alphacyberranger to Uplifting NewsEnglish • 2 months agoThe amount of sugar consumed by children from soft drinks in the UK halved within a year of the sugar tax being introduced, a study has found.www.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square119fedilinkarrow-up1923arrow-down111cross-posted to: world[email protected][email protected]
arrow-up1912arrow-down1external-linkThe amount of sugar consumed by children from soft drinks in the UK halved within a year of the sugar tax being introduced, a study has found.www.theguardian.comalphacyberranger to Uplifting NewsEnglish • 2 months agomessage-square119fedilinkcross-posted to: world[email protected][email protected]
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish7•2 months agoIn Germany teenagers between the age of 14 and 16 (which is the legal drinking age) may drink beer, wine and pearl wine in public places such as restaurants as long as they’re supervised by their legal guardians. Obviously in a “reasonable” manner
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish9•2 months agoThey mean sparkling wine. It’s called Perlwein in German, hence the mistranslation.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish5•edit-22 months agoWhat nodiet said, sorry about that. Thought I had heard or read it before Edit: I do find some uses. A few wine sellers use it, for example this Spanish one Also dict .cc list it as a rare noun
What is supervised drinking?
In Germany teenagers between the age of 14 and 16 (which is the legal drinking age) may drink beer, wine and pearl wine in public places such as restaurants as long as they’re supervised by their legal guardians. Obviously in a “reasonable” manner
Oh neat, a German AMA. What’s pearl wine?
They mean sparkling wine. It’s called Perlwein in German, hence the mistranslation.
What nodiet said, sorry about that. Thought I had heard or read it before
Edit: I do find some uses. A few wine sellers use it, for example this Spanish one
Also dict .cc list it as a rare noun