My friends over at Pheasant Ridge Winery shared this hilarious poster with me while I was out at the winery on Friday. This is a pretty good indication of the level of sophistication shown by many Texas wine drinkers. Remember, it's said "pea no – now har".
It’s not too much different from being a wino in NC, sadly… I worked at a bar here a couple years back, and the lack of knowledge about alcohol was staggering.
Once, we had someone order a screwdriver with Grey Goose. They got it, tasted it, and complained they couldn’t taste the alcohol in it. We remade it with Aristocrat, and they took a sip and said, “Now that’s a high-quality liquor.” *shudder*
People trying to pronounce the wines was an exercise in futility. I gave up on correcting them after a month. “Yes, ma’am, I’ll get your cabinet saw-vig-nawn, right away.”
That’s funny.
Yeah, I understand that there are a lot of people who are new to wine, so of course they don’t know how to say some of the names of these wines. Still, for the Texas Department of Agriculture to see this as a big enough problem to issue a poster with pronunciation of wine varieties just goes to show how little knowledge the wine drinking public in this state has. I’m just doing my best to be a part of the solution and not the problem.
Thats really funny
Ok, so I will admit that even though I know the names and I can say them…my West Texas accent still gets in the way. My husband makes allot of fun of me.
Lol, there is always that. It’s fun to hear what the Texas accent can do to a word, especially a French one.
Yep, I made some people chuckle in France.
Oh my, you should have let me clean up this image.
Although I’ve lived in Texas most of my life, I was fortunate enough to learn to speak in the Midwest and West. Some of my favorite Texan words:
Coke – means all forms of carbonated beverage — “Would you bring me a Coke, please?” “What kind?” “Dr. Pepper.” And yet, I am constantly teased for appropriately using the word “soda.”
Center – said “sinner” and a source of much confusion for me.
Cement – said “CEE-meant.” During my Chicago grandmother’s first visit to Houston, our six year old neighbor girl was going on about the “hot, wet cement” for some reason. I thought my grandmother would faint as she kept asking “What?!” over and over with a horrified look on her face. I believe she thought the little girl was saying “semen.”
Fixin’ to – my mom literally punished us for using this, so, needless to say, we never did. (It’s like a swear word to her.) Thanks, Mom (really).
Irregardless – maybe people everywhere say this. Either way, IT DRIVES ME CRAZY. (If you’re one of these people, please ask yourself, “What does ‘regardless’ mean?”)
Anyhoo, this rant is totally unrelated to wine, but you know me – I love to vent.