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Beer with me
In the US, a person who orders a beer in a bar usually orders the same
brand each time. He will settle on some brand - Bud, Michelob, Coors, Samuel Adams, etc - and stick with it. He may try a craft beer once in a while, or change brands if his brand isn't available, but most beer drinkers are loyal to a brand. I just finished a Peter Robinson "Inspector Banks" novel ("Sleeping in the Ground") and noticed something a bit different. Banks frequently meets with his cohorts in some pub in Yorkshire to discuss a case. All pubs are in the same general area and often it's the same pub as another quote. The following are his choices: "...ordered a pint of Sneck Lifter..." "...bought a pint of Timothy Taylor Landlord's Bitter..." "...sipping his pint of Daleside bitter..." "...went for pints of Black Sheep bitter..." "...ordered a pint of Timothy Taylor's Landlord Bitter..." "...ordered a couple of pints of lager..." (Yes, the possessives are different in the two quotes from the book for Timothy Taylor) I don't normally get diverted by anomalies like this, but these jumped out at me. No conclusions drawn, but I thought it was interesting. -- Tony Cooper - Orlando, Florida |
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