suseyblue

...macchiato, frappucino, mochaccino (I was paying attention on the pronunciation thread- might be the high school Italian tho' ). 'evoo', ugh, 'yum'. And I said 'lovely' on my first post, hehe. I think it's 'brekkie'. And I spent an hour once looking for synonyms for 'mouthfeel', I despise it so much. (Guess what- there's NOTHING ELSE. Word coiners, get busy.) Susan B

Holy crap, I just read this whole thread (vastly entertaining; I got to learn a great deal, & feel both smug & unbelievably stupid) because it came up on a search thread I was doing, & what I was looking for in the first place didn't show up here at all. Emphasis on the stupid for my question: OK. Years ago, I made a call to order something from Godiva, & they pronounced it 'Godeeva'. I queried them, and they said, yes, that's it, everyone in the US [edit: and presumably Britain] just butchers it. So for years, I have been saying Godeeva, and feeling about as superior as when I pronounce 'forte' correctly (or Moet ). Now I am having a friendly internet discussion, & someone called the website phone number to confirm this (at my suggestion; I had heard it from the chocolatier's mouth!), and they were told, quote: that if someone was pronouncing it that way ['Godeeva'] they didn't deserve to eat any! My theories are: A) They got so weary of correcting American pronunciation of what is it, a French-Belgian pronunciation of a 'modern' British corruption of a Saxon name? that they changed it, B) The above, but when it was bought by Campbell's, they really decided they didn't feel like fighting the tide & dumbed it down for us Amurricans purposely, or C) They were shitting me on the phone all those years ago & just having their little joke. (Option D), that I am losing my memory with all my hormones in perimenopause, does not appeal.) Am I crazy? What gives? I am so glad that there is a place where knowledgable people who CARE about issues of such import are here to consult! Help! TIA, Susan B

Hi. Relatively unschooled newbie here, but I wanted to mention that I've been making variations on ti' ponch for decades & the Ten Cane I bought the last time I was in Florida is just fine, lovely in this heat. (I'll try the Flash punch later, since I have some ginger beer & lemon ice on hand & let y'all know how the Ten Cane works with that.) I think this may be my first or second post after joining last year. This is the kind of place one likes to lurk for awhile before daring to post. So very much to digest! Anyway, hello, I'll try to be more erudite next time. Susan B