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Comment by i-Berg posted on Another pointless thread at 18/05/2010 - 13:22
[quote:3496ace15f="George Lazarette"][quote:3496ace15f="ISO"]G wrote:
In general, yes, but I fear I am not always consistent. Sometimes it looks awkward, so I omit it.
G
Comment by i-Berg posted on Another pointless thread at 18/05/2010 - 12:54
Murphy's, from Cork, is now owned by Heineken, which is why you get it in Oz.
Again it is better in Cork than elsewhere.
Stouts don't travel well, nor do they taste the same when brewed away from their home brewery.
Comment by i-Berg posted on Another pointless thread at 18/05/2010 - 12:03
Gwyn - to be strictly fair to the Aussies (have to be nice to them cos we beat them at cricket again and they get very sulky about such things :wink, they don't drink beer, its a form of lager they drink. Proper beer is not served chilled.
Steve
As to the beer though, there's not always a choice: There's been more than one occasion when I've been roughing it 'out bush', and the beer gets impressively chilled just by sitting outside. No fridge needed
PS - do you get a 'Guiness'-styled stout over there called Murphy's?
Comment by i-Berg posted on Another pointless thread at 18/05/2010 - 08:07
Comment by i-Berg posted on Kev's nature pics at 18/05/2010 - 07:59
Comment by i-Berg posted on More london statues at 18/05/2010 - 07:57
I'm intrigued by the feather-like area on Sir John's neck - was that on his statue, or light effects perhaps? What an interesting fellow he was...
Comment by i-Berg posted on More london statues at 18/05/2010 - 07:06
(George - see me in my study afterwards for starting a paragraph let alone a sentence with "And".)
But once a certain proficiency has been attained, modern grammarians tolerate initial conjunctions. And I would have you know that even good old HGF himself approved the use of an initial conjunction on occasion. Since he is generally regarded as the ultimate authority on these questions, I am happy to commence even paragraphs with conjunctions when the subject of the discussion is clear.
Unless you are yourself confident of your ability to use a conjuction correctly, you should refrain from following my example. Or, in other words, don't start a sentence with And, But, Because, However, Or, Unless, or Since. However, I am sure you are quite capable of conjoining with aplomb.
Because I am a stickler for correct English, I thought I should make these points clear.
G
Comment by i-Berg posted on Another pointless thread at 18/05/2010 - 06:53
That's right. No self respecting Aussie would drink that crap. We're all drinking Heineken/Grolsch/Carlsberg etc. these days.
Regards
Don't they call them New Zealanders
(Back to the tinmine a bit sharpish!)
Comment by i-Berg posted on Another pointless thread at 17/05/2010 - 12:20
Comment by i-Berg posted on Couple from the garden at 17/05/2010 - 10:28
