The pub argument of the decade: Do you skol or scull a beer?

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Everyone needs to take a deep breath, have a drink and hug it out.

We are here to tell you that the scull/skol debate is over. The spelling battle heated up over the weekend after Prime Minister Tony Abbott downed a schooner of VB in record time at the local pub

See also: Australia's prime minister skols a beer, dribbles some on his shirt

Instead of focussing on the great Aussie achievement, Twitter users went down a rabbit hole debating the spelling of the verb, which means to drink an alcoholic beverage in one go.

Skol is technically correct by the way, but scull also acceptable if you are not a humourless pedant

— Dave Krantz (@weskrantz) April 19, 2015 Read more...

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