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Hi everybody, welcome to a new episode

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of Easy English. So, carrying on from my

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series of conversations with native

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speakers, [music]

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I wanted to bring you something special,

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something very quintessentially British.

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The pub. This time I'm going to be going

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inside pubs and making conversations

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with the bartenders. Not only are you

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going to get advice, but you're going to

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learn some of the phrases and some

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conversational pieces [music] to get you

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going, but also some advice on what you

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should and shouldn't be doing in a

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British pub and some secret tips that

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you maybe don't know. So, here we go.

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This is conversations [music]

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in a British pub.

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>> Hi. You all right, mate? How's it going?

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Yeah, all good, mate. How are you?

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All right, you all right? How's it

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going? Yeah, not bad. Yourself? Yeah,

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good. Thirsty. Oh, what would you like?

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We've got some good beers here, ciders.

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Ah, yeah, okay. We've got quite a few

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different beers. Are you kind of after

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more lager stuff or we've got some local

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stuff over here as well.

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We've got obviously Guinness stout on on

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tap. We've got lagers, we've got pale

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ales. Over here we got Coors, Red

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Stripe, and Moretti. Okay. And these are

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all lagers? Yeah, these ones are all

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lagers. And then if you're after a

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stout, we've got Guinness here. It's a

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little bit more heavier.

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Like percentage-wise? Uh not

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percentage-wise, just like on like like

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taste.

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>> What is a cider? So, a cider's basically

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made of uh apples um instead of like

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wheat, barley, and stuff like beers.

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Okay. If you want to try a bit, you're

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more than welcome. It's quite sweet.

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>> Is that okay if I try it? Yeah, of

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course.

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>> Okay. Can I try

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um which one would you recommend?

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>> So, this one's very fruity, very sweet,

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and this one's more like a traditional

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cider. So, if you haven't tried cider,

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try this one. If you'd like to have a

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Do you want to taste any of anything you

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want? Ah, is that okay?

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>> So, I I'd probably recommend if you want

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to try something local, probably right

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here recommend the sauna or um or the

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Abbeydale pale. Okay.

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>> Like usually somewhere will have like,

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you know, a local thing on tap that you

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can just try for free. Oh, yeah, I've

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heard of uh like pale ales.

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>> Yeah. Do you want a little tester of

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that?

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>> Yeah, why not?

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>> Yeah, cool. Sure.

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Uh and so, what's the difference between

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a beer and uh a lager and an ale? Well,

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so your lagers are sort of like your

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normal beers that you get. They're not

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too complex. They're quite hoppy for the

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most part.

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Um and then your ales, you get a little

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bit more complex with like

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more fruit in them, for example. A lot

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of the ones on cask are like your sort

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of old man beers, sort of the old sort

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of English pub sort of beers that you

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get. Um

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quite easy drinking a lot of the time

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and acquire taste, I'd say. Is it this

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warm flat warm sort of flat feeling,

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very different to the sensation of

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drinking a lager, for example.

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>> And that's not common in the UK to

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>> Very common in the UK. It's places like

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America and stuff if they came here and

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they saw

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they saw this and they got given a warm

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beer, they'd be like, "What is this?"

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They'd be so confused. Is it possible to

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taste? Yeah, you can taste some, yeah.

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Would that be okay? Yeah, for sure.

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Is that normal in a pub to be able to

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taste everything?

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>> Yeah, no, literally Yeah, people come in

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all the time and be like, "Oh, I've

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never tried that." So, we always try to

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offer people if they want to try

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something new.

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>> And is it normal to get like these

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little tasters?

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>> It is very normal, yeah. Okay.

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>> We always ask cuz it's it makes it

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easier for us anyway.

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Um purely on the

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if you're enjoying what you're drinking,

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then it's way easier next time. And what

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sizes do beers come in? We either have a

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pint or a half pint. Ah, okay.

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>> That's the two the two sizes you can

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get. Okay. Yeah. And is it possible to

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try everything here?

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>> Yeah, you can try as many as you like,

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yeah.

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>> Is it even possible to like try wines

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and stuff?

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>> Yeah, you can try a little bit of wine.

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Yeah, you just can't try any of the uh

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any of the spirits just cuz they're very

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strong. So, you can't try any of those.

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>> [laughter]

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>> Otherwise you might get drunk. What are

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like normal opening and closing times

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for a pub?

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So, a lot of pubs really will open

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around midday, maybe 11:00 uh for the

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most part, and maybe close around

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midnight. Um

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whereas the weekend you will go on to a

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bit later. We We have a very late

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license and we go until 3:00 on the

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weekends. So, we'll be open 12:00 12:00

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um midday till 3:00 in the morning.

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Okay. And do you have [laughter] Is

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there this thing that happens when you

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go into a pub where like they people

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will like ring bells at the end of the

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day, right? What What does that signify?

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So, that's the uh that's the last order

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bell. Yeah,

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not every pub has them. Most people

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normally just turn the music down and

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shout, but we have a big bell just up

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[laughter] there.

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Here alone and then you scream last

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orders until everyone everyone notices.

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And what does that mean? That's last No,

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that means that that is the call to come

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get your last drinks. It's about 15

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Normally about half an hour to 15

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minutes before we close. Um and then

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when we close and the bar's closed,

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ring it again and shout time at bar so

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everyone knows no more drinks. And um I

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see you have like crisps behind you. We

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do. So, we've got crisps and nuts. It's

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very standard to just have crisps and

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nuts as a snack. That's normal in a pub?

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Yeah, it's normal. What about food? If

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I'm hungry, is that a good idea? Food?

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Yeah, we've got food, mate. It's just

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over here on the table. At the moment

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here we do

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burgers, chicken wings and tenders. And

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then we've got a quite a bit of fried

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menu over here as well. So, like a

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normal uh dish is like burgers and chips

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and stuff? Yeah, normal dishes pubs are

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like burgers, fish and chips is probably

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quite common as well. On Sundays, uh

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some pubs might do a roast dinner, which

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is very common in the UK. Do you only

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serve alcoholic drinks here? No, no, no,

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we've got um non-alcoholic stuff as

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well. So, you do non-alcoholic fizz.

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Mhm. Um so, you've got Lucky Saint which

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uh once again also is quite local.

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Um it's brewed by

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Actually, no, it's not. I lied. It's

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just [laughter] English.

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It's not brewed by Easy. These guys do

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their own non-alcoholic [laughter] stuff

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as well.

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Nice. And do

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>> But yeah, we've got cider, Guinness is

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probably the best one

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uh I would say. And then Heineken,

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Erdinger, which is more like a nice type

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of drink. And there's soft drinks as

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well. Do you have anything else that

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like maybe someone who'd never been to a

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pub before wouldn't know they could do

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or should do or any etiquette? Most pubs

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you're allowed to bring children until a

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certain time. So, here it's 8:00. After

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8:00 we can't have any children. And

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that's normal?

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>> Yeah, and it's normal. And also, anyone

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under 18 has to be with an adult. Moving

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from Australia to here, the biggest

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difference is that you can bring pets in

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here.

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Oh, right. Can I bring my dog in? Yeah,

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you can bring your dog in.

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Yeah, I mean So, I've never seen a

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tortoise bring him here, but yeah. Do

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you pay at the end of your drink

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drinking session?

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>> No, no, no. This is another thing that

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is different.

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Um well, especially in America, you do

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tabs all the time. Ah, okay, yeah. Yeah,

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right.

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>> In England um if you want to do a tab,

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you can ask us. What is a tab? A tab is

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where you put a card behind the bar and

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then you, you know, um just get us to

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put drinks on your table. Yeah.

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Whereas um well, but in general, unless

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you're in a massive group, this isn't

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really the done thing to do,

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um especially if you're on individual

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drinks. A lot of pubs will just prefer

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you to pay as you go. The main thing is

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just be respectful and chat chat to your

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bartenders cuz they're always up for a

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chat. That's the thing. That it gets

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very boring standing behind a bar doing

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the same thing constantly. So, people

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always up for a chat. If you've got any

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questions, it's it's always good to ask.

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Like people for the most part will be

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very very receptive to that. And we we'd

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love to we'd love to just talk to

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people. When you come into a pub, if you

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just ask for a beer, it will always be a

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pint. So, if you want a half pint, ask

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for a half pint. Otherwise, you'll

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always get a pint.

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>> Yeah, that's a big commitment.

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>> Yeah, and also when you come up and

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order, it's it's different than a lot of

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other countries. You pay when you order.

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So, you come up, order your drinks, you

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get your drinks, pay straight away, and

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then take your drinks with you to the

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table. I would say if you're ordering

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Guinness, Oh, yeah. which is a stout,

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always order it first. Why is that? Uh

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because you have to wait for it to

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settle and then we can do everything

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else while that is settling.

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Um and also, if if we put it there and

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it isn't full up yet, Don't take it off

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the bar.

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>> [laughter]

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>> I see.

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>> Does that make sense? There happens a

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lot. Also, don't grab your drink from

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whoever [laughter] is serving you from

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their hand.

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I know. [laughter] You'll put it down

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when it's when it's ready. Oh, and we

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we have three different sizes of wine.

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Okay. That's which

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I know like places like Spain and Italy,

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it's glass of wine and you get a glass

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of wine. Yeah. Here we have like three

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different measurements. So, you have

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125,

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175, 250. So, this is an Irish pub,

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right? Yeah. What what would be the

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difference between a normal typical pub

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and then an Irish pub? A lot of the time

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it is just the it is just a decoration

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and sort of the vibe of the pub really.

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But, here especially we try and put a

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very big focus on the Irishness. We get

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a lot of Irish artists in. We get We

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always serve Irish beer such as

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Guinness.

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>> [clears throat]

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>> We [snorts] really really really try and

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put a big emphasis on Irish sports like

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rugby and football. Yeah.

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We do a big street party for Paddy's

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Day. We have a big thing on Paddy's Day

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itself. [snorts]

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Um and yeah, a lot a lot of a lot of

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English pubs you'll see them

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especially a different decor to here.

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You get sort of you can feel sort of the

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age of the pub when you walk in here I

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feel with the the exposed wood and the

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sofas and the seating and stools. And is

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it okay just to like come in and not

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order alcohol or not order anything? Um

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it might be okay in a lot of places

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depending on who's working, but it's

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normally polite to order something if

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you're coming in and sitting. Okay. So,

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I could come in with my laptop and work

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and maybe order like a drink or

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something. Yeah, that would be fine.

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Yeah. Unless unless the the pub owner is

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grumpy or the person working is angry.

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>> [laughter]

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>> Amazing. Well, thank you so much for

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your help. Yeah, thank you. See you

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later.

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>> See you later. Have a lovely day.

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Thank you so much for your help. That's

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all right, man. Yeah. Okay. See you

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later. See you in a bit.

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>> [laughter]

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>> Have a good day.

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Thank you for your help. No worries.

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Have a good day. Thank you so much for

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your insight. It's really useful. That's

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all right, mate.

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Thanks for watching this week's episode.

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Let us know any advice you might know if

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on visiting English pubs. [music]

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And as always, we'll see you next time.

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Cheerio.

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