What is the oldest, yet still recognizable, word or phrase for:
cocktails, bar, pub, drinks, liquor, yada, yada, yada...that you can come up with?
Well, whatcha got? 10 points and my undying admiration for the best answer...obviously...
2006-10-05 05:18:14 · 14 answers · asked by full_tilt_boogie 4 in Food & Drink ➔ Beer, Wine & Spirits
Here's a couple :)
Canned heat
Palliative
Tipple
Toddy
Rotgut
Sauce
Drinkery
Rathskeller
Taproom
2006-10-05 05:27:28 · answer #1 · answered by cutiewithabooooty 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
My money is on the word "ale" (the earliest type of beer). Our English word is derived from a similar Old English word, which was in turn derived from an Old Norse word and the Germanic "aluth" which was derived from the Indo-European root "alu" which was almost certainly derived from the original Sumerian word "ulushin" which can be found in Sumerian epics written over 5,000 years ago (like Gilgamesh, etc.).
2006-10-05 13:10:30 · answer #2 · answered by Beer Geek 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
in the old dazes, and MF i mean old dazes gots it
they were called INNs like The BAGDAD INN,becoz people were walking and riding and they stayed at da INN and no MFing Holiday Inn either Dessert Inn was a happen place, The Sands was real big they said that the Sands cooked the best Camel around and they had date soaked in wine on every table. GOT INNs
2006-10-05 14:29:01 · answer #3 · answered by matzaballboy 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ale
Hooch
Watering Hole
Tavern
Inn
2006-10-05 13:13:42 · answer #4 · answered by frankmilano610 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Thou hath spake. The grog shop.
2006-10-05 13:33:03 · answer #5 · answered by El Cupacabra 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I always loved "Speakeasy"
Its what the gangsters came up with in the prohibition days.
2006-10-05 13:22:20 · answer #6 · answered by Joe F 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the local "canteena" serves the best "brew".
2006-10-05 13:17:59 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
saloon
2006-10-05 12:25:43 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
saloon
2006-10-05 12:25:43 · answer #9 · answered by insane 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
hooch
corn squeezin's
2006-10-05 12:21:37 · answer #10 · answered by Sugar Pie 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋