Moet - is the 't' pronounced???

az2wp0sye65487

Well, the question is in the title really. Do you pronounce it correctly?

Thomas_S_Hunterson

Mo-ay, no t

F1ngers

Freddie says it best...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MMz-wi50ACU

egan2020

I think it's pronounced Mo'wett. The founder, Claude Moet, is a Frenchman, however, his surname is Dutch.

KarlNedCarew

egan2020 is right

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mo%C3%ABt_et_Chandon#Pronunciation

Faith

I always thought it was silent, but I was watching TV with my boyfriend recently, who has worked in bars and hotels for most of his life, and an ad for Moet came on. The voice-over pronouced it "Mo-ett", and just as I was about to point out the flaw, himself exclaimed "Finally, someone who pronounces it properly!". So I checked Wikipedia, which says:

Moët is frequently mispronounced. Common mispronunciations include "mow-ee" and "mo-way". The correct pronunciation is "mo-wett".

BeerNut

F1ngers wrote: »

Freddie says it best...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MMz-wi50ACU

Yeah, but do you think by "gelatine" he actually meant "gelignite"?

Honey-ec

Mo-ett. The umlauts on the "e" make that perfectly clear.

Anyone who says Mo-ay deserves pointing and laughing. Especially the ones who try to correct you when you pronounce it correctly.

Honey-ec

Sean_K wrote: »

Mo-ay, no t

*points & laughs*

az2wp0sye65487

Faith wrote: »

I always thought it was silent, but I was watching TV with my boyfriend recently, who has worked in bars and hotels for most of his life, and an ad for Moet came on. The voice-over pronouced it "Mo-ett", and just as I was about to point out the flaw, himself exclaimed "Finally, someone who pronounces it properly!". So I checked Wikipedia, which says:

Thank you. I wouldn't be one for drinking champagne at all but from time to time when out someone would want to order either a bottle or a glass, or else you'd hear someone after a weekend - "oh we were drinking Mo-ey at the weekend blah blah...." - and when corrected they look at you like you've 10 heads!

What's worse is people who argue that they are correct and it should be 'Mo-ey'!!!

legalbird12

egan2020 wrote: »

I think it's pronounced Mo'wett. The founder, Claude Moet, is a Frenchman, however, his surname is Dutch.

+1

Even in their television advert they pronounce it Mo'wett

the beer revolu

Honey-ec wrote: »

Mo-ett. The umlauts on the "e" make that perfectly clear.

Anyone who says Mo-ay deserves pointing and laughing. Especially the ones who try to correct you when you pronounce it correctly.

Try telling bartenders that Duvel isn't pronounced Duvelle.!!

I'm always being corrected when I pronounce it reasonably correctly!

BeerNut

the beer revolu wrote: »

Try telling bartenders that Duvel isn't pronounced Duvelle.!!

Them Belgians have made a rod for their own backs. It's not our fault it really looks like Duvelle, Hoe-garden and Lef-fuh.

Pint of Stella R2-iss, please.

rubadub

the beer revolu wrote: »

Try telling bartenders that Duvel isn't pronounced Duvelle.!!

I'm always being corrected when I pronounce it reasonably correctly!

I do not mind people pronouncing stuff wrong, and do not often correct them, but people "correcting" my correct pronunciation drives me mental. I remember talking to my mate in an offy and saying stolichnaya (correctly) and the manager butting in out of nowhere "actually lads its pronounced ...." and says some crazy version of it in a real patronising way, I told him "thats not what it says on the bottle", shut the tosser up when he saw it. (the pronunciation is on most bottles)

rediguana

Yeah, pronounce the "T".

It's an awkward one though. If most people are mispronouncing it (and I think they are), then you yourself risk looking like a pleb if you say it correctly. Joe Punter will assume it's a proper French word and think that only an uneducated fool would pronounce the "t".

Stick to Bolly. Nicer Champagne and less chance of embarassing everyone.

tenandtracer

rediguana wrote: »

Stick to Bolly. Nicer Champagne and less chance of embarassing everyone.

and the "x" is silent at the end of that

johnnyskeleton

Honey-ec wrote: »

Mo-ett. The umlauts on the "e" make that perfectly clear.

Anyone who says Mo-ay deserves pointing and laughing. Especially the ones who try to correct you when you pronounce it correctly.

Same with people calling claret claré. Just because its french wine, doesn't mean the name is french.

JIZZLORD

i was corrected on my pronunciation of Weihenstephaner the other night by a barman. he also asked me did i know how to pour it

rubadub

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hUVYevxyVPY