Date:  Tue, 5 Dec 1995 23:04:53 -0700

From:  Rudy Troike <RTROIKE[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]CCIT.ARIZONA.EDU>

Subject: Re: pop and soda



    Virginia Clark's report on the demise of "tonic" is a devastating

blow (especially when coupled with the loss of "Chesterfield") to the

linguistic lore of all our American English courses. Can anybody else in

the Boston area confirm this? Say it ain't so!

    --Rudy Troike (rtroike[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]ccit.arizona.edu)