Why We're Not Talkin'

[hollywood]

Now, that was funny!

[joethefoodie]

On 9/9/2022 at 3:57 PM, Tubbs said:

Best bagels in the country are in Teaneck. 

 

Can you tell me where in Teaneck?

[voyager]

17 hours ago, Sneakeater said:

But my teacher, the formidable La Theñora Pereth, wouldn't approve.

I am reminded of my Italian teacher who on first day of class told us that in Italy, you are immediately judged when you speak.  Your region and social class are immediately apparent.   She said, "You will not learn a lot in this class but what you will speak will be proper Sienese."   

She was absolutely correct.    I didn't learn much.

[mongo_jones]

try being a single malt whisky drinker dealing with american liquor store employees. i got so accustomed to mispronouncing the names of distilleries to move things along that i did it even when in the u.k. at berry brothers & rudd in london the manager made what i think he thought was a sly joke at my expense. he'd given me a bit of an auchroisk to taste and i made a comment about how distilleries like auchroisk make good whisky that flies under most american whisky drinkers' radar. he responded saying something like, "yes, so much so that most people don't even know how to pronounce their name". i realized that i'd pronounced it the way i'd have to in american stores for anyone to know what i was talking about--basically the pronouncing it the way it looks: aaook-roysk. the proper pronunciation is closer to "oth-rusk". of course, i didn't want to then so, "oh, actually i know how it's pronounced--i mispronounced it because..."

[Sneakeater]

I’m sitting at a bar. I just ordered a Vinho Verde to wash down some oysters. I pronounced it “veen-yo vair-day”, but with an American accent. The bartender responded, “Oh, a Vinho Verde” in full-on SNL Iberian.

He was Japanese. 

[AaronS]

1 hour ago, mongo_jones said:

try being a single malt whisky drinker dealing with american liquor store employees. i got so accustomed to mispronouncing the names of distilleries to move things along that i did it even when in the u.k. at berry brothers & rudd in london the manager made what i think he thought was a sly joke at my expense. he'd given me a bit of an auchroisk to taste and i made a comment about how distilleries like auchroisk make good whisky that flies under most american whisky drinkers' radar. he responded saying something like, "yes, so much so that most people don't even know how to pronounce their name". i realized that i'd pronounced it the way i'd have to in american stores for anyone to know what i was talking about--basically the pronouncing it the way it looks: aaook-roysk. the proper pronunciation is closer to "oth-rusk". of course, i didn't want to then so, "oh, actually i know how it's pronounced--i mispronounced it because..."

because you’re american...

[Sneakeater]

I love ROKC. 

[joethefoodie]

55 minutes ago, Sneakeater said:

I’m sitting at a bar. I just ordered a Vinho Verde to wash down some oysters. I pronounced it “veen-yo vair-day”, but with an American accent. The bartender responded, “Oh, a Vinho Verde” in full-on SNL Iberian.

He was Japanese. 

¿Quién es más macho? 

 

[Wilfrid]

43 minutes ago, Sneakeater said:

I love ROKC. 

I really have to go there? It doesn’t look like I’d like it.

[Sneakeater]

Only one way to find out. 

[Sneakeater]

I think a key is you have to treat ROKC as a restaurant rather than a bar. 

[Wilfrid]

But La Perla Negra next door presents no challenges. 

[The Flon]

5 hours ago, Sneakeater said:

I think a key is you have to treat ROKC as a restaurant rather than a bar. 

But sit at the bar. And just accept it can be loud 

[Sneakeater]

Oh of course I sit at the bar.  I just mean that to me the cocktails work more as what I call “restaurant cocktails” — “interesting” cocktails that work as preludes and conclusions to meals they were designed to complement — than as things you’d go to drink in and of themselves.

It seems to me the real emphasis there is on ROK rather than C. 

[Sneakeater]

Certainly everybody at the bar tonight and every night I’ve ever been there was dining.

Which is not the case at, say, Bar Goto.