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Friday, August 25, 2006

Sweet Stuff

Some folks call it pop, others soda, and to others it's just tooth-rotting swill. But chances are that the naming convention you use to refer to soft drinks will reflect where you grew up. An interactive map will give you the breakdown.

And back in the day, when I was a kid my parents didn't let us have much soda (which is what we called it in our part of PA.) But for some odd reason, they didn't have a problem letting us have Fizzies a sort of instant soda. Add a Fizzies tablet to a glass of water, and it would start to fizz and create a sweet soda-like drink. A favorite of the baby boom generation, like so many fads they went away, largely due to problems and concerns over artificial sweeteners. But what goes around, comes around and it looks like they're back!

Continuing this little waltz down memory lane, a few more video links of some old soda ads:

Nesbitt's Orange Commercial
Wouldn't You Like To Be a Pepper Too?
Crystal Pepsi
Strangely Prophetic Sierra Mist TSA commercial
50's Drive-In Soda Ad
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2 Comments:

It was pop for me; however, the less educated in our area called it sodee or sodee pop. We didn't have pop around all the time - just one on a special occasion. I think that's a bit healthier than all the pop guzzling going on now.
Blogger Peacechick Mary, at 4:03 PM  
We call them soft drinks. BUT HEY - I tried to click the link to the "Pepper" video and it would not open. I am wondering if it's the one with that guy with curly dark hair...cause if so I posted about him the other day! He was the guy in the train that I mentioned! too funny.
Blogger Allena, at 11:22 PM  

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