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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Lager; to keep it simple #189734 03/04/2010 7:06 PM Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 5,295 Netherlands, the Hague BranShea Carpal Tunnel BranShea Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 5,295 Netherlands, the Hague laager or lager noun: 1. A camp, especially one protected by a circle of wagons or armored vehicles. 2. An entrenched policy or viewpoint. verb tr., intr. To enclose in a defensive encirclement. Todays word lager, meaning the up above in English also means a type of beer, but lager in Dutch means lower, while lagers (plural) means bearings and leger means army - but also the lair of hares (not rabbits, who dig holes). I mean, pfffjjwt. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Lager; to keep it simple BranShea #189735 03/04/2010 7:58 PM Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 956 Auckland, New Zealand olly old hand olly old hand Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 956 Auckland, New Zealand also means a type of beer From what I have garnered from the OED. lager: 1858, Amer.Eng., short for lager beer (1853), from Ger. Lager-bier "beer brewed for keeping," from Lager "storehouse" (see lair) + Bier "beer." Hmmm Beeeer. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Lager; to keep it simple olly #189737 03/04/2010 9:20 PM Joined: Sep 2009 Posts: 95 Long Island, NY USA kah454 journeyman kah454 journeyman Joined: Sep 2009 Posts: 95 Long Island, NY USA There is one school of thought that believes man went from being a hunter-gatherer to farming because we learned how to make beer. Lager, it could be argued, may be responsible for cililization. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Lager; to keep it simple kah454 #189738 03/04/2010 9:38 PM Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 9,971 Likes: 3 Land of the Flat Water LukeJavan8 Carpal Tunnel LukeJavan8 Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 9,971 Likes: 3 Land of the Flat Water Originally Posted By: kah454 There is one school of thought that believes man went from being a hunter-gatherer to farming because we learned how to make beer. Lager, it could be argued, may be responsible for cililization. Now that is a hearty theory, One I could buy into. ----please, draw me a sheep---- Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Lager; to keep it simple kah454 #189743 03/04/2010 10:20 PM Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 956 Auckland, New Zealand olly old hand olly old hand Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 956 Auckland, New Zealand Lager, it could be argued, may be responsible for cililization. Was that cililization hic, or Silliliation? hic. Last edited by olly; 03/04/2010 10:20 PM. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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