At 2:37 PM -0500 2/6/03, Laurence Horn wrote: >> Hence gin came to be called "tonic" because it >>was a widely-used medicinal, and the combination of course became "gin and >>tonic". >> >I believe that's "quinine came to be called 'tonic'", or else we'd be >drinking tonic and tonics. Make that "or else we'd be drinking tonic and quinines" instead.