I guess it depends where you're from.
From the April18th Chicago Tribune.
Did you know?
7UP was originally marketed under the name Bib-Label Lithiated Lemon-Lime Soda when it first came out in St. Louis-area stores in 1929. (You've just got to wonder what lithiated means?) 7Up merged with Dr Pepper in 1988.
Dr Pepper has 11 million Facebook fans. Coca-Cola has 41 million, while Pepsi has 8 million. RC Cola has 6,200. I have none, but am not on Facebook anyway.
RC Cola stands for Royal Crown Cola. I continually get it mixed up with a favorite alcoholic drink called Crown Royal. Anyway, RC Cola was the first sift drink to switch from steel to aluminum cans in 1964. Coca-Cola and Pepsi did so three years later.
The period in Dr. Pepper was dropped sometime in the 1950s (I didn't ever notice they had dropped it until I just read it), according to the Dr Pepper Museum in Waco, Texas. The origin of the name is unknown, but there are several dozen possible stories. None have ever been verified. I'm figuring it has to do with that pop you get when chug a bit.
Or, Maybe You Call It a Soft Drink? --DaCoot
3 comments:
Here in the South we never, ever call it pop or soda. All of it is
just a coke. Don't you remember?
If ordering a Dr. Pepper you just call it a Coke until someone takes your order then you have to tell them what you actually want. Otherwise when talking about "pop or soda" it is always called "a Coke".
Personally, I can't really tell the difference between Coke and Pepsi, but of the two, like Pepsi the best. After all, it is from nearby New Bern.
Pop. Is that a Midwestern thing?
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