KGROWLER@aol.com wrote:
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> My '79 Brookland Green Midget, Growler, got it's name from a heavily
> perused 1979/80 MGB brochure in which the copy began "For fifty years,
> MGs have come growling out of our brick factory at Abingdon-on-Thames
> and into the record books of motor racing...". It certainly evokes the
> sound of the car. And then the alternate definition is a bucket of
> beer, going back to the days when one had their tin bucket filled at
> the tap of the neighborhood saloon. An ideal double entendre in my
> book. I got GROWLER as in Illinois vanity plate in 1993
> and of course its now incorporated in my screen name as well.
Unfortunately, as with many American slang, some section of the Aussie
populace use the term "growler" as meaning something entirely
different. I think different countries do this just to embarrass
visitors.
Eric
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