Merlot

Author: lima

Date: January 14, 2010

by lima
1-14-10
I think you'll find its pronounced 'Merlot'. Its French.
Yup, and the French pronounce it Mer-lot. Both syllables stressed.
Thing is, stressing both parts a word sounds alien to my English tongue, so I transpose such words into my own dialect. Like 'Cliche', for example.
It's still wrong, of course, but it makes more sense than only pronouncing the final part of the word, like some gargantuan wrong-cocked twat.
...I think I'll go for the Rioja
Good choice sir.