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Regular coffee There's a Macdonald's on halfway between work and my home so I stop by quite often for coffee. Usually I use a digital menu board, but one morning I ordered at the counter as there were no other customers.

I ordered a regular coffee, which I expected a black coffee. Because I drink only black and regular coffee means black coffee in my country.

Unexpectedly, I was served a coffee with milk and sugar. I told them that I ordered a regular coffee. But they said "you said regular coffee, eh?"

So apparently "regular" coffee in Canada is coffee with milk and sugar. Since then I have been saying "black coffee please".

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Regular coffee

There's a Macdonald's on halfway between (my)work and my home so I stop by quite often for coffee. Usually I use a the digital menu board, but one morning I ordered at the counter as there were no other customers.

I ordered a regular coffee, which I expected a to be black coffee, because I only drink only black and regular coffee means black coffee in my country.

Unexpectedly, I was served a coffee with milk and sugar. I told them that I ordered a regular coffee. But they said "you said regular coffee, eh?"

So apparently "regular" coffee in Canada is coffee with milk and sugar. Since then I have been saying "black coffee please".

Very good!

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