Origin of the name Cherrycoke

[Bruce Appelbaum]

There was a Cherrycoke mentioned very briefly in GR, most likely the
ancestor of the Rev.

Your reference to Va is interesting, but my guess is that TRP just
appropriated the name of a once-popular soda fountain drink, back in the
days when the soda jerk would have to manually mix the syrup and seltzer in
the glass.  A couple of pumps of CocaCola syrup and a shot of cherry syrup =
cherry coke.

Then there's the famous cherry lime rickey, but that's another story
entirely ....

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Regards

Bruce Appelbaum
Yorktown Heights, New York
----- Original Message -----
From: "Murthy Yenamandra" <yenamand at cs.umn.edu>
To: "pynchon-l at W.A.S.T.E." <pynchon-l at waste.org>
Sent: Tuesday, July 11, 2000 5:16 PM
Subject: Origin of the name Cherrycoke


> Just recently learned that the family seat of Carter Braxton, one of the
> signers of the Declaration of Independence, is located at Chericoke in
> King William County, Virginia. Could this be the inspiration for the
> name of Rev. Cherrycoke in Mason & Dixon? I couldn't find any references
> to this in the list archives, but since they're in frail health, that's
> neither here not there.
>
> My apologies in advance if this is an obvious point that has so far been
> well ignored by the list. If not, I'd like my brownie point recorded.
>
> Murthy
>
> --
> Murthy Yenamandra                  mailto:yenamand at cs.umn.edu
> Dept of Computer Science           University of Minnesota
> "I strive to be brief, but I become obscure." - Horace
>