On Thu, 22 Mar 2018 15:55:09 -0400, Nancy Young >
wrote:

>On 3/22/2018 1:07 PM, Wayne Boatwright wrote:
>> On Thu 22 Mar 2018 08:12:49a, Nancy Young told us...
>
>>> We had Thanksgiving at my SIL's in Michigan and stopped to get
>>> soda to bring with the wine. No problem grabbing Cokes but no
>>> ginger ale to be seen, so we asked at the counter.
>>>
>>> The clerks didn't even know what ginger ale was, it was like we'd
>>> asked for some exotic ingredient from Thailand. Finally one
>>> offered We have Vernor's? and it was our turn to say What?
>>>
>>> I'm pretty sure we found the only two American people who had
>>> never even heard of ginger ale or Canada Dry.
>
>> Vernor's ginger ale is the oldest ginger ale in the US, originally
>> formulated by a pharmacist in Detroit, MI. It has fairly wide
>> distribution. I'm really surprised that most people are not familiar
>> with the most common brands; i.e., Canada Dry, Schweppes, Seagrams,
>> and Vernors. IMO, Vernor's has the most authentic and strongest
>> ginger flavor, altough some people find it a bit strange compared to
>> the other brands.
>
>I would have expected everyone to be familiar with all those brands
>aside from Vernors, being nationally distributed. I have never seen
>Vernors here, never would have heard of it.
>
>But those clerks didn't even know ginger ale, we got the blank
>stare.
>
>nancy

They probably heard of the Ginger from Gilligan's Island.