Indescribably weird...

[Kay Bixler]

Rahsaan, "bojo" and "champers" make me cringe as well, though I'm not even sure why. Also "killer juice" seems to have bro quality to it that seems totally out of place in the world of fine wine. Or at least the world of fine wine as it exists in my head.

 

[Sharon Bowman]

originally posted by Kay Bixler:
"champers"

This gives me a case of the blues.

I am also somehow weirdly irked by descriptions of wine as "singing."

 

[Jeff Grossman]

originally posted by Sharon Bowman:
I am also somehow weirdly irked by descriptions of wine as "singing."

I take your point for Ethel Merman but who doesn't like a good glass of Aretha or Siouxsie Sioux?

 

[Mike Evans]

originally posted by Sharon Bowman:

originally posted by Kay Bixler:
"champers"

This gives me a case of the blues.

I am also somehow weirdly irked by descriptions of wine as "singing."

Are descriptions of wine as chanting, yodeling, crooning, belting, trilling, or warbling equally irksome?

 

[Sharon Bowman]

originally posted by Jeff Grossman:

originally posted by Sharon Bowman:
I am also somehow weirdly irked by descriptions of wine as "singing."

I take your point for Ethel Merman but who doesn't like a good glass of Aretha or Siouxsie Sioux?

I can get behind that.

 

[Sharon Bowman]

originally posted by Mike Evans:

originally posted by Sharon Bowman:
I am also somehow weirdly irked by descriptions of wine as "singing."

Are descriptions of wine as chanting, yodeling, crooning, belting, trilling, or warbling equally irksome?

Birdlike, Gregorian and Alpine wines have my vote.

 

[MarkS]

originally posted by Rahsaan:
That's a lot of effort for a wine board.

Hey, we all have standards to uphold!

 

[Rahsaan]

Agreed on all the above annoying-isms mentioned. I didn't want to add to the list, but those would have been up there.

And I understand why Bojo, Corton Charlie and Champers are so annoying, because it's simultaneous Casualization and Anglicization of French words. I am less sure why 'singing' wines and 'killer juice' annoy me so. Perhaps it is the bro-thing.

 

[Todd Abrams]

originally posted by Kay Bixler:
"bojo" and "champers" make me cringe as well

While these are annoying, my peeves are far more mainstream. “Somm” and “Cab” drive me nuts. And generally when people speak these word clips they tend to elongate the pronunciation. When you clearly have time to say the whole word, say the whole damn word. And let's not even speak of the phrase “Om nom nom”

p.s. You kids get off my lawn!

 

[Jay Miller]

originally posted by Todd Abrams:

originally posted by Kay Bixler:
"bojo" and "champers" make me cringe as well

While these are annoying, my peeves are far more mainstream. “Somm” and “Cab” drive me nuts. And generally when people speak these word clips they tend to elongate the pronunciation. When you clearly have time to say the whole word, say the whole damn word. And let's not even speak of the phrase “Om nom nom”

p.s. You kids get off my lawn!

Hey, if me and my Somm bros wants to drink Moose, Cab and Bojo on your lawn you gots to get with the times. Pour yourself some Champers, chill out and get with the program bro.

Excuse me, I have to go wash my hands. I feel unclean after typing that.

 

[Cole Kendall]

originally posted by Jonathan Loesberg:
even Homer slept

Sorry, Homer did not sleep, he nodded.

Empirical evidence

 

[Eden Mylunsch]

originally posted by Jay Miller:

originally posted by Todd Abrams:

originally posted by Kay Bixler:
"bojo" and "champers" make me cringe as well

While these are annoying, my peeves are far more mainstream. “Somm” and “Cab” drive me nuts. And generally when people speak these word clips they tend to elongate the pronunciation. When you clearly have time to say the whole word, say the whole damn word. And let's not even speak of the phrase “Om nom nom”

p.s. You kids get off my lawn!

Hey, if me and my Somm bros wants to drink Moose, Cab and Bojo on your lawn you gots to get with the times. Pour yourself some Champers, chill out and get with the program bro.

Excuse me, I have to go wash my hands. I feel unclean after typing that.

And take your screagle with you!!

-Eden (you can't flip the bird if you can't afford it in the first place)

 

[Jonathan Loesberg]

originally posted by Cole Kendall:

originally posted by Jonathan Loesberg:
even Homer slept

Sorry, Homer did not sleep, he nodded.

Empirical evidence

Your evidence shows that Homer did sleep now and again. But you're right, the standard English rendering of Horace has Homer nodding. I must have been napping myself.

 

[maureen]

originally posted by Kay Bixler:
Rahsaan, "bojo" and "champers" make me cringe as well, though I'm not even sure why. Also "killer juice" seems to have bro quality to it that seems totally out of place in the world of fine wine. Or at least the world of fine wine as it exists in my head.

And I hate a tasting note that begins "Pop N Pour" - especially when it is burgundy. It seems like the wine-drinking equivent of slam, bam, thank you ma'am.

 

[robert ames]

"fruit forward". kool-aid without the oak. what a victory.

 

[Bill Lundstrom]

sorta related, i detest nicknames or pet names for food. like, "sammies", "veggies" (not too horrible), "ghettis" (for spaghetti), snausages, etc.

 

[Jeff Grossman]

originally posted by Bill Lundstrom:
sorta related, i detest nicknames or pet names for food. like, "sammies", "veggies" (not too horrible), "ghettis" (for spaghetti), snausages, etc.

Spagbol, anyone?

 

[Rahsaan]

originally posted by Bill Lundstrom:
sorta related, i detest nicknames or pet names for food. like, "sammies", "veggies" (not too horrible), "ghettis" (for spaghetti), snausages, etc.

I feel the same way about veggies. As if the glorious vegetable kingdom needed re-branding!

But I've never heard of ghettis. That's a new one!

 

[Bill Lundstrom]

originally posted by Jeff Grossman:

originally posted by Bill Lundstrom:
sorta related, i detest nicknames or pet names for food. like, "sammies", "veggies" (not too horrible), "ghettis" (for spaghetti), snausages, etc.

Spagbol, anyone?

As in, a bowl of spaghetti?

 

[Bill Lundstrom]

originally posted by Rahsaan:

originally posted by Bill Lundstrom:
sorta related, i detest nicknames or pet names for food. like, "sammies", "veggies" (not too horrible), "ghettis" (for spaghetti), snausages, etc.

I feel the same way about veggies. As if the glorious vegetable kingdom needed re-branding!

But I've never heard of ghettis. That's a new one!

Lots of silly variations like ghettis, sas-ghettis, spa-ghetts (some people think that actually sounds more Italian) like mozz instead of mozzarella, or manicott instead of manicotti. Ridiculous.