Quick question

[beloitpiper]

How do you pronounce "Jabot" and "Ruche"?

[Maclachlan]

How do you pronounce "Jabot" and "Ruche"?

Jabot

Ruche

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[McClef]

Jabow (as in French Je) and Roosh.

[beloitpiper]

Thanks guys! You can never be too sure. I remember when I was young, my grandfather was having something to drink, and I looked a the bottle and thought I would impress him with knowing how to pronounce French names.
"How is your glen-live-ay?"
He stares at me, then at the bottle, then at me again, and starts laughing.
"Hah! Lad, it's Glenlivet, and don't you forget it!"

I never did.

[Maclachlan]

Been down that road a time or two myself! Glad to help!

[Jack Daw]

Thanks guys! You can never be too sure. I remember when I was young, my grandfather was having something to drink, and I looked a the bottle and thought I would impress him with knowing how to pronounce French names.
"How is your glen-live-ay?"
He stares at me, then at the bottle, then at me again, and starts laughing.
"Hah! Lad, it's Glenlivet, and don't you forget it!"

I never did.

It took awhile before I realized how LagaVUlin and GlenMORangie were pronounced...that is, assuming I learned correctly.

[Woodsheal]

While we're at it, for sporran do you say:

SPORE-ehn, or

spore-ANN...?

[fudgeman]

While we're at it, for sporran do you say:

SPORE-ehn, or

spore-ANN...?

Interesting--I always pronounced it the first way--but I was talking to a Scotsman and he pronounced it the second way. See following:

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sporran

This says the first way is "correct".

[Jack Daw]

While we're at it, for sporran do you say:

SPORE-ehn, or

spore-ANN...?

The former.

[fshguy]

It took awhile before I realized how LagaVUlin and GlenMORangie were pronounced...that is, assuming I learned correctly.

Thanks for that. I'm just now getting interested in Scotch and have been rather intimidated trying to pronounce some of the varieties when ordering.