When I was a kid in Peoria, IL, we used to call soda-pop ‘soda’. Sometimes that became soder or sody. In the 5th grade, my dad got transferred from Peoria to Aurora, IL. Aurora was about 120 miles north of Peoria, not really that far. In those days (1957) Aurora was the far west end of the Chicago suburbs. The commuter trains ended in Aurora. Anyway, in Aurora, if I called soda-pop soda or sody, the kids all laughed at the way I spoke. Up there it was called pop. Always amazes me how dialects can change over such short distances.
Well, to get on with the post, we never had a lot of soda-pop when I was a kid. My mom didn’t keep it around, so when we did have it, it was a treat. It always seemed to me that the soda’s we had then tasted so much better than anything we have now. There also seemed to be a wider choice. Well, this video from Youtube helps explain my memories:
By the way, there are store down here that sell the Mexican made Coca-Cola. It comes in a glass bottle and is made with sugar. Of course, you pay a premium for it.
