Col Please Teach Me English

[rustyCrVx]

I iz so confuzled;

Plz teech me read right stuff gewd?

 

[Vassago]

Others:
If you're cold, there's a draft. Beer on tap is draught.

Why do some bottled beers imported from other countries actually have the word draught on them? If it's bottled, then it can't be, right?

 

[MrsGorilla]

I doubt it, the English language is too difficult for Americans to get to grips with

Nah, we've just taken it and made it better.

 

[MrsGorilla]

Why do some bottled beers imported from other countries actually have the word draught on them? If it's bottled, then it can't be, right?

I've wondered about that same thing before.

 

[Alisa]

Where is Col anyway? Maybe he has given up on us?

 

[statsman]

Why do some bottled beers imported from other countries actually have the word draught on them? If it's bottled, then it can't be, right?

I was always taught that the only difference between bottled beer and draught is that draught is not pasteurized.
Bottled (or canned) beer has a shelf life of two years.
Draught beer lasts about a week. This is why the breweries deliver to your local pub every week.
I don't suppose there's anything illegal about placing the word "draught" on the label, but if it's in a bottle or can, it should have been pasteurized, which would mean it's not real draught.

Next week - wine.

 

[Rich]

Nah, we've just taken it and made it better.

Better only to make easier for Americans to understand

 

[Rich]

Next week - wine.

What bottles will you bring along to sample?

 

[Alc]

So if you go into a Tim Horton's do you order a donut or a dough naught?

Unfortunately, you ask for a donut . Even such a proud Canadian religious institution has followed the US lead.

Unless 'do' is what bakers produce, the correct word is 'doughnut' - the material it's constructed from (dough), followed by the shape (a nut, as in nut and bolt).

No doubt the simplified version word came from the same type of contemptible people who came up with 'nite' and 'thru'.

 

[MrsGorilla]

Better only to make easier for Americans to understand

So what's wrong with that? There is no point in having something be complicated just for the sake of being complicated.

 

[Rich]

No doubt the simplified version word came from the same type of contemptible people who came up with 'nite' and 'thru'.

...and tires, aloominum etc

 

[Rich]

So what's wrong with that? There is no point in having something be complicated just for the sake of being complicated.

It makes them think

 

[Alc]

...and tires, aloominum etc

'Tires' I'm with you on. There's a huge chain of shops here called 'Canadian Tire' and I think I'll need to be here a while longer before I stop seeing it as a spelling mistake.

I searched for a definitive spelling for aluminium a while back (out of curiosity and not at all to settle a bet wth the wife) and as there's not consensus as to where it was created, it appears that 'aluminum' is as acceptable as 'aluminium'.

What puzzles me about Canadian spelling is that for some words they use the English AND the US versions. For example, in the local phone book there are entries for both 'jewelry' and 'jewellery', and for both 'pediatricians' and 'paediatricians'. This last example results in pages of entries between what are, essentially, listings for the same job.

 

[MrsGorilla]

...and tires, aloominum etc

And don't forget 'nu'.

 

[MrsGorilla]

It makes them think

We have better things to think about.

 

[Rich]

We have better things to think about.

Not politics though

 

[Alc]

And don't forget 'nu'.

I almost had

 

[MrsGorilla]

I almost had

I agree with you, some of those abbreviations drive me nuts.

 

[MrsGorilla]

Not politics though

Nah, that stuff will sort itself out.

 

[Rich]

Nah, that stuff will sort itself out.

only after the damage has already been done