mgh@mtuni.UUCP (Marcus Hand) (01/14/86)
Newsgroups: net.wines Subject: Re: beer Summary: Expires: References: <327@cisden.UUCP> <34100001@hpfcmp.UUCP> <11341@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU> <3718@kestrel.ARPA> Sender: Reply-To: mgh@mtuni.UUCP (Marcus Hand) Followup-To: Distribution: Organization: AT&T IS Holmdel NJ USA Keywords: McKewans Edinburgh Ale The thing that gives most of the Scottish and Northern beers their distinctive flavour is the amount of malt used in the wort. hey often have more caramel and less hops than southern bitters. marcus Newsgroups: net.nlang Subject: Re: Americanisms and Canadianisms Summary: Expires: References: <974@lsuc.UUCP> <8086@ucla-cs.ARPA> <129@ubc-cs.UUCP> Sender: Reply-To: mgh@mtuni.UUCP (Marcus Hand) Followup-To: Distribution: Organization: AT&T IS Holmdel NJ USA Keywords: In article <129@ubc-cs.UUCP> ludemann@ubc-cs.UUCP (Peter Ludemann) writes: >In article <8086@ucla-cs.ARPA> wales@ucla-cs.UUCP (Rich Wales) writes: >>It might be instructive (even amusing) to take this chance to try and >>put together a list of some of the more common Americanisms/Canadianisms >>which are liable to confuse people from the opposite side of the border. > >Here are a few more: > > Canadian usage American usage > -------------- -------------- > route (pronounced "root") (pronounced to rhyme with "out") > hawk (hock?) [slang]: to steal > deke (out) [hockey slang] to fake (out) (an opponent) > >When I was in elementary school, we were usually taught British >spellings ("centre", "programme, " etc.) but with the odd Americanism >("jail", "connection", "curb" instead of "gaol", "connexion", "kerb"). >Final -ize tended to be preferred over -ise. Newspapers and magazines tend >to use all American speellings, probably because they're shorter (one ^^^^^^^^^^ -- American or Canadian? >"national" newspaper even uses "cigaret"). For many things, we use >the American words rather than British (I'm sure that someone referring >to a "lift" (elevator) or "boot/wing of a car" (trunk/finder) would get >funny looks. On the other hand, "spanner" seems to be generally understood >as a "non-adjustable wrench"). As a non-resident Brit.... Hmm, the only place I can remember seeing "connexion" consistently is in the Times (of London). As for jail/gaol either is accepatble and has been for many years. "Programme" always, except when talking about a computer program (also disc). "Curb" your driving lest you hit the "kerb". (It depends on what you mean.) And as for the rest, there are so many, and so few people whose spelling is good enough to distinguish :-) Finally, I thought "hawking" was: 1. trying to flog (sell) something (as in "No Hawkers, No Callers") 2. a heavy clearing of the throat in preparation for use of the spittoon. Newsgroups: net.wines Subject: Re: beer Summary: Expires: References: <327@cisden.UUCP> <34100001@hpfcmp.UUCP> <11341@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU> <3718@kestrel.ARPA> <425@ur-helheim.UUCP> <358@watmum.UUCP> Sender: Reply-To: mgh@mtuni.UUCP (Marcus Hand) Followup-To: Distribution: Organization: AT&T IS Holmdel NJ USA Keywords: In article <358@watmum.UUCP> tjsmedley@watmum.UUCP (Trevor J. Smedley) writes: >>What IS ale as opposed to beer? > >I always thought that one was top fermented (yeast on top in the >fermentation tanks) and the other bottom fermented. Can't remember >which is which though. I'll see if I can look it up somewhere. You're thinking about the difference between beers and lagers. Lagers are fermented with a bottom fermenting yeast, while beers use top fermenting types. -- Marcus Hand (mtuni!mgh)