Lemonade

A long time ago on a continent far, far away I had learned that the German word for a lemon-lime soft drink was “limonade”.

Many years later, when I had the occasion to go to England, I asked the waitress for “something like a 7-Up”; she said she could give me a lemonade and put some lime cordial in it. It turned out to be a green-colored lemon-lime soft drink; the next day I just asked for a lemonade. I don’t know why it took me so long to make the connection; I don’t know why the waitress didn’t just bring me a lemonade in the first place.