Why are root beer floats called "root beer floats"?!

Question: Traditionally you "floated" a scoop of vanilla ice cream on top of the root beer soda.

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Answers: Traditionally you "floated" a scoop of vanilla ice cream on top of the root beer soda.

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Daaar!

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umm, because the ice cream floats on top...

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It's not really the root beer that floats, But what you put on top of it will, like ice cream, or whip cream. YUM!

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cause the icecream floats on top.

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For the same reason a coke float is called a coke float. It has icecream floating on the top.

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