this post was submitted on 14 Jul 2023
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[–] ummthatguy@lemmy.world 18 points 1 year ago

If it's not sourced in Romania, then it's only sparkling Frankenstein's Monster.

[–] AlexWIWA@lemmy.ml 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

What you're referring to as pepper is actually Dr/pepper

[–] Onionizer@geddit.social 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Or, as I've recently taken to calling it, Dr+Pepper

[–] pazukaza@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

I wonder Stallman cringes when he reads this, probably once a month. I like to think he does.

[–] AlexWIWA@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

Best copy pasta on the internet

[–] BornOnJuly1@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

This made me lol

[–] MoxFcCloud@kbin.social 5 points 1 year ago

I think you mean Moby Dick's monster

[–] hactar42@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Frankenstein references aside, the real name origin is kind of strange. Per Dr Pepper themselves:

Wade Morrison, the drug store owner, named it "Dr. Pepper" after Dr. Charles Pepper, a Virginia doctor who was the father of a girl Morrison was once in love with.