Re: CHAT: R: Re: CHAT: Education words in various English dialects // was "Mister"

Mrs Rempt [; )] wrote:

> On Thu, 26 Oct 2000, Adrian Morgan wrote:
>
> > Lemonade is the clear, fizzy drink of which brands such as Sprite, 7-up,
> > etc are examples.
>
> Which surprised me a lot the first time I was in England: "limonade"
> in Dutch is a fruit-flavoured syrup diluted with water.
>
In Italy it's a hot lemon-syrup used when you've got stomachache. Or, a cold
lemon-flavoured syrup (Fanta-style, but with lemon, not orange).

Luca