Sven, 7-up started out in the US, as a patent medicine in the 1920's, and had lithium citrate(a mood elevator) in it until 1950. Then they took the lithium out of it, and it became a soft drink that Sprite(from Coca-Cola) copied and competes with. If the 7-up from the US doesn't taste the same as you had in the Netherlands, then I guess you're going to have to find a friend there to ship it to you, or find some place online to buy it.

Ferguson, My father grew up in Hawaii, having an avocado tree in the yard. He said he would cut the avocado in half, and then put ketchup and worcestershire sauce into the place where the pit was, mix it up, and eat it like you would eat a papaya. I guess it's all what you're accustomed to doing.

Jully, Maybe if you start an e-mail campaign to Coca-Cola and/or possibly Cadbury-Schwepps, as both are in Brasil, you might be able to talk them into bottling it here in Brasil. With Brasilians' sweet teeth, it would probably go over well. Brasilians are a lot like people from the Southern US. They like things really sweet, and salty too.

Mmaser, Marc, you'll notice that I said, "If I'm not mistaken..." I think Shiraz comes from Australia, whether the grape is the same as the Syrah grape or not. You still have differences in climate, etc. between the two countries. If you look back at history, you'll find that vast majority of the wine from France, since the 1850's, is genetically linked with the grapes from the States, due to a blight from the Phylloxera aphid, which coincidentally also came from the States. As such the vines from the States had become resistant to said aphid, and was grafted to what was left of the French vineyards.

Edited by DonVito - 19 April 2012 at 11:25

Coca-Cola tried Cherry Coke about 15 years ago as well, but it tasted nothing like the american one and didn't sell well. I dunno, brazilians like sweets, but Dr. Pepper is something that you either love or hate, with no in-between, so I don't know how well it would do here. One can always hope!

G, I wonder who the C.I was this time?

Okay, well if you're telling the truth then I am in shock and proud. Really a set of mixed emotions...

And as to the context of the grammar, not to feed the troll, but I was asking myself! Thank you!

I was responding to GringoDude (GD)