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

[GetOrf]

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.

twonks

Ooh, I never knew that. Thanks OP. I've learnt something new.

moat moat moat. Someone laugh please

Lets face it - this thread would die a death on netmums.

onmygod like it so dusnt matter ennyway whats wrong with cherry lambrini you are up urself with shampain talk

Defo Mo ETT :). Need a champagne flute one of these

at Jamie

Gawd bless yer

Dont hit her with a champagne bottle
You might spill some

it is Mo-ett.

I watched a programme a while ago about champagne, and there was a representative from Moet Chandon on the programme and he said "it's pronounced Mo-ett"

While we're on this, can you settle an argument between me and DH?

Porsche. The car. he says it is Porsh-ah. I say it is Porsh. ??

I never knew that! I feel all enlightened. Now when my sister asks what new fact I have learned on MN lately I can enlighten her.

I do feel for your MIL a bit, GetOrf. 5 SILs under one roof does sound rather fraught!

Yes. You are not only justified in clouting her but you are also justified in pointing out that she is Wrong. And then drinking more :)

If I recall my French correctly from school, if you have a letter "t" before a word that starts with a vowel, then you pronounce the t as a proper t.

So...... if the & becomes the french word for "and" i.e. "et", which starts with a vowel, then you should pronounce the "t" at the end of Moet loud and clear.

i.e. Mow-ett Ay Shondon kind of thing.

Feck knows what you're supposed to do if you're not prouncing the whole thing and only want to say just the Moet bit on its own!

Ahem, I have been to the Moet et Chandon building in Epernay.

It is definitely Moet - he was Dutch.

And the waiter may think you were a fool if he was an uncultured knob.

If your MiL likes champagne it is really worth taking her for a weekend to Epernay. It's a beautiful place and there are loads of places that you can visit for tastings.

I went to a Champagne tasting event once (with work) and the man hosting it was an absolute expert, and Champagne fanatic. he told us it was pronounced Mo-ett. And that "Moet" as a Dutch man, and this is why.

So YANBU.

I'm almost embarrassed to pronouce it "Mo-ett" though, because everyone always thinks you're saying it wrong.

The fools!

GetOrf that's wicked
true though
Hugs hun

Porsh-A.

I feel very self conscious in saying it though, but have to as DP is a german speaker and he gets very annoyed if people say it wrong

Oooh we sound like a fun family don't we

YANBU

It is Mowett.

Car dealers call the ka k a. I think it's so you don't get confused between car and ka!

oops, missed the "et" out of the compant name....

I'm orf to an hotel now. Laters

Porsche is porsh-eh because it is German.
but only knobs pronounce it that way when they're speaking English
if you're having a conversation in the German language, it's fine.

YANBU. The correct pronunciation is Mow-et. You are right.

It's a bit like valet - do you pronounce it val ay or valet?

I know that the french pronounce it the former, but Bertie Wooster would have used the latter. But if I use the latter it sounds like I don't know that it is french...

arghh.