to pronounce the champagne Moet mow-ett as opposed to Mow-ay and have a ridiculously stupid mini-row about it?

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Disclaimer - I am not a poncetastic twat. Get that in before you lot accuse me.

At MILs last night, couple of SILs there. My MIL loves champagne, it was a distinct luxury when she was younger and I don't think she bought a bottle until she was in her 40s. Now she is making up for lost time and I always buy her a decent bottle for her birthdays, mothers day etc.

We were talking about different brands, and she was remembering the different ones she has tried, I said that a cheapish one which I had bought from Sainsbos (Charles something) was rated in the Sunday Times as being better than the more recognised brands such as Moet etc.

At which point my SIL laughed scoffingly and said 'I would have thought you would have known that the French don't5 pronounce the t on the end of the word, it is pronounce Mow-AY' (said in full on condescending terms).

I said fuck off dicksplash 'no it is pronounced Mo-ETT, theword is Dutch anyway'

She carried on 'no it's not, champagne is French not dutch, next you will be saying Edam comes from Wales'

She really got on my tits.

Stleger - how do you say column? That was my favourite Irish pronunciation...

I wouldn't go there for the coffee or the wonderful Dutch pronuncations... I love Dutch, but always feel a bit rude when speaking it

Geil for me is totally Dieter Bohlen and DSDS - probably would be better off with them horny monkeys...

In our house we only drink Veuve Cliquot. I believe its clee-kay.

The best to pronounce when a bit drunk is Gewurztraminer.

Clicquot, damn these fat sausage-like fingers

Back in about 1988 I had a row with a snooty secretary/office manager who I worked for when I was about 22 (she was about 35) because we were talking about perfumes and she said she wore 'Versays' - obviously mispronouncing Versace. I was a bit and said I 'd never heard of it, and then she spelt it out, and I said said 'Oh! You mean ver-sarchi - as in Gianni Versace - he's Italian.'

She got really quite arsey with me and and said I was wrong, and everybody (apparently ) pronounced it 'Versays' including all the women at every perfume counter in every shop in the world, so I told her they were ALL wrong, and when I pointed out that I knew him (not personally) because he was a fashion designer and I had studied fashion at art school she got even more arsey. She hated me forever after that.

Mardy, I love that sketch.
Population control as side-effect of pedantry.

Thank you LadyClarice!

That's why Blue Nun and Black Tower were invented. No confusion there (no taste either but that's another story)

When one was having lunch at Le Manior two Summers ago, the head wine man (can't spell Somelier!) said Moe-T with a T and he was proper French trained and everything!

Me and DH were not paying I hasten to add it was a lovely treat from a dear friend of DH's, it was THE best lunch I have ever had, I still wistfully think about it from time to time.........

FADGE EATERS - that has made me laugh so much!

My Mum so croissAnts not croissOnts, I find it stupidly annoying and were rarley eat one together!

Oh and I once nearly throttled my now deceased Grandmother in Aldi on one our painfully hideous weekly shopping trip as she was yelling at me for courgettes and I had some in my hand and she was telling me I was thick (she was oldm rude and outspoken) I nearly bust a blood vessel trying to explain there were f'ing courgettes, after many hear ripping out moments it turned out she meant frozen potato croquettes; I am such a dumbass!

If you say "Moet et Chandon", then the "t" will be pronounced as the "e" in "et" comes after it, IYSWIM?

Column - I say col -um as does dh (we are from the north). My Cork raised children say col oom, and my boss says col ooooom

Mowett - your SIL is just a badly educated guttersnipe and clearly never listened to Queen :-)

Norbert Dentressangle.... just like the way that sounds.

I thought the irish pronunciation of column was coll-yum? I am Irish btw.

More of an ooom to my ear at the end of column. My boss also says sangwidge for sandwich, my MIL says samwich.

I think we've maybe resolved the Moet issue , but lots of people keep saying they prefer Veuve Cliquot anyway. Now out of interest, how do you pronounce that?
I know (being French and all), that in french it is "verve cliko" (don't pronounce the "r" sound in verve if you see what I mean) but I've not heard it pronounced by anyone british so not sure if I'd get what I want if I asked for it in the shop?

Please, what is the connection between Champagne and poo that has been alluded to here?

Is a Moot point.

Sorry if this has already been discussed but what about almond?

I imagine the correct pron may be arrmond but I have also heard allmond.

Personally I say al-mond (al as in Al Murray), which I'm sure is wrong but there y'go.

I was brought up on my mother's hilarious mispronunciations including 'bonjeela'. It never occurred to any of us that the fact Bonjela was in fact a gel might suggest it should be 'bon-gel-a'

Champoo is what you wash your hair with :)

OP - thanks for the info, you can actually learn something from MN! Googled the info, hmm.....just wondering if I've heard the name mispronounced on some ads??! (not that I remember ads). Hadn't really thought about the name as I have been mostly teetotal lately, haha.

way down the thread, Alpinepony said "oe" in dutch is pronounced "oo" which is correct. BUT there are those wee dots over the e which change the pronounciation.

So, it's mow-ett.

but you've probably moved way, way off the original topic now