The Battle of the Soda/Pop/Coke/Soda Pop/Soft Drink (Wednesday, August 27, 2017)

The Battle of the Soda/Pop/Coke/Soda Pop/Soft Drink is one of the most controversial issues in the United States, even more controversial than the ongoing toilet paper orientation debate. In fact, Americans are more passionate about Soda/Pop/Coke/Soda Pop/Soft Drink than Football! This all began back in 1845 when the creation of Coca-cola was released by the Coke Brothers. The Coke Brothers called this invention "Soda", but named the product "Coke". Americans were mighty confused as they didn't know what they should call the creation. Later that year, President Abraham Lincoln stated "Due to the lack of identification of the drink, known as Coke or Soda, the National Government shall recognize it as Soft Drink". As you can imagine, this did not help the situation and caused even more confusion. Washington D.C was calling the drink "Soft Drink", The East was calling the drink "Coke", and the West was calling the drink "Soda". In the late 1800's Pepsi Co created their own drink and named it drink "Pepsi". Unfortunately Northerners couldn't spell "Pepsi", so people changed the name to "Pop". This caused even more chaos, so 7 guys got together and wrote a petition to set "Pop" as the official name for Pepsi, Coke and Soda. Unfortunately these 7 guys only had the money to petition in the North which made the majority of the North set "Pop" as the official name. New England didn't like this however, and they decided to switch the name to "Soda" like the Southwest. Now because nothing is easy in the U.S, Dr. Pepper had to be invented, and as you can guess, it was named "Dr. Pepper". Eventually the Coke Brothers, Pepsi Co, The 7 Guys (AKA 7 UP) and Dr. Pepper got together to solve this naming issue. They all concluded to name these drinks "Soda Pop" from this point further. Although they thought they solved the problem, Americans didn't like the name "Soda Pop". In conclusion, the Battle is still on going, and probably will continue for the next century at least.

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    -Tyler Johnson