in defense of semantics, it is concerned with what sentences mean. that's pretty important when you're having a discussion![/quote:1hzzpjkq]
Can we not argue Syntax instead? because let me say that was a top notch exclamation point.
"a_friend_in_mead":3aaobur6 wrote: Can we not argue Syntax instead? because let me say that was a top notch exclamation point.[/quote:3aaobur6]
always to have happy my syntax am I complimented, mead in a friend.
"a_friend_in_mead":dv2y3fru wrote: From "nothing added but time" and such.[/quote:dv2y3fru]If you start the clock when the can is sealed, then no problem there.
I'm more vexed by Guinness's [b:dv2y3fru]"traditionally brewed"[/b:dv2y3fru]. But again, I suppose that's just a question of when you start the clock.[/quote:dv2y3fru]
A pedantic friend keeps telling me that "traditionally" means: a practice, the origins of which has been lost in time". I'm sure Guinness's processes can be traced to sometime in the 20th century.
"a_friend_in_mead":2k54d5wk wrote: From "nothing added but time" and such.[/quote:2k54d5wk]If you start the clock when the can is sealed, then no problem there.
I'm more vexed by Guinness's [b:2k54d5wk]"traditionally brewed"[/b:2k54d5wk]. But again, I suppose that's just a question of when you start the clock.[/quote:2k54d5wk]
A pedantic friend keeps telling me that "traditionally" means: a practice, the origins of which has been lost in time". I'm sure Guinness's processes can be traced to sometime in the 20th century.[/quote:2k54d5wk]
they might mean "traditionally brewed" as opposed to "traditionally bought and rebranded" or "traditionally stolen". It might just be an unnecessary clarification of how guinness came to own all that black liquid
"Atticus":1h3b6a83 wrote: You're getting into semantics then.[/quote:1h3b6a83]
in defense of semantics, it is concerned with what sentences [i:1h3b6a83]mean[/i:1h3b6a83]. that's pretty important when you're having a discussion![/quote:1h3b6a83]
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I think it's fair to say you know what point I was making, even if I was using the word "semantic" in it's ordinary language guise.
&quot;a_friend_in_mead&quot;:1h3b6a83 wrote: [quote:1h3b6a83]artificial/unnatural additives.[/quote:1h3b6a83]
Carbon dioxide was first isolated in 1772 and nitrogran in the same year. Pumping these from a gas canister into a beer when serving it is adding a chemical by pretty much any definition.[/quote:1h3b6a83]
Ah you're just nit picking now
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