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Sparrow · 08-09-2008, 12:18 PM

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cola#Etymology

"The word cola as part of the Coca-Cola trademark may have originated from the kola nuts that were originally used as the source of caffeine, or from when the original recipe contained coca (from which cocaine is derived)."

08-09-2008, 12:18 PM	#298
Sparrow Wizard Posts: 4,395 Karma: 1358132 Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: UK Device: Palm TX, CyBook Gen3	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cola#Etymology "The word cola as part of the Coca-Cola trademark may have originated from the kola nuts that were originally used as the source of caffeine, or from when the original recipe contained coca (from which cocaine is derived)."