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By: I Do Believe I Came with a Hat » Blog Archive » We have a winner

I Do Believe I Came with a Hat » Blog Archive » We have a winner — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 11:35:10 +0000

[...] week ago, I listed the mispronunciations and misspellings of common words that make you sound stupid and cast the vote out to you – our loyal audience – to decide the worst offender. It is with [...]

By: Agony Uncle

Agony Uncle — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 23:27:40 +0000

Would you believe it’s actually pronounced ‘Mo-ett’? It’s because it’s a Germanic word (Mme. Moët was Belgian) that does not exist in French. I’ll cover it in a subsequent post about pronunciations in restaurants and bars.

By: peedee

peedee — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 23:15:55 +0000

I do believe Moet is pronounced mowee when there is nothing after it, like the ‘et Chandon’. The ‘et Chandon’ means you do pronounce the t, otherwise you don’t, so it is Mowee or Moettttt ay Shandon. I could look up the French grammar book, but won’t.

By: Joel

Joel — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 05:44:54 +0000

Lose vs. loose. Definitely vs. definately

By: Nick

Nick — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 00:23:56 +0000

Yes, Moet is an interesting one… I cringe everytime I hear that Mow-eeeee business.

I believe ‘agreeance’ is actually a word though – long out of use, but it does exist…

By: neats

neats — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 14:56:22 +0000

nice cut of meat you have there.

By: Cherise Gunning

Cherise Gunning — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 07:20:50 +0000

I knew I should have commented earlier (surely it’s a part of the English language by now) but, this is one YOU have taught me!

‘Moet’ vs ‘Mow-eee’

LESSON:
It has a ‘T’ on the end of it for a reason! It is not a silent ‘T’ and, hence, is not as poofy as its price tag suggests!

Hmmm…One to remember when downing my Moet Rose Champagne I was just given, me thinks…