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English term or phrase:
a picture-book pub
English answer:
a very traditional style pub, one that you would expect to find in a picture book/on a postcard
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a very traditional style pub, one that you would expect to find in a picture book/on a postcard
For example:
http://www.pub-explorer.com/notts/pub/ferryinnwilford.htm
The Ferry Inn is located in the small, picturesque village of Wilford which has a river running through it. A picture book pub with low ceilings, real fires, nook and crannies, the outside is decorated with hanging baskets and window baskets. It is reputed to be the most haunted pub in Nottingham with a history of a number of ghosts...!
http://www.pub-explorer.com/notts/pub/ferryinnwilford.htm
The Ferry Inn is located in the small, picturesque village of Wilford which has a river running through it. A picture book pub with low ceilings, real fires, nook and crannies, the outside is decorated with hanging baskets and window baskets. It is reputed to be the most haunted pub in Nottingham with a history of a number of ghosts...!
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Jenni Lukac (X)
: pub = public house, a type of British bar that usually also serves food.
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Thank you Jenni - good definition ;-)
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Sheila Wilson
: I wouldn't agree with Jenni's "usually serves food" - some pubs do, others don't // my experience is that many "locals" don't but country and tourist pubs often do - but I'm 15 years out-of-date (yum - pork scratching memories!)
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Thank you Sheila. I think pubs "usually" serve some sort of food though don't they (not to mention crisps, nuts, pork scratchings etc)
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Jack Doughty
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Thank you Jack
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Samantha Payn
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Thank you Samantha
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Stephanie Ezrol
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Thank you Stephanie
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Maja Basara
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Thank you Maja
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Norbert Hermann
: yes to 'traditional style' but according to their offering this pub is anything but traditional: '...range of Fine Wines...selection of Fruit Infusions and Herbal Teas...Range of Speciality Coffees'. They can only mean the architecture/setting.
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Thank you Hermann for your very valid comments. Picture-book or picture postcard would automatically imply that it is traditional in appearance, not necessarily what they serve inside
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Suzan Hamer
: A dictionary definition of "picture-perfect": "flawless; perfect in appearance or character." http://dictionary.reference.com/
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Thank you Suzan
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B D Finch
: Assuming they don't mean traditions such as "spit and sawdust".
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Thanks BD! I was actually in a spit and sawdust pub two weeks ago - I wasn't aware any of those still existed!
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