the joy of language

poking around on the net.....I fixed myself an afternoon libation of rye and ginger ale with a dash of bitters....it tastes good, so I Googled that....and found out that a "rye-and- ginger" is simply a "high ball".....scotch and ginger is sometimes called a "Presbyterian".....one obscure drink-naming website said whisky and ginger ale with a dash of angostura should be a "bitter Presbyterian", or maybe a "Calvinist"......one post from overseas said that when Americans came into the bar and ordered "whiskey American" he gave them the rye-ginger-bitters highball.....one post was from a guy who said he would go into bars and order a "highball" just to see what he would get.....once the waitress came back and told him "Honey, you've just ordered a type of glass." A highball glass is a tall thin glass, to better keep in the bubbles....from the ginger ale.....could go on with this, but that's probably enough for now.....I'm going to go get another highball with a dash.....