Just sayin

http://www.merriam-webster.com/cgi-bin/audio.pl?bixpli01.wav=Pliny  :wink:

I refuse to say “Ply-knee” for this reason. Talked with Vinnie about it once and he shook his head saying he knew now, but didn’t know then.

Huh, ain’t that some s***.  Did not know that.  Live and learn.

Hey!  Me too!  He gave me that “it’s too late now” look…

Got correct pronunciation a few years ago from a buddy who knew all about Pliny before ever hearing of the beer. Hard to change.

I’ll bet you say las an-gel-es all the time :wink:

This is like people who pronounce primer like primmer. And why I hate the English language.

-Sent from the future.

I just can’t bring myself to say “plin-knee”…sounds like I’m ordering a Zima or something.

An wtf with saying apricot like “ape-ri-cot”?  :stuck_out_tongue:

How do you say April?    App-rill

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Sounds like… “Good n Plenty”.

I’ve always pronounced it “Ply-knee”… :-[

I guess it rhymes with Vinnie

Rhymes better when you say it correctly!

its like wort=wert.  say it how ever you like.

Tomato  :o

They should have spelled it Plinny if they expected us to know how to pronounce it.  I’d heard of Pliny the Elder (and Younger) before the beer(s), but I still didn’t know how it was supposed to be pronounced.  I go back and forth, sometimes it’s Pliny, other times Plinny.

But it’s Vinnie’s beer, he can pronounce it any way he wants regardless of the historical pronunciation.

I never even would have thought to call it “Ply-knee.”  But since you can’t get it here, it’s never been an issue.

What I would like to know is how are you supposed to pronounce Duvel?

Due-vel

Accent on which syllable?

I’ve heard it both ways.  Due-VEL and DUE-vel.

I tend to go for Due-VEL.  For no particular reason…  But I always feel like maybe I’m wrong.

I’ve heard both DOO-vƏl and doo-VELL. I believe the first is the proper pronunciation, but I have a hard time shaking my French and usually say the latter.

That’s pretty accurate, but if you want to be picky, the “OO” is a sound that isn’t in the English language. The best way I can think to describe it is it’s somewhere between “UH” and “OO” but focused just behind the teeth.