The Great Pop vs. Soda Controversy

Sarah Lang slang at UCHICAGO.EDU
Wed May 23 14:56:57 UTC 2007


Not in Canada. It was always in cans (that I can remember), with a
picture of an orange. ('Course we had beer in stubbies.)

S.

On May 23, 2007, at 8:08 AM, Charles Doyle wrote:

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> I though Orange Crush was ALWAYS in brown bottles.
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> --Charlie
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>> Date: Wed, 23 May 2007 08:02:01 -0500
>> From: Paul Johnson <paulzjoh at MTNHOME.COM>
>> Subject: Re: The Great Pop vs. Soda Controversy
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>> But how many remember Orange Crush in the brown bottles.  I think
>> they were brown because back then the product was a washed out
>> sort of orange/yellow concoction.
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>> Charles Doyle wrote:
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>>> And how about Grapette? AAA Rootbeer? Orange Crush? Stumbling
>>> down Memory Lane . . . .
>>>
>>> --Charlie
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