"stiff drink", "amber in colour", comes from the bottle into a glass

English translation: probably "rum"

02:53 Apr 9, 2007

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Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature / drink from (seafarers\') liquor ration

English term or phrase: "stiff drink", "amber in colour", comes from the bottle into a glass

What kind of a drink it can be?

Rum or whisky? Not gin, i believe, as ti amber in color.

And it's for a third or second mate.

Any educated guess is welcome.

Vladimir Dubisskiy KudoZ activity Questions: 326 (none open) (8 closed without grading) Answers: 5813 United States
Local time: 09:02

Selected answer:probably "rum"

Explanation:
the navy = rum

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Note added at 3 mins (2007-04-09 02:57:34 GMT)
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Although the American Navy ended the rum ration on September 1, 1862, the ration continued in the Royal Navy. Toward the end of the nineteenth century ...
www.contemplator.com/history/grog.html - 9k - Cached - Similar pages

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Note added at 3 mins (2007-04-09 02:57:57 GMT)
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Sadly, the rum ration was stopped in 1969. Some say this was because it made the men sick at sea. But, really, it was just the Royal Navy catching up with ...
www.newstatesman.com/200103260042 - Similar pages

Selected response from:

David Hollywood
Local time: 11:02

Grading comment

I have some doubts anyway, but thank you for the links.
3 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

SUMMARY OF ALL EXPLANATIONS PROVIDED

probably "rum"

David Hollywood

виски

Nadiya A

hard liquor, anything from rum, to whisky, to brandy

Roman Bardachev

Answers

2 mins confidence:

probably "rum"

David Hollywood
Local time: 11:02
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 118

Grading comment

I have some doubts anyway, but thank you for the links.

Notes to answerer

Asker: Thank you (and for the link). Looks like it... i only want to be sure that, say, a second mate was also given rum (as ordinary sailors), not, say, a bottle of whiskey.

47 mins confidence:

виски

Explanation:
однозначно виски. Кто смотрел "Keeping up appearances", тот вспомнит слова миссис Фортескью в адрес Дейзи - "The girl needs a stiffener"

Example sentence(s):

Avalone, whose drink is a Seven and Seven, thought that a lukewarm sandwich served with a stiff drink of whiskey was a “nice compromise.”

Reference: http://www.thevillager.com/villager_82/tavernthatputpoet.htm...

Nadiya A
United States
Local time: 17:02
Works in field
Native speaker of:

Ukrainian,

Russian

2 hrs confidence:

hard liquor, anything from rum, to whisky, to brandy

Explanation:
I would refrain from pinpointing the exact liquor. Instead I would just translate word for word, unless you are of course dealing with the context of the Caribbean when it would likely be rum of course. Whisky and brandy are as legit, so..

Roman Bardachev
Canada
Local time: 08:02
Native speaker of: Russian
PRO pts in category: 11

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