Frankenstein references aside, the real name origin is kind of strange. Per Dr Pepper themselves:
Wade Morrison, the drug store owner, named it "Dr. Pepper" after Dr. Charles Pepper, a Virginia doctor who was the father of a girl Morrison was once in love with.
If it's not sourced in Romania, then it's only sparkling Frankenstein's Monster.
What you're referring to as pepper is actually Dr/pepper
Or, as I've recently taken to calling it, Dr+Pepper
Best copy pasta on the internet
I wonder Stallman cringes when he reads this, probably once a month. I like to think he does.
This made me lol
I think you mean Moby Dick's monster
Frankenstein references aside, the real name origin is kind of strange. Per Dr Pepper themselves: