David Niederauer
Los Gatos, CA
Master Sommelier
Posts:15701
 | | 04/02/2006 12:08 AM |
| I'm posting this because I've noticed it a couple of time the past 60 days...
Just a quick little note that the above-average (that's us, ain't it?) wine geek should know.
Sauternes is a sweet wine from France.
Sauterne is a crap wine from California's central valley.
If it is French it should be spelled with an "S" at the end. It is "silent" when pronounced. | | | |
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Binski
South Bay
Grape Fermenter
Posts:457
| | 04/02/2006 7:00 AM |
| | check! | |
"Why Keep Score if you are not going to play by the rules?" | |
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Budman
Master of Wine
Posts:11814
| | 04/02/2006 2:56 PM |
| It seems to me that SOMEBODY already posted athread on this topic!   | | | |
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David Niederauer
Los Gatos, CA
Master Sommelier
Posts:15701
| | 04/02/2006 7:42 PM |
| | I think it needs to be brought up every 2.5 years. Remind me again in 2009 please Bud | | | |
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David Niederauer
Los Gatos, CA
Master Sommelier
Posts:15701
| | 04/02/2006 7:50 PM |
| Bud
You're back
I just checked and I guess It has taken me two months and almost a hundred posts to realize you were back  .
It's like... when things are the way they are supposed to be no one notices. When something is wrong everyone notices.
So a belated "good to see you" from one of your favorite sparers | | | |
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WineJedi
Grape Sorter
Posts:351
| | 04/03/2006 12:58 AM |
| i did not know the "s" was silent.  now i do, thanks Davidn.  | | | |
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David Niederauer
Los Gatos, CA
Master Sommelier
Posts:15701
| | 04/03/2006 2:14 AM |
| | waad you say? | | | |
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WineJedi
Grape Sorter
Posts:351
| | 04/03/2006 2:29 AM |
| Quote:
waad you say?
i said, i did not know that the "s" at the end of sauternes was silent and then i said thank-you for that tidbit of info. that's what i said. | | | |
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David Niederauer
Los Gatos, CA
Master Sommelier
Posts:15701
| | 04/03/2006 2:49 AM |
| Huh?
Silent you say?
That's Simon and Garfunkel | | | |
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kpak
Alaska
Wine Thief
Posts:2836
| | 04/03/2006 3:28 AM |
| | ao you are saying it is the sound of silent (s) | |
The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has it's limits...
ps - friends don't let friends eat farmed salmon. | |
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pizinah
Barrel Filler
Posts:1313
| | 04/03/2006 6:31 AM |
| | davidn -- your point is clear, well taken and apparently non-controversial among those in the know. I have yet to receive as clear and uncontroverted answer to my earlier queries about the proper pronounciation of "cockburn." | | | |
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David Niederauer
Los Gatos, CA
Master Sommelier
Posts:15701
| | 04/03/2006 3:53 PM |
| Quote:
davidn -- your point is clear, well taken and apparently non-controversial among those in the know. I have yet to receive as clear and uncontroverted answer to my earlier queries about the proper pronounciation of "cockburn."
Hmmm? Is that a person's name.
Who knows the entimology of "cocktail"?
Give me the phonetics on "Worcestershire".
Other wine terms often mispronounced (we do this every three years too).
Meritage... a Bordeaux blend from CA
Willamette... a valley in Oregon
Marques... winemaker of Oz wines
Riedel... the glass
Niederauer... | | | |
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JimmyV
Central Connecticut
Wine Lover
Posts:4982
| | 04/03/2006 3:57 PM |
| Some musings on the origin of the word"cocktail"
As for Worcestershire, the dictionary says:wus -te-shur. But in Mass., Worcester is pronounced wus-tah, and quite often, as one long word: wus-tah-mass. | |
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pizinah
Barrel Filler
Posts:1313
| | 04/03/2006 4:52 PM |
| Quote:
Niederauer...
This one's a bit tricky. The correct pronunciation is "need her hour," as in "Here's a hundred bucks, I only need her for an hour." | | | |
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NorCalVinoLover
Barrel Sampler
Posts:2188
| | 04/04/2006 1:07 AM |
| Hmph ...... darn spelling police
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kpak
Alaska
Wine Thief
Posts:2836
| | 04/04/2006 2:47 AM |
| c'mon up here to Alaska where we have to spell/pronounce things like
Koliganek
Kwigillingok
Manokotak
Quinhagak
Kongiginak
Tuntutuliak
Egegik
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The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has it's limits...
ps - friends don't let friends eat farmed salmon. | |
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David Niederauer
Los Gatos, CA
Master Sommelier
Posts:15701
| | 04/04/2006 5:28 PM |
| Quote:
Quote:
Niederauer...
This one's a bit tricky. The correct pronunciation is "need her hour," as in "Here's a hundred bucks, I only need her for an hour."
no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no
no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no
Do you see an "H" anywhere in my name?
The "hour" is ok except it would be better as "our". The "ow" is harder than softer.
But the "her" is wrong, wrong, wrong. No "H"!
Most people put an "H" in front of the "auer" so it comes out
Knee der how er (Wrong)
Try: Knee der (like "derby" ow (like ouch) er (like her)
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ChangeMe
Barrel Filler
Posts:1475
| | 04/04/2006 7:31 PM |
| Quote:
Who knows the entimology of "cocktail"?
Since the etiology of this thread is picky spelling mistakes, I feel obliged to point out that "entimology" looks more like a misspelling of "entomology" (the study of insects) than it does of "etymology" (the study of word origins).
Ime nott mutsh off eh speler thow, soe ahs TJ wuld sahy: "I like whine!" | | | |
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David Niederauer
Los Gatos, CA
Master Sommelier
Posts:15701
| | 04/07/2006 11:24 PM |
| Quote:
Quote:
Who knows the entimology of "cocktail"?
Since the etiology of this thread is picky spelling mistakes, I feel obliged to point out that "entimology" looks more like a misspelling of "entomology" (the study of insects) than it does of "etymology" (the study of word origins).
Ime nott mutsh off eh speler thow, soe ahs TJ wuld sahy: "I like whine!"
Smart ash!
I spel finotikly.
or is it finetikly? | | | |
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GATC
Barrel Sampler
Posts:2420
| | 04/08/2006 12:21 AM |
| | Niederauer, isn't that the RTC jerk in Animal House? Or was that Niedermeyer? | | | |
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