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French pronunciation can be tricky. This website has some helpful audio clips: http://www.smallbarrels.com/bo...-pronunciation-guide "The greatest thing you'll ever learn is just to love and be loved in return." | ||
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I want a CD of that lady just reciting those names. The way she says "Suduiraut" ... Damn! http://scmwine.info | |||
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She damn near gave me a chub! | |||
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chateau la grange is better This is my sig -> www.brownteacup.com www.wsqwine.com (Wine distributor) | |||
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Oh my! This reminds me when Jerry found the erotic tape Elaine left in the club for him to find. Wait, I must listen to Clos de l'Oratoire again.  | |||
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I was going to say something, but you got it. "The greatest thing you'll ever learn is just to love and be loved in return." | |||
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That site is awesome! One thing I'm confused about is that she pronouces Cos d'Estournel with a hard s at the end of Cos, but she pronounces Cos Labory with a silent s. Interesting also that they Franco-sized Palmer. I wondered if they would do the same with Leoville Barton, but that wasn't included. Punch it , Chewie! | |||
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I play these over and over before crying myself to sleep nightly. ________________________________________ Oh.......Give me a woman that tastes like Rum or put me a-shore to Die!!! | |||
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The more I listened to her speak, the more I became like Gomez Addams when Morticia speaks to him in French! Oh, Cara Mia! "The greatest thing you'll ever learn is just to love and be loved in return." | |||
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very sexy voice. *********************** "I have drunk not to the clouding of my reason, but just so much that I can still surely distinguish the syllables with my tongue." Athenaeus "Mimik" on cellartracker.com | |||
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Mounseiur Soup, Excellent website, thanks. I was laughing at all the comments and not only were they funny, they were spot on. "Le chub" is right! ********************** "One barrel of wine can work more miracles than a church full of saints." - Italian proverb. | |||
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Late reply, but if anyone is still paying attention, I believe it is a dialect or old pronounciation of Cos, specific to Cos d'Estournel. It's a traditional pronounication that is still used. French, like English, has many exceptions to the rules, this being one of them. Normally, the s at the end of a sentance is silent unless it is followed by an e, or if the next word in a sentence begins with a vowel, then the s sounds like a -z. | |||
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Yes. You are correct. The "s" at the end of Cos D'estournel is pronounced(ie not silent) unlike Cos Labory which is silent. No rule, just tradition as RR mentioned. *********************** "I have drunk not to the clouding of my reason, but just so much that I can still surely distinguish the syllables with my tongue." Athenaeus "Mimik" on cellartracker.com | |||
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Bump - newbies might want to have a listen. | |||
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Hey, does anyone have Suckling's email address? He might want to listen before doing another video! "The best part is how he said the ENGLISH language. Fine irony. Use American next time." | |||
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Les Forts de Latour is the best in my mind... In Canada? Really? Duties in? | |||
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Les Forts de Latour and La Tour Blanche hands down. Wish my elementary school french teacher sounded like this, I might have learned something. | |||
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Bump, because knowledge and beauty should not remain hidden. "The greatest thing you'll ever learn is just to love and be loved in return." | |||
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This is true, and sometimes it depends on both local habits and indivudal habits..I guess all the pronouciations are fine, as long as the listening bodys well understand ! | |||
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Remember that Bordeaux was once an English possession, and the historical development of the Bordeaux wine trade is deeply intertwined with the English. Many of the current or former owners have deep British roots. Therefore, it is not suprising that some of the oldest and most famous estates have an Anglicized aspect to their name. Burgundy is the opposite, as it is landlocked and was insulated from essentially all British influence, so the names are purely French. Stay thirsty my friends. | |||
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Awesome site. Thanks for the link. Life without wine?...... Yeah Right. The Unexamined Life Is Not Worth Living - Socrates "Wine....offers a greater range for enjoyment and appreciation than possibly any other purely sensory thing which may be purchased" ERNEST HEMINGWAY (1889-1961) ITB | |||
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