea" rather than
>>>> "regular tea."
>>>
>>> Okay, I live in the area and I have no idea what the difference
>>> between "black tea" and "regular tea" is.
>>
>> My guess is that regular tea would be iced tea.
>
>No. Not in New York State, or in California.
>
>At least in parts of the South, yes.

In Texas, which is honorary South, it was "coke" for everything at
least up through the late 60s, early 70s.

"What do you want to drink with that?"
"I'll have a coke"
"What kind?"

The older folks at the time called it "soda pop" or, often, "sody
(sic) water".