pardon my ignorance. How do you pronounce "Moet" (the champagne)?

 

Here's how I pronounce it. Mo as in Larry, Mo, and Curly. Et as in set. Someone correct me if I'm wrong.

 

Moh-ay it's French, I mean freedom Champagne.

 

[QUOTE]Originally posted by jjkt
[B]Moh-ay

 

Think of the painter Monet, and disregard the "n"...

 

I always thought the 't' was silent, until I heard a French TV chef say it. You do pronounce the 't', so it is "mo-et". From my very doubtful knowledge of French though this may depend on the word that comes next, as in whether it starts with a vowel or consonant. Anyway when the French TV chef I saw said "Moet et Chandon" the 't' in "Moet" was pronounced and the one in "et" was not.

 

That is correct: if a vowel begins the first word after a "silent consonant" then you pronounce the consonant.