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Geoff Miller wrote:
> 
> I've never heard of lemonade being used, or lemon-lime
> flavo[u]red soda specifically.  It was explained to me
> as a 50-50 mixture of beer and any sort of soda.  As Meg
> would say, "narsty."
> 

No, it's always lemonade in shandy, but lemonade as in the soda not as 
in real lemonade.

There is also another combination of beer and lemonade, known as the 
"lemonade top", "lemon top" or even just "top" (as in "I'll have a pint 
of bitter top, please"), where a pint of beer is pulled just short of 
full and a dash of lemonade is used to top it off.

They're both considered a bit old-fashioned these days. If you want 
"narsty" then I can tell you that youngsters these days drink lager and 
blackcurrant cordial, and students wishing to get drunk at minimum 
expense drink "snakebite" - half strong lager, half scrumpy (rough cider).

> 
>>Not to be confused with a "hand shandy" which is something
>>altogether different.
> 
> 
> Is that anything like a knee-trembler behind the chippy?
> 

No, a "hand shandy" is a more solitary form of gratification.

Your reference to knee tremblers behind the chippy reminds me of a 
terrible old joke though:

Q: How do you know when a Birmingham girl has an orgasm ?

A: She drops her chips.

Paul