[Sca-cooks] Wine names

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 I have heard people say they drank "Syrah" but I have also
> seen that word on a bottle. I am looking at a word that I hear is
> Persian, on a product I know is from Australia, why on earth would my
> mind instantly leap to France?
>
> Actually, this is one of several that confuse me. Words for which the
> pronunciation is far from obvious, that I do not routinely hear, that
> are said in more than one way (correctly or not). And my experience is
> that, no matter how I say them, *someone* will smugly correct me...  OK,
> that also  happens with words I know perfectly well I am pronouncing
> correctly. There simply are those who like to correct people... even if
> they are not correct themselves... ;-)
>
> Anne
>
THAT is exactly the point I was making Anne, though I was trying to use a
bit of humor to make the point.

Elric