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Cola on the rocks
If I asked "cola on the rocks" would it be funny, considered humorous, regular or pathetic?
Or is it better to just ask 'cola with ice, please'
Pawel from Warsaw,
Poland
Or is it better to just ask 'cola with ice, please'
Pawel from Warsaw,
Poland
Top answer
[nq:1]If I asked "cola on the rocks" would it be funny, considered humorous, regular or pathetic? Or is it better to just ask 'cola with ice, please'[/nq] "On the rocks" is generally a phrase used with whisky or other spirits, although there's nothing wrong with "cola on the rocks". It would be more usual to ask for "cola with ice".
- [nq:1]If I asked "cola on the rocks" would it be funny, considered humorous, regular or pathetic?
- Or is it better to just ask 'cola with ice, please'[/nq] "On the rocks" is generally a phrase used with whisky or other spirits, although there's nothing wrong with "cola on the rocks".
- It would be more usual to ask for "cola with ice".
- Frank Erskine Sunderland
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[nq:1]If I asked "cola on the rocks" would it be funny, considered humorous, regular or pathetic? Or is it better to just ask 'cola with ice, please'[/nq]
"On the rocks" is generally a phrase used with whisky or other spirits, although there's nothing wrong with "cola on the rocks". It would be more usual to ask for "cola with ice".
Frank Erskine
Sunderland
"On the rocks" is generally a phrase used with whisky or other spirits, although there's nothing wrong with "cola on the rocks". It would be more usual to ask for "cola with ice".
Frank Erskine
Sunderland
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[nq:2]If I asked "cola on the rocks" would it be ... is it better to just ask 'cola with ice, please'[/nq]
[nq:1]"On the rocks" is generally a phrase used with whisky or other spirits, although there's nothing wrong with "cola on the rocks". It would be more usual to ask for "cola with ice".[/nq]
In addition, "on the rocks" is a phrase of American origin and i believe that now it's regarde
[nq:1]"On the rocks" is generally a phrase used with whisky or other spirits, although there's nothing wrong with "cola on the rocks". It would be more usual to ask for "cola with ice".[/nq]
In addition, "on the rocks" is a phrase of American origin and i believe that now it's regarde
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Frank Erskine (Email Removed):
[nq:2]If I asked "cola on the rocks" would it be ... is it better to just ask 'cola with ice, please'[/nq]
[nq:1]"On the rocks" is generally a phrase used with whisky or other spirits, although there's nothing wrong with "cola on the rocks". It would be more usual to ask for "cola with ice".[/nq]
I think I'd be more likely to ask for `a Coke with ice', fr
[nq:2]If I asked "cola on the rocks" would it be ... is it better to just ask 'cola with ice, please'[/nq]
[nq:1]"On the rocks" is generally a phrase used with whisky or other spirits, although there's nothing wrong with "cola on the rocks". It would be more usual to ask for "cola with ice".[/nq]
I think I'd be more likely to ask for `a Coke with ice', fr
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[nq:1]If I asked "cola on the rocks" would it be funny, considered humorous, regular or pathetic?[/nq]
Pathetic, I think. Only whisky - and perhaps some other spirits - are commonly asked for "on the rocks".
[nq:1]Or is it better to just ask 'cola with ice, please'[/nq]
Yes.
John Hall
"Whenever people agree with me I always feel I must be wrong." Oscar Wilde
Pathetic, I think. Only whisky - and perhaps some other spirits - are commonly asked for "on the rocks".
[nq:1]Or is it better to just ask 'cola with ice, please'[/nq]
Yes.
John Hall
"Whenever people agree with me I always feel I must be wrong." Oscar Wilde
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