John, You gotta get out more. Mickey D's served sweet tea up here in Chicago all summer. And they'll still serve you real coffee without any of that fru-fru stuff. Regards, Bob S.
On Sat, Mar 13, 2010 at 7:03 PM, John Sessoms <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Doug Franklin >> >> On 2010-03-13 8:13, Tanya Love wrote: > >>> You also don't seem to understand it if a person says a really simple >>> thing >>> > like "ta muchly", which of course translates to "thanks very much". >> >> Well, considering how the English pronounce Chalmondley, we Americans are >> a little gun shy on "English-like" pronunciations. To our ears, "ta muchly" >> could actually be a pronunciation of a much longer word. :-) > > Ta means bye (as in good-bye); usually Ta-ta == bye-bye (or buh-bye if > you're responding to a luser) > > See also TTFN - Ta-ta for now. > > Not to be confused with tatas. > >>> Oh, and here's yet another straaaaaange American fact - you lot drink >>> your >>> > tea COLD!! AND, like, with EVERY meal!! See, we tend to drink WATER >>> > cold, >>> > and with every meal, and save the "tea" for when we are needing a nice >>> > hot >>> > cuppa at the end of long day - >> >> Well, in the US, usually coffee, sometimes hot chocolate (cocoa), are the >> hot drinks, most any other drink is served cold. Cold coffee products have >> been coming out here the last few years, though. I don't care much for >> them, myself. >> > > Tea is ICED tea. If you want the other stuff ask for Hot Tea. > > And in the south, tea means SWEET tea - almost half sugar. If you want tea > without sugar you have to ask for un-sweetened tea. That's what Yankee > tourists drink, so we've got it available, you just have to ask for it. > > If you go up north, you can't get sweet tea. If you ask for it, they'll just > bring you un-sweet tea and two packets of sugar. You can ask for more > packets of sugar, but IT'S STILL NOT THE SAME THING! > > And if you really want to make 'em crazy up north, order bacon and eggs and > ask 'em to bring you grits instead of potatoes. > > Now Mickey D's (Mickey like Mickey Mouse) is pushing McCafe coffee flavored > drinks - NO I don't want to try a McCafe today, I want a medium coffee, and > I don't want nothin' in it BUT coffee ... > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
