Dr Pepper has a long history, but it wasn’t the first soda to fizz its way into popularity. Discover the surprising origins ...

An expert in American dialects explains how a ‘health drink’ from the early 1800s spawned so many names and variations.

Do you call it pop, soda or coke? The fizzy history behind America’s favorite linguistic debate by: Valerie M. Fridland Professor of Linguistics, University of Nevada, Reno , The Conversation ...

Self-proclaimed as the largest and fastest-growing soda pop and candy franchise in the U.S. according to its website, Rocket Fizz has more than 100 stores in more than 30 states as well as Canada.

Featuring a wide range of specialty candy and soda pop, Rocket Fizz in St. Charles offers up a sugar rush and a bit of nostalgia as well, its fans say. “The kids are just in awe and want to look ...

Bottles of soda are displayed in a cooler on June 29, 2018 in San Francisco, California. California Gov. Jerry Brown signed into law a bill that restricts local governments from imposing new taxes ...

Few American linguistic debates have bubbled quite as long and effervescently as the one over whether a generic soft drink should be called a soda, pop or coke. Top News U.S. News ...

Another theory suggests that because bottles were more common in the region, soda drinkers were more likely to hear the "pop" sound than in the Northeast, where soda fountains reigned. As for using ...

Do you call it pop, soda or coke? The fizzy history behind America’s favorite linguistic debate by: Valerie M. Fridland Professor of Linguistics, University of Nevada, Reno , The Conversation ...