Date:  Tue, 12 Dec 1995 11:41:55 -0700

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

Subject: Re: root beer preferences



Seth,



Where exactly is "hereabouts"?



Laurie



On Sat, 9 Dec 1995, SETH SKLAREY wrote:



> 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.)

> >>

> >

> >

>