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- From: eesshlgb@gdr.bath.ac.uk (S H L G Bisson)
- Newsgroups: alt.callahans
- Subject: Re: Culinary Peculiarities
- Message-ID: <1993Jan27.101422.21400@gdr.bath.ac.uk>
- Date: 27 Jan 93 10:14:22 GMT
- References: <1993Jan21.233020.13383@ucc.su.OZ.AU> <1993Jan22.013147.13751@midway.uchicago.edu> <C1FA8n.FpD@hfglobe.intel.com>
- Organization: School of Electrical Engineering, University of Bath, UK
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- In the referenced article, hilp@hfglobe.intel.com (Robin Rosenbaum) writes:
- >I think this is a regional usage. Like cider: In the USA it's non-
- >alcoholic unless it's called "hard" cider. I've heard that elsewhere
- >"cider" refers to an alcoholic beverage. (Is that right? I've never
- >actually tried ordering any when travelling, I guess.)
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- "You'd better be careful if you ever come here to Somerset (I don't believe
- in Edward Heath's new-fangled counties!) - the cider (or `zyder') is lethal!
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- "In fact, the real old timers have the really rough stuff with a splash of
- orange cordial... Which actually tastes quite pleasant!"
-
- Ignatz grins, and wanders off back to have a look through the supplement to
- the ACME catalogue...
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