Glossary of New Mexican Spanish (1934) (part one)

[Fred Shapiro]

On Sat, 22 Mar 2003, James A. Landau wrote:

> > aguas frescas...soft drinks
> >
> perhaps the source of the name "Fresca" for a diet soft drink

I believe the soft drink comes from the name of a character whose
defecation is described in an unpublished passage by T. S. Eliot...  Or
maybe from the published mention of the same character in "Gerontion."

Fred


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