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'''Shandy''' (short for shandygaff<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?search=shandy&searchmode=none |title=shandy |accessdate=2008-04-02 |format= |work=Online Etymology Dictionary }}</ref> | '''Shandy''' (short for shandygaff<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?search=shandy&searchmode=none |title=shandy |accessdate=2008-04-02 |format= |work=Online Etymology Dictionary }}</ref>) is a drink generally made from [[beer]] and clear [[lemonade]]. In North America, [[ginger ale]] is sometimes used instead of lemonade. The author Christopher Morley offered the following definition: | ||
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SHANDYGAFF: a very refreshing drink, being a mixture of bitter ale or | |||
beer and ginger-beer, commonly drunk by the lower classes in England, | |||
and by strolling tinkers, low church parsons, newspaper men, | |||
journalists, and prizefighters. Said to have been invented by Henry VIII | |||
as a solace for his matrimonial difficulties. It is believed that a | |||
continual bibbing of shandygaff saps the will, the nerves, the | |||
resolution, and the finer faculties, but there are those who will abide | |||
no other tipple.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gutenberg.org/catalog/world/readfile?fk_files=101562 |title=Shandygaff |accessdate=2008-04-04 |author=Morley, Christopher |authorlink= |coauthors= |date= |year=1918 |month= |format= |work=Project Gutenberg |publisher= |pages= |language= |archiveurl= |archivedate= |quote= }}</ref> | |||
</blockquote> | |||
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Revision as of 23:44, 10 April 2008
Shandy (short for shandygaff[1]) is a drink generally made from beer and clear lemonade. In North America, ginger ale is sometimes used instead of lemonade. The author Christopher Morley offered the following definition:
SHANDYGAFF: a very refreshing drink, being a mixture of bitter ale or beer and ginger-beer, commonly drunk by the lower classes in England, and by strolling tinkers, low church parsons, newspaper men, journalists, and prizefighters. Said to have been invented by Henry VIII as a solace for his matrimonial difficulties. It is believed that a continual bibbing of shandygaff saps the will, the nerves, the resolution, and the finer faculties, but there are those who will abide no other tipple.[2]
Notes
- ↑ shandy. Online Etymology Dictionary. Retrieved on 2008-04-02.
- ↑ Morley, Christopher (1918). Shandygaff. Project Gutenberg. Retrieved on 2008-04-04.