Brandy is Latin for Goose
Here is a pun between anser, a goose, and answer,
to reply. What is the Latin for goose? Answer [anser ] brandy. (See Tace The Latin For candle.)
Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894 More on Brandy is Latin for Goose from Fact Monster:
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