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English term or phrase:
Seltzer (water) [US]
English answer:
soda (water) [UK]
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Tony M
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I've seen the translation for seltzer to Portuguese and it's translated as a word that means "tonic water". Are seltzer and tonic water alike? Is seltzer bitter?
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soda (water)
Not really the same, no!
Seltzer is what we cal 'soda (water)' — not as in Coke etc., but as in whisky-and-soda — simply carbonated water, often out of a soda syphon.
As W/M says, 'tonic' is a specific carbonated drink that contains quinine and has a bitter flavour. For reference, this is often called 'schweppes' in FR, or simply 'tonic', of course!
Seltzer is what we cal 'soda (water)' — not as in Coke etc., but as in whisky-and-soda — simply carbonated water, often out of a soda syphon.
As W/M says, 'tonic' is a specific carbonated drink that contains quinine and has a bitter flavour. For reference, this is often called 'schweppes' in FR, or simply 'tonic', of course!
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They are similar but different. "Seltzer" is just carbonated water and "tonic water" has carbonation but it also contains quinine. Both are used as a 'mixer' when making drinks. 'Seltzer' isn't bitter but 'tonic water' is, because of the quinine. HTH.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tonic_water
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swisstell
: cheers and have a Gin Tonic on me
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Prost. ;0) Thanks for the 'agree'. How's life?
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RHELLER
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Thank you.
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Caryl Swift
: An answer as crystal-clear as a mountain stream - what a tonic! :-)
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Thank you.
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Maria Luisa Duarte
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Gracias.
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Mara Ballarini
: My parents used to have sth like a cylinder with a seltzer aerosol they used to spray in their aperitiv - to make bubbles - so to say
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I know the thing that you mean. They used to have them in the UK also, I believe it was called a 'gasogene'. Sherlock Holmes reputedly had one. 'Mille grazie' for the 'agree'.
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Daniel Mencher
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Thank you, sir.
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Dave Calderhead
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Thank you, sir.
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