>Hmmm...now my curiosity is peaked about this Old Peculiar brew. I'll
>have to find some, although I can imagine the looks I'll get when I ask
>the natives...
Not problem , just don't ask for a pint of John Thomas (it's an old
English expression for a part of the male anatomy ;-) )
>Phil, the term "Yank" gets the same reaction outta us Suthnas as it did
>when I called a strapping Welsh Sergeant a "Brit"!!!! ;)
>ahem...you should show more sensitivity to our diversity as a nation! I
>ain't no g/d Yankee!
Sorry, to us anyone from the States is a Yank. Just like you call us
Brits and Limeys. I think of myself as English; not sure if the Welsh
think at all ;-))
So what's the preferred term for our American cousins?
>I agree about our beer, but ya'll are talking about the cheap
>mass-produced poison swill, try some Sam Adams Honey Porter next time
>you come across the big Pond!!! yum!
Dunno when that will be. I was going to treat my wife to a Christmas
shopping to New York, but the small matters of a baby and some daft new
magazine got in the way....
Philip Raby
Editor, MG World
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