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In the New Yorker...
southendmd:
--- Quote from: Penthesilea on November 20, 2013, 04:16:19 am ---What is TotT in regard to the New Yorker? Topic of the - ?
(Yay, I'm back on topic again! ;))
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"Talk of the Town".
What is alcopops?
serious crayons:
--- Quote from: southendmd on November 20, 2013, 09:30:06 am ---What is alcopops?
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I know! I'm not surprised there is such a thing, but am surprised that it's a big enough thing to be listed right up there in the big six with Bier and Wein! But also, what my imagination conjures from the word seems like it would be classified in the Bier/Wein/Sekt group rather than with Schnaps.
Thank you so much for that thorough explanation, Chrissi! :) I've always wondered about habits and norms in other countries. Do you think they're approximately the same in Germany as they are elsewhere in Europe? Or do they vary a lot from country to country?
It's interesting. Every single you wrote, aside from the legal age being 18 part, sounds approximately like what you might hear from a moderately permissive parent here, except this:
--- Quote from: Penthesilea on November 20, 2013, 03:58:48 am ---Hannah started drinking alcohol between 15 and 16 with her sports team. Every now and then they celebrate special occasions with sparkling wine in the locker room after the game.
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A coach here who allowed teenagers to drink even a small amount of sparkling wine in the locker room after a game would be fired on the spot and it might even be literally a headline-making scandal. Youth athletes who are caught drinking any amount get suspended from their teams.
That's what I mean about alcohol being banned altogether until they reach the magic age. And then, bam -- all bets are off! My own paper's free arts & entertainment weekly section recently ran a cover story called "Which College Bar Are You?" -- depending on your traits and preferences, the article would match you with some popular college binge-drinking hangout. Of course, even many college students can't drink legally, but the article ignored that.
serious crayons:
Ahem, so getting back to the New Yorker, TotT, a Paul said, is "Talk of the Town," a weekly section featuring an editorial about some major current issue followed by several shorter articles about people or events of note.
southendmd:
(I see that alcopop = wine cooler, etc.)
Jeff Wrangler:
--- Quote from: serious crayons on November 20, 2013, 10:44:56 am ---A coach here who allowed teenagers to drink even a small amount of sparkling wine in the locker room after a game would be fired on the spot and it might even be literally a headline-making scandal. Youth athletes who are caught drinking any amount get suspended from their teams.
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Not to mention that said coach might find his or her ass in jail, since it's illegal to supply alcohol to minors. Here in Pennsylvania, anyway, parents who supply beer for their own kids' parties have gotten in trouble with the law.
--- Quote from: southendmd on November 20, 2013, 10:58:18 am ---(I see that alcopop = wine cooler, etc.)
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Darn. I was hoping it might be a booze-infused popsicle. ;D
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