What are some common mistakes in grammar and brewing?

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In summary, 8 people misused the term "au jus" in the last 30 minutes. Au jus means "with juice", but you cannot serve something "with au jus" or make an "au jus". You can only serve roast beef au jus.
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Evo said:
Officer, I only had a couple of drinks. couple = 10 or more

I can't get "couple" to equal anything but 2 in my brain.

"A couple walks into a bar" ...now how many of you pictured a crowd coming through the door?
 
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I cringe when I see the word "loose" substituted for "lose", mostly because I see it so often these days. Did you loose your wallet? You exited the casino a looser?
 
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"chai tea"
 
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There all kinds of colloquial redundancies in US English. One that gets me is "tuna fish". We already know that tuna is a fish. Are you going to make a salad with canned tuna for sandwiches or do we have tuna steaks that I can grill? "Fish" is not a logical modifier.
 
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We say "tuna fish" to distinguish it from "tuna piano." :wink:
 
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turbo said:
There all kinds of colloquial redundancies in US English. One that gets me is "tuna fish". We already know that tuna is a fish. Are you going to make a salad with canned tuna for sandwiches or do we have tuna steaks that I can grill? "Fish" is not a logical modifier.

I had chicken bird enchiladas for lunch.
 
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And then there are those classics of financial lingo, "PIN number" and "ATM machine."

Or do they call bank tellers "ATM persons" nowadays? It's been a long time since I actually went inside a bank.
 
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'Reminds me of this:

Words for Small Sets
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[Source: http://xkcd.com/1070/]
 
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Evo said:
People constantly write and say reoccur when they mean recur. When something happens repeatedly it recurs, as in recurring rates.

Well, if it keeps happening then it certainly is a recurring problem.
 
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The word free in advertising is notorious. Free house with purchase of kitten.
 
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"Free gift" in ads really irks me.
 
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lisab said:
I had chicken bird enchiladas for lunch.

Ah, how is she? :uhh:
 
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I just experienced a new one, I think.

A news blurb talking about some local sampling of "Artesian Beer."

I'm fairly certain they meant "Artisan Beer" as in "Craft Beer." I don't think they meant that folks were going out of their way to make beer with waters from artesian aquifers. Or were they?
 
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Chi Meson said:
I just experienced a new one, I think.

A news blurb talking about some local sampling of "Artesian Beer."

I'm fairly certain they meant "Artisan Beer" as in "Craft Beer." I don't think they meant that folks were going out of their way to make beer with waters from artesian aquifers. Or were they?
Lol!
 
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Chi Meson said:
I don't think they meant that folks were going out of their way to make beer with waters from artesian aquifers. Or were they?

That's exactly the reason why Burton on Trent became the "Brewing Capital" of the UK. There is a continuous hiistorical record of brewing there for more than 1000 years. At its peak about 50% of the working population was employed in the industry and it produced about 25% of all the beer consumed in the UK.

Typical Burton water analysis, if you want to try reproducing it:
800 ppm sulphates
300 ppm calcium
200 ppm carbonates
35 ppm chlorides
25 ppm magnesium
25 ppm sodium
There should be some taste and smell of sulphur in the end product.
 

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