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MUSCOVITE Posted 14 years ago
Vocabulary

Porter (beer) - old-fashioned?

Hi,

My Longman claims that porter (= dark beer) is old-fashioned.
I just skimmed through the wikipedia's article on "porter"...it looks like the only alternative to the term "porter" is "stout"?

Can you please confirm that
(1) porter is 'old-fashioned'
(2) stout is common ( in the UK and USA ) .... and is normally used for 'porter'

mus-te
  

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'Porter' is usually found only in literature over a hundred years old, so its use is dated , rather than old-fashioned . 'Stout' is very common wherever varieties of beer are sold and drunk. Rover

— Rover_KE

  • 'Porter' is usually found only in literature over a hundred years old, so its use is dated , rather than old-fashioned .
  • 'Stout' is very common wherever varieties of beer are sold and drunk.
  • Rover
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'Porter' is usually found only in literature over a hundred years old, so its use is dated, rather than old-fashioned.

'Stout' is very common wherever varieties of beer are sold and drunk.

Rover
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All I can tell you is that I hear both in the bars, or read both on their menus. I didn't know this, but they appear to be slightly different: http://www.beerblitz.com/index.html

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Rover_KE, Mister Micawber:
Thank you for your responses!

One more (follow-up) question if I may.

LAGER

(1) Spelling pronunciation does not seem to work here?
Can you explain why it does not?
Because this word is "more" German than English?
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Because this word is "more" German than English?-- Yes. Entered the language in 1853.
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