Round of drinks
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A round of drinks is a set of alcoholic beverages purchased by one person in a group for that complete group. The purchaser buys the round of drinks as a single order at the bar. In many places it is customary for people to take turns buying rounds.[1][2]
It is a nearly ubiquitous custom in Ireland, the United Kingdom, Canada, New Zealand, and Australia. In Australia and New Zealand it is referred to as shouting.[3] This practice is also customary in many parts of North America, especially in areas where people with cultural roots in Ireland and the UK predominate. A notable exception was the UK State Management Scheme in which treating (i.e. buying a round) was forbidden, from July 1916 until June 1919.
Greaves' Rules
Greaves' Rules is a set of etiquette guidelines common in the UK for buying rounds of drinks in English
When an individual arrives at a pub, common practice invites the newcomer to unilaterally offer a drink to a companion, with the unspoken understanding that when the drink has been nearly consumed, his/her companion will reciprocate. Trust and fair play are the root of the rules, though there are occasions (such as a requirement of one of the drinkers to need to carry out more important jobs, if any can be conceived of) where the rules can be broken, and were itemised by Greaves in his article. See, for example a copy of Greaves' Rules in the Oxford Pub Guide, with particular reference to rule 7 and especially rule 8.[7]
Greaves' Rules is a lighthearted set of rules governing whose turn it is to buy a round of drinks in a British public house. The rules were first published as a Saturday essay in the now defunct
Australia
In John O'Grady's They're a Weird Mob, Nino learns some customs related to shouting.
Your turn.
- What is my turn?
Your turn to shout
- Why should I shout?
Because I shouted you.
- I did not hear you shout at me.
He thought for a while and said, I get it. When you buy a bloke a beer, it's called a shout, see?
- Why is that?
I haven't a clue, but that's what it's called. I shouted for you, now it's your turn to shout for me.
- I was only a little thirsty. I do not think I wish another drink.
He looked quite stern, In this country, if you want to keep out of trouble, you always return a shout, see?
- Is this the custom?
Bloody oath, it's the custom. Your turn.
United States
In the culture of the
References
- ^ SIRC
- ^ Round Rules
- ^ "Shouting". australianbeers.com. Retrieved 2009-02-26.
- ^ William Greaves (3 September 2010). "Pub Talk". Gentlemen Ranters (162). Retrieved 15 May 2011.
- ^ "Pub Etiquette". Sunriseag.net. Retrieved 2011-05-22.
- ^ "Предприятия питания в Великобритании". www.ducland.ru. Retrieved 2011-05-22.
- ^ "Greaves' Rules".
- ^ "Watching the English - The hidden rules of English behaviour". Sirc.org. 2004-04-22. Retrieved 2011-05-22.
Further reading
- Gutfeld, Greg. Lessons from the Land of Pork Scratchings, London: Simon and Schuster, 2008. ISBN 978-1-84737-066-2