> > > If Moxie is the oldest carbonated beverage
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> > Sarsaparilla is the oldest carbonated beverage. But Moxie wasn't long in coming afterward.
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> Is "sarsaparilla" the same thing as "sasparilla?" We had a chance to buy some sasparilla at Grandpa's Cheesebarn, but got ginger beer instead, which I thought tasted worse than Moxie. Plus it scorched my throat.
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> Gri"and what about champaigne?"shny

It's pronounced "SAS-pe-RIL-e" or "SARS-pe-RIL-e," but Sam did spell it properly. (Ok, guys, don't look at me funny just because I used a whole forum post to tell Grishny how to spell a word. I went to the trouble of looking it up because I wasn't completely sure, so I figured I might as well share my new-found wisdom.)

Ell"Another correction: 'champagne' :-P"myruh