Squash without the artificial sweeteners

[JarOfRocks]

I'm a Diet Coke addict. Trying to cut down by switching to sparkling water with squash. But so many brands of squash also seem to have artificial sweeteners in. Are there any decent ones that don't? I love raspberry, mango, peach etc type flavours rather than orange and apple.

No. You must live in England. I'm from Guernsey where we have a mixture of English and French place names, and its definitely "belle voir". I remember being laughed at in Leicester for pronouncing Belvoir St correctly, but you're just wrong. 🤣

No, the cordial, and the area it comes from, are both absolutely definitely Beaver - the Vale of Belvoir is pronounced the Vale of Beaver.

Obviously it comes from the french belle voir, but that is NOT how it is pronounced 😁

Having been diagnosed type 2 diabetic last autumn, I have had to train myself away from sugary drinks too, @JarOfRocks - my particular weakness was Innocent fruit juices. I now drink mainly fizzy water, with ice and a couple of slices of lime, lemon or orange - I find that gives it some flavour.

Yeah, I'm not pronouncing a French word wrong just because, historically, the English were too stupid to be able to pronounce it. 😂 Just be warned, if you ever come to the Channel Islands and say "Beaver Bay" etc you will be laughed at. 😁

But it's no longer a French word is it though? It's the name of an area of the UK, and a castle, and a cordial (which was the point of the post!). All of which are pronounced differently to the French way. Languages change and evolve, and words are borrowed and modified along the way.

Also, if I were to visit a place that used that same word but pronounced it 'belle voir', then of course I would pronounce it that way. I'd never be so arrogant that I thought my own opinion was more correct than people who lived there 😁

Another option is to make some herbal tea, and then let it cool down.