1
Name:
Anonymous
2007-12-27 17:25
Why do the northern folks call beer by words that resemble ale?
The Danish, the Swedish, the Norwegians, the Estonians, the Lithuanians, the Latvian...
4
Name:
Anonymous
2008-01-12 21:33
'cause english is a language that takes from other languages. England is northern.
5
Name:
Anonymous
2008-01-13 9:49
>>4
So northern countries call beer by words that resemble ale because english borrows words from other languages? lol
6
Name:
Anonymous
2008-01-13 20:04
>>5
I think he means that "ale" came first. Some languages never adopted a second word and use "ale" for both beer and ale.
7
Name:
Anonymous
2008-01-25 19:05
In Norway we call ale "mjød", that's Norse fuck yeah!
Beer is "øl"