"Growler"

Fri Aug 1 13:05:15 UTC 2014

Thank you all for the explication of 'growler'. Without it I would never have understood the offer that came in this morning from LivingSocial Deals: 

"Entry to Growler Gallop Ten-Mile Race 
DETROIT, MI 
Like Oreo's and milk, peanut butter and jelly - running and beer just go better together. Trivium Racing is proud to bring you a scenic, fun tune-up race for all of your fall marathons and half marathons. Come on out to Atwater Brewery on September 14th and tackle either the 10 mile race or the 5K fun run distance. Come across the line and you will be greeted with a finishers mug, two free fill ups, live music and amazing prizes!"

Geoffrey S. Nathan
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and Professor, Linguistics Program
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> From: "paul johnson" <paulzjoh at MTNHOME.COM>
> To: ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
> Sent: Thursday, July 31, 2014 11:01:48 PM
> Subject: Re: "Growler"

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> Sometime during the second world war I felt pretty proud and a sign
> of
> growing up when my grandfather sent me three blocks to the local
> tavern
> in Chicago to get him a beer. A growler then was a squat bucket with
> a
> lid and a bail handle, maybe held a quart and a half of beer. I was
> probably 6 or 7. Later on I read that was called "Rushing the
> Growler"
> On 7/31/2014 9:23 PM, Wilson Gray wrote:
> > On Thu, Jul 31, 2014 at 9:21 PM, Laurence Horn
> > <laurence.horn at yale.edu>
> > wrote:
> >
> >> They've become big (again?) in the craft beer community in
> >> enclaves like =
> >> Hipster Brooklyn, where you bring your growler with you and they
> >> fill it =
> >> up. Very ecological.
> >>
> > Yep. That's what CR is on about.
> >
> >

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