Talk:7 Up

1928/1929 date?
Hi, I noticed that you can buy 50th-anniversary bottles of 7up that have 1928-1978 written on them. Would this mean that the current article date of 1929 was incorrect? Here's an example: http://www.ebay.com/itm/1978-7-UP-50TH-ANNIVERSARY-COMMEMORATIVE-GREEN-SODA-BOTTLE-ST-LOUIS-MO-/250989119292 Loweredtone (talk) 12:24, 1 September 2017 (UTC)


 * The name was trademarked in 1928 (listed in Official Gazette of the U.S. Patent Office for 13 November), so the date of 1929 does seem to be incorrect. Myopic Bookworm (talk) 11:14, 15 July 2020 (UTC)

Lemonade
Its not an important point but...how does an article about one of the world's most famous lemonades go the entire article without mentioning lemonade? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 109.201.152.9 (talk) 01:17, 1 February 2014 (UTC)
 * Because it's an American product and clear sparkling lemon-lime drinks are not called "lemonade" in the States. In the US, "lemonade" only refers to flat cloudy lemon with no other juices in it. Laodah 04:31, 6 November 2017 (UTC)

the 7 name comes from the number of syllables in "bib-label lithiated" — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.201.53.53 (talk) 01:52, 2 May 2015 (UTC)

Raspberry and Orange 7up
The article mentions that Raspberry and Orange 7up were available in Europe in the 1980s and are still available in some southeast Asian markets. I don't have any documentation to back this up, but they were also both available in Canada as, if I remember correctly, summer-only variations in Canada in at least the summers of 1992 and 1993. Possibly earlier, but I remember them specifically existing during those two summers. And they haven't been seen up here since. RedCarConspiracy (talk) 19:52, 22 August 2017 (UTC)

pH
The article suggests that the pH of the original formula was around 3 or so (being an acid), but this is facially incompatible with the fact that it contained lithium, because lithum when it reacts with liquid water forms Lithium Hydroxide in solution, which would raise the pH. Requesting consensus before changing the article to reflect as such.71.91.178.54 (talk) 20:39, 23 July 2018 (UTC)
 * The pH would depend on the amount of lithium in the beverage and the amount of acidic compounds. The source you added doesn't mention 7up, so I'll remove your edit as WP:OR. If you have a source specifically mentioning the pH of 7up when it contained lithium you are welcome to restore the text. Sjö (talk) 06:27, 24 July 2018 (UTC)
 * Most notably, it didn't contain elemental lithium, but lithium citrate, which doesn't form lithium hydroxide when dissolved in water. oknazevad (talk) 00:30, 4 August 2018 (UTC)

Westinghouse Purchase?
The history section has conflicting info on Westinghouse and even seems to call the article wrong in one sentence. Calling attention to this and seeing if anyone else has an explanation before I do something. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Tfkalk (talk • contribs) 17:57, 23 July 2019 (UTC)

Origin of the name
According to the Oxford English Dictionary, "seven-up" was the name of a card game played in the US at the end of the 19th century, so it would seem quite reasonable that this could have inspired the name. Myopic Bookworm (talk) 11:17, 15 July 2020 (UTC)


 * Agreed, I've known of (but never played) the card game for years, and based on our article, it's been called "Seven Up" since before 1850, and is still played today, although the original name of "All Fours" may be more common. This Google ngram appears to show steady use of the phrase until the 1930's, when it took off—probably due to the popularity of the soda, even though the brand is stylized "7up".  I don't think it would constitute original research to note the existence of a popular card game by the name at the time the brand was created—but it would be original research to state that it was—or was probably—the source of the name, unless some published, knowledgeable source says so.  P Aculeius (talk) 15:50, 3 March 2023 (UTC)

TV advert
7 Up advert for TV - with the slogan The Difference Is Clear (1984). With a re-worded version of the 1981 Kim Carnes hit Bette Davis Eyes - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9jgUwzt6tz8 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.16.72.221 (talk) 19:54, 18 November 2023 (UTC)

The Uncola ads
I remember these starting in the late 60s while I was still in high school. I do remember the ad mentioned in the article. The whole ad campaign was quite notable at the time as it used images that were similar to Peter Max's work even though he did not personally do any - or perhaps only one - of the ads 7Up employed. As I recall the campaign was quite successful in turning around the sales for 7Up. At one point the company liquidated it's billboard advertising for the Uncola by selling the panels that were used, and in surplus, for a very low price ($8.50 for a complete roadside billboard size poster which came in 12 panels as an example). This was done through ads in the Sunday editions of national newspapers around the country. A collector - Bob Treat - in TX has a large collection of these as they were very affordable which he may, by this time, have sold off.

It could almost be an article on it's own.THX1136 (talk) 20:23, 22 December 2023 (UTC)