tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8629758183547510158.post8410176587628489533..comments2024-03-29T07:17:26.082+00:00Comments on Tandleman's Beer Blog: Down the DrainUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8629758183547510158.post-62352140987270800232009-04-19T09:53:00.000+01:002009-04-19T09:53:00.000+01:00If you want more on the differences between Americ...If you want more on the differences between American and British English in every day use (Not to mention Australian and other variants), this fascinating blog is the place for you.<br /><br /><A HREF="http://separatedbyacommonlanguage.blogspot.com/" REL="nofollow">http://separatedbyacommonlanguage.blogspot.com"</A>Boakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17657725007230709027noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8629758183547510158.post-46125732454324874432009-04-15T15:20:00.000+01:002009-04-15T15:20:00.000+01:00(Switching like Kryten to pedantic mode) 'Get' in ...(Switching like Kryten to pedantic mode) 'Get' in this context is colloquial, but the word used a lot over here: get lost, get out the way, I don't get it, I'm getting tired, I've got to get to the shops, get ready, get along with someone, get at someone, he's a right get, etc. It's a general-purpose word.<br /><br />Sorry, this a beer blog, so get to the pub, get last orders in, get thrown out, get arrested, get sacked, get divorced.Neville Grundyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10923209266005338452noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8629758183547510158.post-68434063261865974342009-04-15T10:24:00.000+01:002009-04-15T10:24:00.000+01:00I don't know the answer Nick. I think "get given" ...I don't know the answer Nick. I think "get given" is proper English, but it may be colloquial or just plain wrong. Maybe like you Yankees saying " It's right here" where the word "right" serves no obvious purpose other than, at a push, emphasis.<br /><br />I'm happy with "I'm given" too if that helps.Tandlemanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06804499573827044693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8629758183547510158.post-36186998059994228532009-04-15T08:51:00.000+01:002009-04-15T08:51:00.000+01:00I've just returned home from giving a lesson about...I've just returned home from giving a lesson about the use of the passive form in English. (A Ukranian, a Moroccoan, and a guy from Camaroon made up today's class--the five Germans were all off today, leaving the Ausländer at work.) I think we Yanks would never say "I get given beer," but would only say "I'm given beer." <br /><br />So professional interest prompts me to ask: Is the use of "get" here proper English? (Or proper Tandlese?)<br /><br />I'm nearly always accompanied by herself at home; were I to be at home alone, I doubt I'd drink so much either. I'd be out!Erlangernickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09564871714656285737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8629758183547510158.post-86797546848890139202009-04-15T07:59:00.000+01:002009-04-15T07:59:00.000+01:00It is odd, but sometimes I get given them, I think...It is odd, but sometimes I get given them, I think I'll want to drink them so I buy them etc.<br /><br />I do drink the odd beer at home, just not enough to keep up with my supply.Tandlemanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06804499573827044693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8629758183547510158.post-49040362873035548252009-04-15T03:19:00.000+01:002009-04-15T03:19:00.000+01:00"I eat my peas at the bus stop." I like that!
Fu..."I eat my peas at the bus stop." I like that! <br /><br />Funny how some people see drinking at home as the first step in a downward spiral, or even as morally suspect, although I note TM says he simply doesn't like it. If so, it's rather strange to have a garage full of beer.Neville Grundyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10923209266005338452noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8629758183547510158.post-88135720891817881562009-04-15T03:11:00.000+01:002009-04-15T03:11:00.000+01:00I think it's blasphemy for a beer to have a "good ...I think it's blasphemy for a beer to have a "good by" date. Why can't they all age well? So sad.Losthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03288800323694067701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8629758183547510158.post-27893475970660052672009-04-14T22:50:00.000+01:002009-04-14T22:50:00.000+01:00Nick - I just don't enjoy drinking at home by and ...Nick - I just don't enjoy drinking at home by and large, that's all.<br /><br />Ed - Many moons ago. Probably 20 plus years. I don't know how strong it was. Maybe the Beer Nut knows more.Tandlemanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06804499573827044693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8629758183547510158.post-12965341123257810742009-04-14T22:18:00.000+01:002009-04-14T22:18:00.000+01:00I've never heard of the Guinness triple x, how str...I've never heard of the Guinness triple x, how strong is that?Edhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13844169940650659196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8629758183547510158.post-55181134563537868432009-04-14T22:17:00.000+01:002009-04-14T22:17:00.000+01:00This thing about "drinking at home": what--afraid...This thing about "drinking at home": what--afraid you'll *catch* alcoholism or something?<br /><br />But then that brings to mind the thing with Brits and "their drinking" generally: "I do my drinking in the pub." Why does the consumption of one particular foodstuff warrant such peculiar mention? <br /><br />"I eat my peas at the bus stop."<br /><br />Yes, I've been drinking already. All of it at home, though none of it alone. Well, except these last couple--a Frühlingsbier from Br. Penning in Hetzelsdorf--alone at the computer. What--you wanted sober discourse?<br /><br />As I left my gigantic, 3 car (USA! USA! USA!) Oregon garage behind a few years ago, I found that precious few beers age well, sadly. I should've drunk them ALL when they were fresh.<br /><br />Eh, I wonder what ever happened to those bottles of Hardy and other lesser barleywines that I left behind--free for the taking--at that Portland hotel lobby desk?Erlangernickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09564871714656285737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8629758183547510158.post-91101985360269955362009-04-14T19:14:00.000+01:002009-04-14T19:14:00.000+01:00Down the drain? Not me mate.Down the drain? Not me mate.Tandlemanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06804499573827044693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8629758183547510158.post-43833092443676205712009-04-14T19:03:00.000+01:002009-04-14T19:03:00.000+01:00It would appear that you are going down the drain ...It would appear that you are going down the drain too. Don't quit your day job Tandleman.Angry Nigenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8629758183547510158.post-58335907966502128632009-04-14T18:12:00.000+01:002009-04-14T18:12:00.000+01:00What you need is a house party.What you need is a house party.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11319272987951077205noreply@blogger.com