Origin of the name Cherrycoke

[Bruce Appelbaum]

A nickel nothing, we could get a "small" one for 2 cents.  God, I am old!


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Regards

Bruce Appelbaum
Yorktown Heights, New York
----- Original Message -----
From: "Paul Mackin" <pmackin at clark.net>
To: <pynchon-l at waste.org>
Sent: Wednesday, July 12, 2000 10:45 AM
Subject: Re: Origin of the name Cherrycoke


>
>
> On Wed, 12 Jul 2000, Bruce Appelbaum wrote:
>
> > 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.
>
> And they were only a nickel.
>
> P.
>
>