Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 37, Number 21, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 March 1905 — Sarsaparilla “Floors Them." [ARTICLE]

Sarsaparilla “Floors Them."

“Of all the drinks asked for at this counter,” said the soda water clerk, “those doctored up with sarsaparilla are most frequently mispronounced. Not one person in ten speaks that word correctly. Most people call it either ‘sasapriila’ or ‘sasaprella? “Even people who know how to spell the word don't seem to be able to twist their tongues around the combination of syllables and make ‘sarsaparilla’ out of them. They may be able to pronounce words much harder without a stammer, but ‘sarsaparilla’ floors them every time.”—New York Times.