[Bacchus]

This goes under the general category of low class broads.

Twice in one week, I've gone out with girls who mispronounced merlot. During the dates, the discussion turned to wine, and both of them said, unprompted, that they like mer-lot. Each time, I asked them to say it again, just so that I could be sure I wasn't hearing things.

Both looked extremely offended when I told them that, in fact, the word is pronounced mer-low, and that mer-lot sounds really bad. Despite the offense, I managed to have sex with one of the girls.

Some background about the girls. I met both of them online. Both were born in foreign countries, but spent the vast majority of their childhood in the US. Neither of them spoke English with an accent.

So, how would you deal with a girl who mispronounces a word like merlot?

[Faust]

I probably wouldn't write a post about it, I think.

[Bilboswaggins]

I find that these kinds of situations are best played out mostly playfully and not putting too much thought into it in the first place. You can take a position of a teacher and educate her on these trivial things. Although some of these situations are facepalm-worthy, it gives you an opportunity to develop higher value and seem more educated if done correctly as noone likes nitpicking. On the other hand, you could just remain emotionless and game on as if it never happened.

[Baldwin81]

Oh the American Midwest. I've had this happen to me. The following can be really good if you're with a middle or lower-middle class girl and you've established yourself as something other than a cargo shorts-wearing, fat-faced goateed choad.

B. One finger to your mouth, "Shh..."

Say, "Come here," and motion towards yourself with your hands while maintaining eye contact. "I need to tell you something."

Take her hand, whisper in her ear, "It's called merloh."

Move away a step and say, "Like it never happened." With a wink, or a smirk....

Change subject. Escalate. Etc.

Of course, it's all about the execution. Calling her out - especially in front of others - can sometimes (sometimes) be the wrong kind of teasing. If you want to go that route... just call her MerLaaht for as long as you see fit.

[void]

Says Faust to Bacchus, the god of wine. I probably would have laughed and mocked her. Bad pronunciation 2/10 WNB.

[T and A Man]

I would contact jezebel about the oppressive, patriarchal standards of grape names and ask if they would run a national, tax payer funded campaign to put trigger warnings on wine labels incase of mispronunciation.

That should do the trick

[El Chinito loco]

What comes out of her mouth ultimately matters less than what goes into it later that night.

[Tengen]

Another reason why I'd order white wines for women who know nothing about it.

Maybe she should check out my crash course in wine datasheet.

[Cobra]

Wine knowledge is hardly an indicator of class IN AND OF ITSELF.

But..

Western society has you programmed otherwise.

Another side effect of social programming.

Sidebar: I know enough low class girls who pronounce merlot the right way because they watch tv.

[El Chinito loco]

Although this post isn't about this a lot of wine connoisseurs and some sommeliers can't even tell the difference between wines. It's largely a status driven thing.

Wine fraud is a nice niche business.

http://www.bbc.com/news/business-28697721

[Drazen]

I would personally ignore it.

Kind of reminds me of this in Seinfeld. People like the idea of ordering wine, rather than the wine itself.

[JJ Roberts]

(09-22-2014 04:05 PM)Baldwin81 Wrote:  

B. One finger to your mouth, "Shh..."

Say, "Come here," and motion towards yourself with your hands while maintaining eye contact. "I need to tell you something."

Take her hand, whisper in her ear, "It's called merloh."

Move away a step and say, "Like it never happened." With a wink, or a smirk....

Nice.

This is a perfect way to handle it.

[RexImperator]

We all make mistakes. I thought Brunello di Montalcino was the name of a family/estate in Tuscany.

[travolta]

(09-22-2014 03:50 PM)Bacchus Wrote:  

This goes under the general category of low class broads.

Twice in one week, I've gone out with girls who mispronounced merlot. During the dates, the discussion turned to wine, and both of them said, unprompted, that they like mer-lot. Each time, I asked them to say it again, just so that I could be sure I wasn't hearing things.

Both looked extremely offended when I told them that, in fact, the word is pronounced mer-low, and that mer-lot sounds really bad. Despite the offense, I managed to have sex with one of the girls.

Some background about the girls. I met both of them online. Both were born in foreign countries, but spent the vast majority of their childhood in the US. Neither of them spoke English with an accent.

So, how would you deal with a girl who mispronounces a word like merlot?

Cool story bro

What's more low class than mispronouncing the name of a wine is going on a forum and writing a post about it as if it matters. People make mistakes. People who don't drink wine often probably don't know how to properly pronounce merlot.

[RexImperator]

Here in New England, mis-pronounced French is a way of life. Family names, streets, etc. from the Québécois who immigrated here long ago are all pronounced horribly wrong.

[MrXY]

This is why the only wine I drink is Trockenbeerenauslese from Eitelsbacher Karthäuserhofberg

[Tengen]

(09-22-2014 08:25 PM)MrXY Wrote:  

This is why the only wine I drink is Trockenbeerenauslese from Eitelsbacher Karthäuserhofberg

Man, all that sugar's gonna make you fat.

[TigerMandingo]

If we only went after girls who spoke proper English with good grammar and pronunciation, we'd all be virgins.

[Kabal]

Indeed a girl pronouncing "merlot" in a way that sounds like "a lot" sounds pretty cacophonous, and perhaps reflects poorly on her erudition.

Philosophically, however, we must see that this is an errant framing.

What is "the correct" way to pronounce a word? It is either the way that most people pronounce it, most people around you pronounce it, and/or the way elites pronounce it.

What if we extend this to thinking?

Is the "correct way" to think the way most people think, the way most people around you think, or the way elites think?

Most certainly not. Otherwise, I would think things like women are identical to men, geographically distinct populations have equivalent cognitive profiles, that going to college can turn a thug into a rocket scientist, and that a hoe can be made into a housewife.

Thus, we should be moved to approach language from a more pragmatic perspective, and not be dogmatic about pronunciation, accent, and grammar, as long as it does not interfere materially with communication.

Furthermore, viscerally--what does it matter how a girl pronounces words if an adequate combination of her ass, tits, face, waist look good?

[scotian]

(09-22-2014 08:01 PM)RexImperator Wrote:  

Here in New England, mis-pronounced French is a way of life. Family names, streets, etc. from the Québécois who immigrated here long ago are all pronounced horribly wrong.

When I hear Americans pronounce the word "niche" as "nitch", its like fingernails on a chalkboard to me, but then again, they all look at me as if I have two heads when I ask them where the washroom is.

[WestIndianArchie]

(09-22-2014 04:06 PM)void Wrote:  

Says Faust to Bacchus, the god of wine. I probably would have laughed and mocked her. Bad pronunciation 2/10 WNB.

LOL, exactly my thoughts.

WIA

[Cr33pin]

(09-22-2014 08:52 PM)scotian Wrote:  

(09-22-2014 08:01 PM)RexImperator Wrote:  

Here in New England, mis-pronounced French is a way of life. Family names, streets, etc. from the Québécois who immigrated here long ago are all pronounced horribly wrong.

When I hear Americans pronounce the word "niche" as "nitch", its like fingernails on a chalkboard to me, but then again, they all look at me as if I have two heads when I ask them where the washroom is.

You do have two heads... the one you think with..... and the one on top of your neck

[WesternCancer]

(09-22-2014 04:05 PM)Baldwin81 Wrote:  

Oh the American Midwest. I've had this happen to me. The following can be really good if you're with a middle or lower-middle class girl and you've established yourself as something other than a cargo shorts-wearing, fat-faced goateed choad.

B. One finger to your mouth, "Shh..."

Say, "Come here," and motion towards yourself with your hands while maintaining eye contact. "I need to tell you something."

Take her hand, whisper in her ear, "It's called merloh."

Move away a step and say, "Like it never happened." With a wink, or a smirk....

Change subject. Escalate. Etc.

Of course, it's all about the execution. Calling her out - especially in front of others - can sometimes (sometimes) be the wrong kind of teasing. If you want to go that route... just call her MerLaaht for as long as you see fit.

And if she tries to give you shit for this, asking who made you an expert on wine, take a sip out of your glass (pinky out of course) and exclaim " I AM THE GOD OF TITS AND WINE"

[Windom Earle]

(09-22-2014 03:50 PM)Bacchus Wrote:  

So, how would you deal with a girl who mispronounces a word like merlot?

Get her drinking so much of it that she "mispronounces" it.

Then bang of course.

[HeyPete]

I pretty much hate wine.