Re: CHAT: _Describing Morphosyntax_
| From: | J. 'Mach' Wust <j_mach_wust@...> |
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| Date: | Tuesday, August 31, 2004, 8:48 |
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On Mon, 30 Aug 2004 21:19:52 -0400, Steg Belsky <draqonfayir@...>
wrote:
>On Aug 27, 2004, at 1:40 PM, Carsten Becker wrote:
>> What I hate, but what is great for most young people that
>> you now may officially drink the "hard stuff" as well, so
>> not only beer. Of course, you can also get into jail like
>> everyone else when you're 18 -- since the mid-1970s (IIRC)
>> you're adult from 18 on.
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>How old do you have to be to drink beer? In (most of?) the USA, all
>(legal) alcohol becomes legal when you turn 21. Tobacco is at 18.
Low-percentage alcoholics (beer) from 16, and once you're adult (18) you
can do whatever you want. Young people here often wonder why they have so
many drinking games in The States.
g_0ry@_^s:
j. 'mach' wust
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