WS did a piece on Riedel about 2 years ago and the Riedel-needle pronunciation was specifically stated in the article. Maybe worth a look back, if you want to flaunt it to your mates. Kinda' like the Moet (this damned keyboard won't let me put the two ..'s over the o). Since the founder was Dutch, the French pronunciation rules go out the window, and it sounds a bit like Mo-et, with the e very soft.
Hunt
>Kent Feiler wrote in
>news: snipped-for-privacy@4ax.com:
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>> I just found out that I've been mispronouncing the name of my
>> glassware. Moreover, there are only two syllables in the name and
>> I've been mispronouncing both of them! Riedel must be a German name on
>> the basis of the old German pronunciation rule, "When two vowels go
>> a-walkin', the second one does the talkin'", but I understand that
>> the second syllable is pronounced as a "dle" sound rather than a
>> "dell", also a surprise to English speakers. So the end result is that
>> Riedel rhymes with needle. Anyone disagree?
>>
>> I looked for a web page that listed the correct pronounciation. I
>> didn't find one, but did come across an interesting page on the Riedel
>> family history. Here's the URL:
>>
>>formatting link
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>I was recently "corrected" at a wine shop when I asked for some Ree-dle
>glassware the salesman said "Oh you mean Rye-dell." He was convinced he was
>right so I didn't go into the reasons why he was wrong.
>
>Fred.
Did you buy them from this salesman? Hunt
Hunt - it's not that hard to do ö - try ALT-148!
- Mark W.
Though why you would want an ö to spell Moët is another question :-)
Following a recommendation read in this NG I now use allchars to help me with this pedantry.
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Thank you, but unfortunately this keyboard doesn't have a numerical keypad, which is required, as the numeric keys on the top of the KWERTY will not call up extended characters. I think I'll soon add a USB numeric, just so I can access them. Thanks anyway.
Hunt
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Of course! Not only did I need your referenced URL (many thanks!), but a general typing and spelling lesson .
Hunt
PS you just may have saved me US$170 for the numeric keypad!
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Hi Hunt No need to make things complicated (if you have a keyboard like mine, of course). Do hit first the "¨" key, then the vowel key - and presto you have ä, ë, ï, ö, ü, ÿ Same goes for accents: à, è, ò, á, é, í or tildes: ã, õ, ñ (You may have to press Ctrl and Alt concurrently to get some symbols) hth Anders
A few North American wineries have the French word for "castle" as part of their names (e. g., Montelena, Souverain, Ste. Michelle). Sometimes you see it spelled "Château," even though the context isn't French. This strikes me as kind of silly, unless the winery is in Quebec.
there aren`t that many chateaux in québec .. most wineries i have seen look more like barns
..chris
Probably true.
But that's true for Bordeaux, too.
M.
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