Cinque Gemma Red Cuvee (3)

Wednesday, September 12, 2012

All right, fine. I’ll give up on my mission to keep all foreign words out of our country. It was a dream, but a far-fetched dream. However, if I have to say foreign words, I’m going to say them in American. So “Cinque Gemma Red Cuvee” ain’t gonna happen — try “Kink Jemma Red Cuhvee.”

Oh, it’s a three-pack of California-style CHEEANTEE? Sounds as delicious as it does American. It contains several varietals, including SANGEEOVEESE, DOLEKETTO, and PET-IT SURRAH? What’s not to like? It pairs well with pasta and pizza? Er, I mean PUSTAH and PISER?

The more I think about it, the more I realize that all sorts of foreign words have infiltrated our vocabulary. Quiche? No way: QUICK, or maybe just EGG PIE since that’s what it really is. As a matter of fact, I’d call into question any word that has a Middle-French rather than Anglo-Saxon root.

I hold here a list of 900,000 words with potentially foreign etymologies…

• Alcohol: 14.4%
• PH: 3.48
• RS: .38 g/l
• SO2 Free: 11 ppm

Woot