http://www.englishforums.com/English/GeneralEnglishVocabularyIdiom-Questions/Forum29.htmHelp with defining words and idioms, and new words and idioms that you've learntenXMOD (Build: 3616.28671)http://www.englishforums.com/English/MugRootBeerInCanada/2/zlhph/Post.htm#474519Sun, 26 Apr 2009 17:42:24 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:474519CalifJim0http://www.englishforums.com/English/MugRootBeerInCanada/2/zlhph/Post.htm#474519http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments29-474519.xmlSince it is not actually a beer, why does it put "beer" in its name? Just the accidents of history. Perhaps it is made the way beer is made. Words often take their meanings from the other words around them! Root beer is a compound noun. A sea lion is not a lion. A prairie schooner is not a schooner. A Guinea pig is not a pig. A Super Bowl is not a bowl. Root beer is not beer. CJhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/MugRootBeerInCanada/zlhph/post.htm#474469Tue, 26 May 2009 17:42:24 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:474469Spides1http://www.englishforums.com/English/MugRootBeerInCanada/zlhph/post.htm#474469http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments29-474469.xmlI think originally root beer was a homemade product that used a fermentation process in the same way that beer and ale do. The commercially made root beer, however, is nothing like the homemade beverage and has no alcoholic content, although the homemade brew probably does contain a small amount. There is another popular soft drink, again with no alcoholic content, called ginger ale (or sometimes ginger beer).http://www.englishforums.com/English/MugRootBeerInCanada/zlhph/post.htm#474415Mon, 26 Jan 2009 18:42:24 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:474415Osee2http://www.englishforums.com/English/MugRootBeerInCanada/zlhph/post.htm#474415http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments29-474415.xmlI still feel strange. Since it is not actually a beer, why does it put "beer" in its name? Yankee wrote: Osee wrote: I ordered a pizza delivery with a can of mug root beer yesterday. By the way, 'Mug' was probably the brand name of the root beer you got.http://www.englishforums.com/English/MugRootBeerInCanada/zlhph/post.htm#474391Sun, 26 Apr 2009 17:42:24 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:474391Yankee3http://www.englishforums.com/English/MugRootBeerInCanada/zlhph/post.htm#474391http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments29-474391.xmlOsee wrote: I ordered a pizza delivery with a can of mug root beer yesterday. By the way, 'Mug' was probably the brand name of the root beer you got.http://www.englishforums.com/English/MugRootBeerInCanada/zlhph/post.htm#474172Mon, 26 Jan 2009 18:42:24 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:474172Grammar Geek4http://www.englishforums.com/English/MugRootBeerInCanada/zlhph/post.htm#474172http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments29-474172.xmlI usually give a delivery guy who helped carry it in and get it in place about $20. This would be for a heavey sofa brough upstairs, or a refrigerator or washer dryer. If there are many things (like an entire moving truck) then more. On the other hand, if they are surly and not helpful, I won't tip at all.http://www.englishforums.com/English/MugRootBeerInCanada/zlhph/post.htm#474099Thu, 26 Mar 2009 18:42:24 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:474099Osee5http://www.englishforums.com/English/MugRootBeerInCanada/zlhph/post.htm#474099http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments29-474099.xmlLet's suppose he carried it to third foor. Then how to tip him? Clive wrote: Hi, Your choice. Did he carry your sofa upstairs? Clivehttp://www.englishforums.com/English/MugRootBeerInCanada/zlhph/post.htm#474036Mon, 26 Jan 2009 18:42:24 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:474036Clive6http://www.englishforums.com/English/MugRootBeerInCanada/zlhph/post.htm#474036http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments29-474036.xmlHi, Your choice. Did he carry your sofa upstairs? Clivehttp://www.englishforums.com/English/MugRootBeerInCanada/zlhph/post.htm#473971Mon, 26 Jan 2009 18:42:24 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:473971Osee7http://www.englishforums.com/English/MugRootBeerInCanada/zlhph/post.htm#473971http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments29-473971.xml15% and round-up is a general rule? How about the following situations: 1) $600 funiture with free delivery? 2) $600 funiture with a delivery charge? For each of these cases, how to tip the delivery guy? Thanks a lot. Clive wrote: Hi, I ordered a pizza delivery with a can of mug root beer yesterday. I had expected the beer tasted like a wine or like those regular beers. But it did not. It tasted just like pepsi or cola. Any comment about this? Root beer is not really beer. It has a different taste, as you know, and it's not alcoholic. BTW, if you order a pizza at about $23 including a .delivery fee, then how much you would like to tip the delivery guy? Most people probably tip at least 15 %, I think, rounded...http://www.englishforums.com/English/MugRootBeerInCanada/zlhph/post.htm#473954Tue, 26 May 2009 17:42:24 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:473954Clive8http://www.englishforums.com/English/MugRootBeerInCanada/zlhph/post.htm#473954http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments29-473954.xmlHi, I ordered a pizza delivery with a can of mug root beer yesterday. I had expected the beer tasted like a wine or like those regular beers. But it did not. It tasted just like pepsi or cola. Any comment about this? Root beer is not really beer. It has a different taste, as you know, and it's not alcoholic. BTW, if you order a pizza at about $23 including a .delivery fee, then how much you would like to tip the delivery guy? Most people probably tip at least 15 %, I think, rounded up rather than down. Clivehttp://www.englishforums.com/English/MugRootBeerInCanada/zlhph/post.htmMon, 26 Jan 2009 18:42:24 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:473933Osee9http://www.englishforums.com/English/MugRootBeerInCanada/zlhph/post.htmhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/comments29-473933.xmlI ordered a pizza delivery with a can of mug root beer yesterday. I had expected the beer tasted like a wine or like those regular beers. But it did not. It tasted just like pepsi or cola. Any comment about this? BTW, if you order a pizza at about $23 including a .delivery fee, then how much you would like to tip the delivery guy? Thanks a lot.