How would people charge their glasses in Britain in the Great War?

12.October, 2009

Would it be with a ‘cheers’, ‘chin-chin’, ’salud’, ‘health’, ‘oozy wawa’?

Anyone know?

They would do it just as you have listed there. Most people would at sometime use any of these. Salud was not in vague in Britain then as was not oozy wawa.

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2 Comments für “How would people charge their glasses in Britain in the Great War?”

  1. Weatherman sagt:
    12.October, 2009 um 11:18 pm

    How long is a piece of string.

    A lot would depend on the class of the person drinking.

    The following are generalisations

    Cheers would be working class, as would "bottoms up" - a hang over from the sailing days and press gangs.

    Good Health, middle class

    Chin-Chin is something you see in films for the upper classes, but I have never seen any proof if was actually used.
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  2. * sagt:
    13.October, 2009 um 12:07 am

    They would do it just as you have listed there. Most people would at sometime use any of these. Salud was not in vague in Britain then as was not oozy wawa.
    References :

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