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From:
nick w
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Date:
Thu, 1 Jul 1999 10:36:14 GMT+1
Subject:
Re: (idm) pole beer
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quoted 9 lines budweiser is originally czech beer.> > budweiser is originally czech beer. > > Or, more accurately, Czech beer was originally budweiser. The Czech > company was started in like the 15th century, but never got an > international trademark, so Budweiser America sued and won rights to their > name, cuch that the Czech Bud is now Budvar (vor? I forget) anywhere but > Czechoslovakia, I mean the Czech Republic. It's a funny mess that I'm > sure a few people are pissed off about. At least this has been my > understanding of the situation.
It's called Budvar in the czech republic, too. Nick