Date:  Fri, 8 Dec 1995 12:26:34 -0700

From:  Laurie M Bowman <bowman[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]U.ARIZONA.EDU>

Subject: Re: root beer preferences



Hey Seth,



Ever try "Dog 'n' Suds" root beer? So good, you almost get a buzz off it.



I guess this conversation has drifted far away from the original dialect

focus, but I just wanted to provide *my* opinion on root beer. :)



Laurie Bowman

Dept. of Linguistics

University of Arizona, Tucson

bowman[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]aruba.ccit.arizona.edu



On Thu, 7

Dec 1995, SETH SKLAREY wrote:



> I thought IBC root beer was great, but after several months realized I had

> just been taken in by their neat bottle. I did a taste test on various root

> beers and found A & W to be among the best, and Dad's Old Fashioned pretty

> good. IBC was mediocre and the world's worst is FANTA (by Coke again) with

> a close tie for second worst with Shasta & Faygo.

>

> IBC is the only company I know that still makes Sarsparilla. (Hoffmann's in NY

> used to.)

>