# What was Pepsi originally called? | BRAND NAME ORIGINS Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/words-unravelled-with-robwords-and-jess-zafarris-6871407/what-was-pepsi-originally-called-brand-name-origins Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/words-unravelled-with-robwords-and-jess-zafarris-6871407/what-was-pepsi-originally-called-brand-name-origins.md Podcast: [Words Unravelled with RobWords and Jess Zafarris](https://stenobird.com/podcast/words-unravelled-with-robwords-and-jess-zafarris-6871407) Published: 2026-03-04T06:00:00+00:00 Episode link: https://audioboom.com/posts/8868729 Audio file: https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/audioboom.com/posts/8868729.mp3?modified=1772533724&sid=5128892&source=rss Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/words-unravelled-with-robwords-and-jess-zafarris-6871407/episodes/what-was-pepsi-originally-called-brand-name-origins Duration seconds: 2872 ## Resource What does IKEA mean? What language is Hรคagen-Dasz? Who came up with the name Adidas? Why is Danone spelled Dannon in the US? These questions answered, and many more, as Jess and Rob explore the origins of brand names. Enjoy some more trademark word nerdery in this episode of Words Unravelled exploring Coca-Cola, Pepsi, Lego, Shell, ExxonMobil, Aldi and other famous product names. ๐Ÿ‘• OUR MERCH ๐Ÿ‘š US SHOP: https://wordsunravelledshop.myspreadshop.com/ EU/UK SHOP: https://wordsunravelledshop.myspreadshop.net/ WATCH THIS EPISODE: https://youtu.be/7jPjtgg06L0 ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/words-unravelled-with-robwords-and-jess-zafarris-6871407/episodes/what-was-pepsi-originally-called-brand-name-origins/transcription-requests` โ€” Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/words-unravelled-with-robwords-and-jess-zafarris-6871407/what-was-pepsi-originally-called-brand-name-origins.md` โ€” Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.