There is a reason they are called soda fountains and not pop fountains. You can also get malts and sundaes there. See twilight zone fir examples.
So, in Texas the registration tag is on front window vs the decal being on the front/rear plate like in mn. So a year tag is somewhere on the car. How does a cop behind you know you have current registration? Ah, they scan the license plate and computer tells them. So why do you even need a decal? The state knows ur name. And address. Have state send you a bill. You do have an address on your driver license?
It’s complicated, I buy and drink Cokes, but if asking for what I want to drink or what I am drinking, then I have to ask for a Dr Pepper…
It’s a Southern thing…
Many years ago, our counseling department was given a tour and a presentation by the head of the local community college’s Culinary Arts/Hospitality Management program, and the man who was in charge of that department was Dr. Pepper. Even he thought that it was amusing.
There is some reality show the wifey used to watch that one of the doctors names was Dr Pepper… 
If I order a coke at a cafe, they ask if Pepsi is ok if the Pepsi sales person beat the coke sales person. Very competitive. All one or the other. Either coke or Pepsi. Then there are sneakers instead of tennis shoes.
About a decade ago the head of the Space Department at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab was Dr. Seuss. He pronounced it Seese. I wonder if his family always pronounced their last name that way.
My Mom used to drink that **it back in the 60’s! Ugh!
I grew up in Upstate NY (Rochester). It’s called “Pop” up here. Back in 1975 I attended SUNY Farmingdale (Long Island). The first time I walked from my dorm to the cafeteria I asked for a Pop. They looked at me cross eyed: “You mean Soda?” I said, “No I want a pop”. “Down here it’s soda!” (Said in strong Long Island accent).
Similarly, the name that is used for a cold cut sandwich on a long roll differs by region. In most of NJ, it’s called a “sub” sandwich, but in nearby NYC, it’s a “hero” sandwich, and just a bit further South, in the Philly area, it’s called a “hoagie”. In Louisiana, it’s called a “po’ boy”.
The two places that compete for the title of “Best Philly Cheesesteak” are Geno’s, and Pat’s–which are situated across the street from each other. Pat’s invented the concept, back in the '30s.
When I go to Philly, I usually eat at the Reading Terminal Market, where an incredible assortment of “ethnic” foods is available. Parking isn’t easy, but it’s worth the trip.
One of my favorite sandwiches growing up in SoCal came from a local Italian deli. It was a torpedo sandwich.
Yes, “torpedo” is another regional name for the same thing.
Grinder is another name.
I think that one is a New England sandwich name.
Forget all this talk about whether the “sticker thing” is call a tag, a sticker, a tab, or even a decal… And we apparently also got lost in whether it is a soda or a pop… But to confuse things further, here are the instruction to open that can of soda or pop… You lift the “Tab” with your finger… Stick around for the end of the video (it’s only 38-seconds…) and check out what they think is a “Flat Head Screwdriver…”
Must be a dividing line between Syracuse and Rochester. It was called Soda in Syracuse.
i can’t decide which is more worthless. Someone making a video on how to open the beverage can or someone posting it on an auto forum.
I had a cheesesteak in Philly. Don’t remember the name but around the old meeting hall and museum. Sorry but I didn’t like it that much. We got a jersey mikes a while back but I’m just not up on their menu. I don’t know what they call the sandwiches.