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Thread #131198   Message #2957481
Posted By: MGM·Lion
03-Aug-10 - 03:25 PM
Thread Name: BS: translations from the British
Subject: RE: BS: translations from the British
..."rarger rout" ~~ clearly [conventionally supposed] Japanese pronunciation of "lager-lout" ~~ a composite, now obsolescent English idiom for a young binge-drinker who behaves in a disorderly/aggressive manner in a public place. At one time, strong lager was the fashionable drink among such misbehaving young men: I am not sure if this is still the case. In any event, "lager-lout" is, as I say, now a somewhat weary locution which has been superseded by "binge-drinker".

~Michael~