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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Beer gone #74861 07/04/02 12:27 PM Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 1,346 Sussex, England F FishonaBike veteran FishonaBike veteran F Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 1,346 Sussex, England beer-begone "Arrr, where be the beer, Jim-lad?" "The beer be gone, Cap'n." "The beer be gone, Cap'n!" "Shut up, parrot." "Shut up, parrot! AAAaaWwwkghk---" If memory serves, beer is named after bir, the Saxon for barley. I live in a place called Barcombe, possible derived from Bircham = "barley field". Beer was very important to those Saxons, bless 'em Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Woebegone dxb 07/03/02 04:11 PM Re: Woebegone FishonaBike 07/03/02 09:19 PM Re: Woebegone wwh 07/03/02 10:34 PM Re: Woebegone Buffalo Shrdlu 07/04/02 02:11 AM Beer gone FishonaBike 07/04/02 12:27 PM Re: Beer gone wwh 07/04/02 01:03 PM Re: Beer gone of troy 07/04/02 03:06 PM Re: Beer gone wwh 07/04/02 03:13 PM Re: Beer gone FishonaBike 07/04/02 03:24 PM Re: Beer gone of troy 07/04/02 03:50 PM Re: Beer gone wwh 07/04/02 05:45 PM Re: Beer gone of troy 07/04/02 06:04 PM Re: Beer gone wwh 07/04/02 06:34 PM Re: Beer gone Wordwind 07/04/02 06:41 PM Re: Beer gone consuelo 07/04/02 08:03 PM Re: Beer gone FishonaBike 07/04/02 09:34 PM Re: Beer gone modestgoddess 07/05/02 02:20 AM Re: Beer gone Rubrick 07/05/02 09:55 AM Re: Beer gone TEd Remington 07/05/02 02:22 PM Re: Beer gone modestgoddess 07/05/02 05:11 PM Re: Beer gone RhubarbCommando 07/05/02 11:10 AM Re: Beer gone FishonaBike 07/05/02 11:37 AM Re: Beer gone Rubrick 07/05/02 12:36 PM Re: Beer gone RhubarbCommando 07/05/02 02:11 PM hair of the dog FishonaBike 07/05/02 09:36 PM Re: Beer gone FishonaBike 07/05/02 09:33 PM Re: Beer gone FishonaBike 07/04/02 03:17 PM Re: Woebegone dxb 07/04/02 03:50 PM Post deleted by Geoff Geoff 07/04/02 09:49 PM Re: Woebegone RhubarbCommando 07/05/02 11:17 AM 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 Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,913 Posts229,389 Members9,182 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members Ineffable, ddrinnan, TRIALNERRA, befuddledmind, KILL_YOUR_SUV 9,182 Registered Users Who's Online Now 1 members (A C Bowden), 835 guests, and 2 robots. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 37 A C Bowden 29 LukeJavan8 4 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,572 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,920 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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