What's a ' carry-out '

[peppy]

Just heard someone say they were going to a mates house with one. Is it the same as a take-away ( Chinese etc ) ? x x

[ummmm]

Beer...

[enigma]

Or any alcohol really.

[grumpii]

Have you been on it since lunch time again ummmm? I think its food, but I couldnt stomach any, too busy getting drunk, maybee I will stir the kids, see if they got any change.

[ummmm]

Of course grumpii....then I will be looking for a man!!!!

[redhead23]

its a take away i wahn a chinese

[grumpii]

Gorra, go to bed early tonight, working fairly early tomorrow,cant wait to see what you get up to but dont let wonky willy (whatever) stop you ,you make me laugh. x

[legend758duo]

A carry out.Or beter pronounced as " kerry oot" is the same as a "cargo".Both are a bag full of drink or a box but its a collection of alcohol for getting rat arsed .When yopu say youre gonna get a "kerry oot" it means youre offf for a load of drink.Nothing to do with takeaway food folks.Well not in scotland anyway.

[joko]

a carry out is not merely beer!

it is specifically beer or any alcohol purchased from the pub at the end of the night, you are buying alcohol to 'carry out' as opposed to drink in.

stuff from the offy or supermarket is not a carry out

[annie0000]

Definitely alcohol in Scotland - we would call food either a take away or a carry in. (we do have other terms, but I think that they are no longer considered PC - same with the old description of a a single chocolate wafer from the ice-cream van!)

[Skreecheeboy]

A carry out, or as legend correctly pointed out, a kerry-oot, can so come from a supermarket or an off licence, not just th boozer at the end of a night.

[joko]

from those 2 places, you are just buying beer!
same as you buy any other product.

what has 'carry out' got to do with merely going shopping to the supermarket?

if you are going the the off licence - you are just going the offy...there is no carry out about it...except that it gets put in a bag!

[KT84]

I'd never heard it till coming to uni, but yea its basically getting alcohol in a shop to take home/ to someone elses home/ a house party.

[Miss Random]

Ah, then I've been doing the wrong thing here.
I assumed taking consumables to another venue was taking a 'carry out'.
When leaving restaurants with their floral displays, napkins and the odd candle stick.....it's not a carry-out? My mate said it's theft, but I considered it souvenir hunting and a good momento to remind me never to return. Sometimes they give me stuff to make me go away....... so they are not carry-outs no?

[legend758duo]

joker.get over it youre wrong.or wrang.its a kerry oot cos its drink you kerry oot of somewhere .ass lol

[joko]

leg end, no, you are wrong - it makes no sense to merely call the purchase of something from a shop, a carry out... do try to keep up.

clearly the term has 'crossed over' to many people, but it originated as meaning buying booze from the pub to take home and continue drinking.

i mean what else would you do with your purchases from the offy or supermarket?
sit on the floor of the offy and drink them there?

it is meant to differentiate between alcohol to be consumed on the premises and alcohol to between carried out and consumed elsewhere - its not hard to grasp.

though most of real life is hard for you to grasp, eh leg end...

[peppy]

Annie, what DO you call a single chocolate wafer from an ice-cream van ????

[enigma]

Joko , it would appear that the Scottish consensus (myself include) recognise a carry out to mean buying alcohol from any licensed premises with the premise of consuming it elsewhere , be it your own house , at a party or 'doon the tunnel with the wee neds' (Joke , I assure you). I don't drink beer but I have done and do buy alcohol from the supermarket so I am afraid that your theory is a bit flawed there because you don't just get beer from the supermarket. Oh and I don't call it the 'offy' either so I guess that that just goes to show that the meaning is relative to those who are interpreting it. I would be willing to bet that a vast majority of Scottish people would recognise a carry out or in slang 'kerry oot ' or 'cairy oot' , (or yes , even cargo) to be referring to any kind of alcohol - not solely beer. It is generally used in the sense that you are carrying it out from the pub/supermarket/off licence/corner shop etc to take to a party , friends/relatives house ie you are not intending to drink it at home otherwise it is just getting a wee drink in or a 'bevvy'.

You say that the meaning has 'crossed over to many people' so I am sure that you will therefore agree that the meaning is fluid as it is socially constructed. So what it meant in the past has no basis now - it is relative to the present period of time and to how people accept it's current meaning.

Oh and Peppy , it's a black man. I never did get that one , just because it has a chocolate layer ??? I'm sure that you can see why that term isn't used any more.

[joko]

Like i said enigma, the meaning has obviously changed, particularly in scotland it would seem....but i'd be willing to bet that most english people would mean taking from the pub or restaurant.
the term originated with pubs as a way to the describe alcohol sold to be consumed off the premises.

it makes no sense from shops as you carry everything you buy out of the shop - you cannot consume it in the shop.

agreement from 3-4 people on a forum is hardly indicative.

Sorry for not listing every place you could buy beer from - i assumed people would realise i was not claiming people only buy alcohol from supermarkets, because that would be silly... not sure how that makes my theory flawed though...?

of course language gets mutated and changes over time, and again like i said it seems this meaning has done that - nothing wrong with that.
it seems all are agreed though that food - purchased from a shop for the intention of being consumed at someone elses house is not a carry out....even though it is carried out of the shop...

[joko]

either way its clear it means different things to different people - but essentially ... it means getting pished!

[enigma]

Joko , I wasn't having a pop at you - merely stating a difference of opinion to yours and concuring with the Scottish sector on here. I was of course referring to your "from these 2 places you are just buying beer ! " statement , which was just tongue in cheek because I got your obvious meaning. Perhaps a 'lol' was in order to save confusion. If you are not happy with the opinions of 3-4 people on an internet forum , then by all means , please do take a trip to Scotland and conduct a survey to get the general consensus - the results may surprise you :-)

The meaning has never changed for me because for me it has always just been that way. There is no definitive right or wrong answer here , which is the point I am generally making and I was commenting in relation to the comments between you and Legend where you were both claiming that the other is wrong. So to reiterate my points , there is no definitive right or wrong answer - it means different things to different people oh and to some it would seem that it does indeed refer to food. See here :


http://66.102.9.104/search?q=cache:0IvxEv9V6R4 J:www.usingenglish.com/reference/phrasal-verbs /carry%2Bout.html+definition+get+carry+out&hl= en&ct=clnk&cd=7

I fail to see how it doesn't make sense in the carrying out sense from a shop when you put it in context. You carry it out from a shop to take to a party for example. In this scenario , it differs from just purchasing your usual shopping plus alcohol in the respect that you have only gone to the supermarket with the sole intention of purchasing alcohol to take it to drink elsewhere ie not your own home. So in this instance you are ONLY purchasing alcohol ........ well , maybe some pringles and choccy too. I am glad that we can all agre