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Thewsyesterday at 6:37 PM2 repliesview on HN

When I lived in the PNW people used the word pub more than bar.


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toasterlovinyesterday at 7:48 PM

My sense is that it is an affectation meant to indicate an aspiration to something more than a bar (and its coarse patrons).

selectodudeyesterday at 6:43 PM

That’s because everybody up there thinks that liking soccer makes them English.