She also says “quarter of 8” when it is 7:45, which never made sense to me either. I usually hear quarter til 8 or quarter after 8 (for 8:15). Never quarter of. And whenever I point out that the phrase doesn’t really make much sense, she does this whole hand motion to explain it, which just confuses me even more.
It’s those Bostonians, man. Gotta watch out for them. They say weird stuff.
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My mom grew up saying “tonic”…
She also says “quarter of 8” when it is 7:45, which never made sense to me either. I usually hear quarter til 8 or quarter after 8 (for 8:15). Never quarter of. And whenever I point out that the phrase doesn’t really make much sense, she does this whole hand motion to explain it, which just confuses me even more.
It’s those Bostonians, man. Gotta watch out for them. They say weird stuff.
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You’re both wrong. The generic word for a sweet, carbonated beverage is “coke”.
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