Originally Posted by Frownland (Post 1948883)

There are all kinds of licenses in America, so off-license sounds weird to us. Just call it a Local Alcohol Distribution Center like a normal person.

Originally Posted by Trollheart (Post 1948918)

a) stores isn't a word used here

Originally Posted by Trollheart (Post 1948918)

Think of it like this: it's an abbreviation of "Licenced to Sell Alchohol That Can Be Taken Off the Premises."



Boozers, pubs. And we distinguish them from stores because a) stores isn't a word used here and b) they're seen more as a place to gather and shoot the breeze, as Monkey says, rather than a place you go to buy something. In most stores, or shops, you go in, buy what you want and head off. You don't hang around. That's the difference. In a pub, you do. You stay, with your purchases. You in fact have to, as they're not licenced, as I said, to sell alcohol that can be taken off the premises.

Originally Posted by Man like Monkey (Post 1948928)

I dunno Frown I just jumped into the discussion without reading all the way through.

Originally Posted by Trollheart (Post 1948932)

He's just being the usual knob. Ignore him. Not worth it. America thinks everything should be done its way, even though they're only a few hundred years old. :rolleyes:

Originally Posted by Trollheart (Post 1948932)

He's just being the usual knob. Ignore him. Not worth it. America thinks everything should be done its way, even though they're only a few hundred years old. :rolleyes: