BOC: NAME THAT NAME

Carl E. Anderson cea20 at CUS.CAM.AC.UK
Fri Feb 7 12:08:52 EST 1997


> >As Bolle
> >Gregmar notes, beer drinkers realize that a "stout" is not a "beer",
>
> Chambers dictionary defines "stout" as "strong dark beer flavoured with malt
> or barley".  Can't always believe what Bolle says!

        Bolle is in space!  Beer drinkers realize precisely the opposite:
stout, subset of ale, subset of beer.

Cheers,
Carl



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