http://boakandbailey.com/2012/09/the-language-of-real-ale/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-language-of-real-ale Going on about beer and pubs since 2007 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:06:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://boakandbailey.com/2012/09/the-language-of-real-ale/#comment-22326 Maxwell Wed, 26 Sep 2012 22:50:01 +0000 http://boakandbailey.com/?p=5919#comment-22326 Or ‘premium lager’ or ‘world beer’. ‘World beer’ is my favourite, it means I can just carry on to the next pub.

]]> http://boakandbailey.com/2012/09/the-language-of-real-ale/#comment-22232 The Beer Nut Tue, 25 Sep 2012 17:13:31 +0000 http://boakandbailey.com/?p=5919#comment-22232 Yes. I have encountered CAMRA members who have taken the presence of the term in the OED as proof that its meaning as used by CAMRA is unambiguous and immutable.

]]> http://boakandbailey.com/2012/09/the-language-of-real-ale/#comment-22217 Alan Tue, 25 Sep 2012 13:49:13 +0000 http://boakandbailey.com/?p=5919#comment-22217 The founders of CAMPA wore cravats and berets.

]]> http://boakandbailey.com/2012/09/the-language-of-real-ale/#comment-22215 Bailey Tue, 25 Sep 2012 13:36:43 +0000 http://boakandbailey.com/?p=5919#comment-22215 Heh. CAMPA. They were quite laddish, the founders. Not sure they’d have gone for that.

]]> http://boakandbailey.com/2012/09/the-language-of-real-ale/#comment-22214 Alan Tue, 25 Sep 2012 13:35:00 +0000 http://boakandbailey.com/?p=5919#comment-22214 I like CAMPA for “proper” as well as “CAMTA” for traditional. Real is such a jingoistic blurt, a chameleon.

]]> http://boakandbailey.com/2012/09/the-language-of-real-ale/#comment-22213 Bailey Tue, 25 Sep 2012 13:23:17 +0000 http://boakandbailey.com/?p=5919#comment-22213 CAMCRB? Almost as hard to say as CAMRGB.

]]> http://boakandbailey.com/2012/09/the-language-of-real-ale/#comment-22212 Alan Tue, 25 Sep 2012 13:22:17 +0000 http://boakandbailey.com/?p=5919#comment-22212 Or “crisp and refreshing”…

]]> http://boakandbailey.com/2012/09/the-language-of-real-ale/#comment-22208 Bailey Tue, 25 Sep 2012 13:05:06 +0000 http://boakandbailey.com/?p=5919#comment-22208 Wondering now whether ‘premium beer’ or ‘world lager’ are in the OED.

]]> http://boakandbailey.com/2012/09/the-language-of-real-ale/#comment-22207 Alan Tue, 25 Sep 2012 13:00:27 +0000 http://boakandbailey.com/?p=5919#comment-22207 But a dictionary is not there to suggest there is truth in the use of the phrase just that the usage has attained a level of acceptance, no?

]]> http://boakandbailey.com/2012/09/the-language-of-real-ale/#comment-22201 Bailey Tue, 25 Sep 2012 11:59:58 +0000 http://boakandbailey.com/?p=5919#comment-22201 They give some lovely CAMRA-approved examples of usage though, don’t they? Chris Hutt, What’s Brewing. Surprised they didn’t also include a cut-out membership application form.

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