Date:  Sat, 9 Dec 1995 07:46:48 -0500

From:  SETH SKLAREY <crissiet[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]IPOF.FLA.NET>

Subject: Re: root beer preferences



Dog 'n' Suds was pretty good. Hasn't been one hereabouts since 1957.





>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.)

>>

>

>