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AH020387 Posted 16 years ago
Vocabulary

Jug VS pitcher

What is the difference between jug and pitcher?
  

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I was drinking with some British guys at a beach in the Philippines and one guy called up the waiter and said " Can we have another jug of this? " . I was so scared that 'we would have to down a barrel of the liquor' but the Filipino waiter came with a 'pitcher'.

— Lagataw

  • I was drinking with some British guys at a beach in the Philippines and one guy called up the waiter and said " Can we have another jug of this?
  • " .
  • I was so scared that 'we would have to down a barrel of the liquor' but the Filipino waiter came with a 'pitcher'.
  • Apparently, what I call a pitcher (that container for liquid with a handle and a 'spout') is called a 'jug' in BrE.
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I was drinking with some British guys at a beach in the Philippines and one guy called up the waiter and said "Can we have another jug of this?". I was so scared that 'we would have to down a barrel of the liquor' but the Filipino waiter came with a 'pitcher'. Apparently, what I call a pitcher (
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In North American English a pitcher is a container with a handle, a wide open top and a spout. It's purpose is to carry a large amount of liquid that you can then easily and neatly pour out into smaller servings. In North American English a jug is a large container for storing liquids and typically has a much narrower opening at the top than a pitcher does. A jug may or may not have a handle but i
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