US vs. UK English - Page 2

John Sellers · 07-28-2012, 05:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Rhianne

Mary Tamm died last Thursday.

Yes,, this is why I posted the video, wolfmeister.

She died after losing an 18-month battle with cancer. She was a great lady and she will be missed.

She was "the noblest Romana of them all."

BigV · 08-06-2012, 10:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Beest

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Interestingly they didn't have beer, the drink commonly decribed as beer in the US is called lager in the UK. Common beer in the UK is bitter.

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Common beer in Seattle is IPA.

Sundae · 08-07-2012, 03:15 PM

Funnily enough, in conversation beer is now generally assumed to be lager - bitter needs to be specified.
"Coming for a few beers after work?"
"I'm just going to sit in the back garden and have a few cold beers."

But it's still true that if you go into a pub and ask for a pint of beer you will either have it queried (by a good barmaid) or get a pint of bitter. In fact any decent pub should query it as they will have more than one type of bitter anyway.

I noticed something similar in Leicester. The local use of cob meant a white crusty bread roll. But in general terms a cob was any bread roll. When I worked in the bakery I always checked whether someone asking for a bacon cob really wanted a bacon bap (soft bread roll). Not being pedantic - I learned in my first week that people got quite cross if you got it "wrong".

Oh, ditto rum.
Rum & Coke could mean Bacardi or Captain Morgan, but you were always in the wrong if you didn't pour what the customer expected!

What an imprecise language British English is...

Ibby · 10-03-2012, 12:31 AM

08-07-2012, 03:15 PM	#18
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	Funnily enough, in conversation beer is now generally assumed to be lager - bitter needs to be specified. "Coming for a few beers after work?" "I'm just going to sit in the back garden and have a few cold beers." But it's still true that if you go into a pub and ask for a pint of beer you will either have it queried (by a good barmaid) or get a pint of bitter. In fact any decent pub should query it as they will have more than one type of bitter anyway. I noticed something similar in Leicester. The local use of cob meant a white crusty bread roll. But in general terms a cob was any bread roll. When I worked in the bakery I always checked whether someone asking for a bacon cob really wanted a bacon bap (soft bread roll). Not being pedantic - I learned in my first week that people got quite cross if you got it "wrong". Oh, ditto rum. Rum & Coke could mean Bacardi or Captain Morgan, but you were always in the wrong if you didn't pour what the customer expected! What an imprecise language British English is... __________________ Life's hard you know, so strike a pose on a Cadillac

10-03-2012, 12:31 AM	#19
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