How long before Exo steps down from modding?

Trollheart · 05-09-2018, 04:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Frownland

There are all kinds of licenses in America, so off-license sounds weird to us. Just call it a Local Alcohol Distribution Center like a normal person.

Think of it like this: it's an abbreviation of "Licenced to Sell Alchohol That Can Be Taken Off the Premises."

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So what do you call pubs and why do you need to distinguish them from stores?

Boozers, pubs. And we distinguish them from stores because a) stores isn't a word used here and b) they're seen more as a place to gather and shoot the breeze, as Monkey says, rather than a place you go to buy something. In most stores, or shops, you go in, buy what you want and head off. You don't hang around. That's the difference. In a pub, you do. You stay, with your purchases. You in fact have to, as they're not licenced, as I said, to sell alcohol that can be taken off the premises.

**Frownland** · 05-09-2018, 04:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Trollheart

a) stores isn't a word used here

Shop or commissary or whatever you use then.

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b) they're seen more as a place to gather and shoot the breeze, as Monkey says, rather than a place you go to buy something. In most stores, or shops, you go in, buy what you want and head off. You don't hang around. That's the difference. In a pub, you do. You stay, with your purchases. You in fact have to, as they're not licenced, as I said, to sell alcohol that can be taken off the premises.

Does this imply that you don't need a license to serve alcohol so long as it's kept on site?

Also, like I said earlier, why do you need to differentiate them like that? They're very clearly different in the same way that a petting zoo and a pet supply store are.

The Batlord · 05-09-2018, 04:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Trollheart

Think of it like this: it's an abbreviation of "Licenced to Sell Alchohol That Can Be Taken Off the Premises."

Boozers, pubs. And we distinguish them from stores because a) stores isn't a word used here and b) they're seen more as a place to gather and shoot the breeze, as Monkey says, rather than a place you go to buy something. In most stores, or shops, you go in, buy what you want and head off. You don't hang around. That's the difference. In a pub, you do. You stay, with your purchases. You in fact have to, as they're not licenced, as I said, to sell alcohol that can be taken off the premises.

So "liquor store/spirit shop" would be a much more descriptive term that wouldn't be confusing to anyone not from Britain.

**Frownland** · 05-09-2018, 04:05 PM

UK slang is like if American slang ****ed its cousins.

Ol’ Qwerty Bastard · 05-09-2018, 04:06 PM

uk slang >>>>>>>

~~Cuthbert~~ · 05-09-2018, 04:10 PM

I dunno Frown I just jumped into the discussion without reading all the way through.

Trollheart · 05-09-2018, 04:18 PM

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Originally Posted by Man like Monkey

I dunno Frown I just jumped into the discussion without reading all the way through.

He's just being the usual knob. Ignore him. Not worth it. America thinks everything should be done its way, even though they're only a few hundred years old.

**Frownland** · 05-09-2018, 04:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Trollheart

He's just being the usual knob. Ignore him. Not worth it. America thinks everything should be done its way, even though they're only a few hundred years old.

I just think that etymology is interesting you self-centred fuck.

~~Cuthbert~~ · 05-09-2018, 04:23 PM

lol at Frown's post, actually edited it to put that insult in.

The Batlord · 05-09-2018, 04:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Trollheart

He's just being the usual knob. Ignore him. Not worth it. America thinks everything should be done its way, even though they're only a few hundred years old.

I don't think there are any Americans who've been alive for much longer than a century tbh.

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05-09-2018, 04:05 PM	#54 (permalink)
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~~Cuthbert~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: The Black Country Posts: 8,827	I dunno Frown I just jumped into the discussion without reading all the way through.

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~~Cuthbert~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: The Black Country Posts: 8,827	lol at Frown's post, actually edited it to put that insult in.