Southern English

[PMA]

We say over yonder mostly here or yonder way

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[PMA]

Had friends in East Tennessee and after every sentence they would say, ay god.

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[jinman]

RC Cola was a highly carbonated beverage. In Denton, TX where I grew up, we had a Dr. Pepper bottling company with big windows on the street side of the building. We loved to stand outside that window and watch the bottles being filled with one of the favorite Texas beverages. Dr Pepper was not as highly carbonated as RC Cola. My grandmother's doctor suggested RC Cola as a digestive aid and to help her relieve gas because it made her burp.

 

[dave1949]

Not lately Jim, but years ago I've heard of giving coke in a baby bottle to babies for about the same reason.

 

[IslandTractor]

I was probably about 12 years old when I was walking down an alley in Ardmore, OK, early one morning and the back door to the R.C. Cola bottling plant was open and I asked an employee just inside the door if I could come in and watch what they were doing. He said I could, and I only watched a few minutes. And after seeing how filthy that place was . . . . well, I've still never drank an R.C. Cola.

While I appreciate your anecdote and it's impact on your perception of RC Cola, I had an opposite but equally impactful encounter with the brand. When I was about 12 or 13 and on a Boy Scout hike in the summer, we had used up all our canteen water with about ten miles to go on a particularly hot day (I know, not great planning). When we finally emerged from the woods and found civilization, it was at a gas station that sold RC Cola. I never tasted anything so good in my life. We each drank about four or five bottles. I don't drink it now because it is not imported up to New England but I will always have a soft spot in my heart for RC Cola.

 

[k0ua]

While I appreciate your anecdote and it's impact on your perception of RC Cola, I had an opposite but equally impactful encounter with the brand. When I was about 12 or 13 and on a Boy Scout hike in the summer, we had used up all our canteen water with about ten miles to go on a particularly hot day (I know, not great planning). When we finally emerged from the woods and found civilization, it was at a gas station that sold RC Cola. I never tasted anything so good in my life. We each drank about four or five bottles. I don't drink it now because it is not imported up to New England but I will always have a soft spot in my heart for RC Cola.

While I haven't drank an RC Cola, for many years, I do remember it having a unique cola taste, unlike the other two leading cola's.

 

[DT86]

If you all want a unique southern soft drink you need to try Cheerwine, cherry flavor cola made in Salisbury North Carolina or a lesser known drink, Dr. Enuf, "The Original Energy Booster" and local hang over cure made in Johnson City Tennessee!

 

[Bird]

If you all want a unique southern soft drink you need to try Cheerwine, cherry flavor cola made in Salisbury North Carolina or a lesser known drink, Dr. Enuf, "The Original Energy Booster" and local hang over cure made in Johnson City Tennessee!

Far back in time, when drugstores still had soda fountains, the cherry coke was a favorite. The later day bottled cherry flavored Coca Cola isn't comparable, but I've never tried the Cheerwine. Your link didn't work for me, but I went to their website and they show that we can buy it at the Lewisville Cracker Barrel.

 

[smstonypoint]

If you all want a unique southern soft drink you need to try Cheerwine, cherry flavor cola made in Salisbury North Carolina or a lesser known drink, Dr. Enuf, "The Original Energy Booster" and local hang over cure made in Johnson City Tennessee!

I certainly know Cheerwine, but Dr. Enuf is a new one for me.

Another unique Southern "soft" drink is Blenheim Ginger Ale -- the Red Cap version "tantalizes and tingles the taste buds, and goes down as smoothly as a firecracker exploding in your throat. Some say its sinus clearing heat snatches their breath away for a bit, while others thrive on the explosion of spicy ginger essence." Blenheim Ginger Ale.

Steve

 

[DT86]

Your link didn't work for me, but I went to their website and they show that we can buy it at the Lewisville Cracker Barrel.

Well neither one worked. They were supposed to link to wikipedia pages. I couldn't get the links to work so I changed them to the bottlers web pages.

Around here they sell both at Cracker Barrel but I wasn't sure how local that was.