Wine Asylum

Posted by newbilong on November 24, 2004 at 20:59:55

In Reply to: Re: MO. AY OR MO ET posted by jumpfer on November 23, 2004 at 03:52:04:

isn't it Mo e tay shan do(n)?

the e is short and the terminal consonant (t) is carried over to the next word

it's a french name, with a history of being pronounced in french, and the wine is made in champagne. we don't pronounce wharfedale differently just because its chinese-owned.