When lager is not beer
I was unfortunate enough to catch a bit of Friends whilst channel hopping last night. Here’s the piece that lead me to throw my virtual cat at the TV:
ROSS: Shouldn’t the pizza be here by now? I mean, they said thirty minutes or less. Well, how long has it been?
MIKE: (looking at his watch) Eleven minutes. (long pause) And now twelve. So, do you like the beer?
ROSS: I do. I do. Although, it’s actually a lager.
MIKE: Huh. (pause) What’s the difference between beer and lager?
ROSS: I don’t know. We could look it up.
Asking “Do you prefer espresso or coffee?” is clearly ridiclous. But people constantly make the same mistake when talking about beer. It’s not just Americans who make this mistake either its seems that the UK’s political elite are equally ignorant:
But the pair were split over their favourite tipple, with Mr Davis going for beer and Mr Cameron lager.