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Strictly speaking, <span style="font-weight: bold;">ale</span> is used in the North, <span style="font-weight: bold;">beer </span>in the West, <span style="font-weight: bold;">cerveza </span>in the South, and <span style="font-weight: bold;">pivo </span>in the East. </p> <p class="bodytext"> </p><ul><li>Beer (bier, bière, birra, bjor, etc) probably derives from Latin bibere (to drink) or biber (a drink). The word beer is not related to the word brew.</li></ul><p class="bodytext"> </p> <p class="bodytext"> </p><ul><li>Ale (øl, olut, etc) derives from alum. The original meaning is "bitter".</li></ul><p class="bodytext"> </p> <p class="bodytext"> </p><ul><li>Cerveza (cerveja, sirbisi, sör, cwrw, etc) derives from the old Gaulish word for beer. In Gaul (France) itself it was replaced by bière in the 15th century.</li></ul><ul></ul><ul></ul><p class="bodytext"> </p> <p class="bodytext"> </p><ul><li>Pivo, the word used in most Slavonic languages, derives from the old word piwwo (barley)</li></ul></div></div><div id="c4956" class="csc-default"><table cellspacing="1" cellpadding="1" style="border-style: none; border-width: 0px; width: 100%;" class=""><tbody><tr><td><p class="bodytext"><a href="http://www.cocktailsoftheworld.com/spirits-liqueurs/beer/asking-for-beer/chinese.html" target="_top" class="internal-link"><img src="http://www.cocktailsoftheworld.com/typo3conf/ext/rtehtmlarea/htmlarea/plugins/TYPO3Browsers/img/internal_link.gif" alt="" />in Chinese</a></p></td><td><p class="bodytext"><a href="http://www.cocktailsoftheworld.com/spirits-liqueurs/beer/asking-for-beer/greek.html" target="_top" class="internal-link"><img src="http://www.cocktailsoftheworld.com/typo3conf/ext/rtehtmlarea/htmlarea/plugins/TYPO3Browsers/img/internal_link.gif" alt="" />in Greek</a></p></td><td><p class="bodytext"><a href="http://www.cocktailsoftheworld.com/spirits-liqueurs/beer/asking-for-beer/russian.html" target="_top" class="internal-link"><img src="http://www.cocktailsoftheworld.com/typo3conf/ext/rtehtmlarea/htmlarea/plugins/TYPO3Browsers/img/internal_link.gif" alt="" />in Russian</a></p></td></tr><tr><td><p class="bodytext"><a href="http://www.cocktailsoftheworld.com/spirits-liqueurs/beer/asking-for-beer/danish.html" target="_top" class="internal-link"><img src="http://www.cocktailsoftheworld.com/typo3conf/ext/rtehtmlarea/htmlarea/plugins/TYPO3Browsers/img/internal_link.gif" alt="" />in Danish</a></p></td><td><p class="bodytext"><a href="http://www.cocktailsoftheworld.com/spirits-liqueurs/beer/asking-for-beer/hungarian.html" target="_top" class="internal-link"><img src="http://www.cocktailsoftheworld.com/typo3conf/ext/rtehtmlarea/htmlarea/plugins/TYPO3Browsers/img/internal_link.gif" alt="" />in Hungarian</a></p></td><td><p class="bodytext"><a href="http://www.cocktailsoftheworld.com/spirits-liqueurs/beer/asking-for-beer/spanish.html" target="_top" class="internal-link"><img src="http://www.cocktailsoftheworld.com/typo3conf/ext/rtehtmlarea/htmlarea/plugins/TYPO3Browsers/img/internal_link.gif" alt="" />in Spanish</a></p></td></tr><tr><td><p class="bodytext"><a href="http://www.cocktailsoftheworld.com/spirits-liqueurs/beer/asking-for-beer/dutch.html" target="_top" class="internal-link"><img src="http://www.cocktailsoftheworld.com/typo3conf/ext/rtehtmlarea/htmlarea/plugins/TYPO3Browsers/img/internal_link.gif" alt="" />in Dutch</a></p></td><td><p class="bodytext"><a href="http://www.cocktailsoftheworld.com/spirits-liqueurs/beer/asking-for-beer/italian.html" target="_top" class="internal-link"><img src="http://www.cocktailsoftheworld.com/typo3conf/ext/rtehtmlarea/htmlarea/plugins/TYPO3Browsers/img/internal_link.gif" alt="" />in Italian</a></p></td><td><p class="bodytext"><a href="http://www.cocktailsoftheworld.com/spirits-liqueurs/beer/asking-for-beer/swedish.html" target="_top" class="internal-link"><img src="http://www.cocktailsoftheworld.com/typo3conf/ext/rtehtmlarea/htmlarea/plugins/TYPO3Browsers/img/internal_link.gif" alt="" />in Swedish</a></p></td></tr><tr><td><p class="bodytext"><a href="http://www.cocktailsoftheworld.com/spirits-liqueurs/beer/asking-for-beer/english.html" target="_top" class="internal-link"><img src="http://www.cocktailsoftheworld.com/typo3conf/ext/rtehtmlarea/htmlarea/plugins/TYPO3Browsers/img/internal_link.gif" alt="" />in English</a></p></td><td><p class="bodytext"><a href="http://www.cocktailsoftheworld.com/spirits-liqueurs/beer/asking-for-beer/japanese.html" target="_top" class="internal-link"><img 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src="http://www.cocktailsoftheworld.com/typo3conf/ext/rtehtmlarea/htmlarea/plugins/TYPO3Browsers/img/internal_link.gif" alt="" />in Norwegian</a></p></td><td><p class="bodytext"><a href="http://www.cocktailsoftheworld.com/spirits-liqueurs/beer/asking-for-beer/turkish.html" target="_top" class="internal-link"><img src="http://www.cocktailsoftheworld.com/typo3conf/ext/rtehtmlarea/htmlarea/plugins/TYPO3Browsers/img/internal_link.gif" alt="" />in Turkish</a></p></td></tr><tr><td><p class="bodytext"><a href="http://www.cocktailsoftheworld.com/spirits-liqueurs/beer/asking-for-beer/french.html" target="_top" class="internal-link"><img src="http://www.cocktailsoftheworld.com/typo3conf/ext/rtehtmlarea/htmlarea/plugins/TYPO3Browsers/img/internal_link.gif" alt="" />in French</a></p></td><td><p class="bodytext"><a href="http://www.cocktailsoftheworld.com/spirits-liqueurs/beer/asking-for-beer/polish.html" target="_top" class="internal-link"><img src="http://www.cocktailsoftheworld.com/typo3conf/ext/rtehtmlarea/htmlarea/plugins/TYPO3Browsers/img/internal_link.gif" alt="" />in Polish</a></p></td><td></td></tr><tr><td><p class="bodytext"><a href="http://www.cocktailsoftheworld.com/spirits-liqueurs/beer/asking-for-beer/german.html" target="_top" class="internal-link"><img src="http://www.cocktailsoftheworld.com/typo3conf/ext/rtehtmlarea/htmlarea/plugins/TYPO3Browsers/img/internal_link.gif" alt="" />in German</a></p></td><td><p class="bodytext"><a href="http://www.cocktailsoftheworld.com/spirits-liqueurs/beer/asking-for-beer/portuguese.html" target="_top" class="internal-link"><img src="http://www.cocktailsoftheworld.com/typo3conf/ext/rtehtmlarea/htmlarea/plugins/TYPO3Browsers/img/internal_link.gif" alt="" />in Portuguese</a></p></td><td></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div> <div id="guestbook"><div class="tx-rvtcocktails-pi2"> </div> </div> </div> <div class="cleardiv"></div> </div> <img class="right clear" 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