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"Wayne Boatwright" wrote in
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"Peter Aitken" wrote in
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"Wayne Boatwright" wrote in
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Rodney Myrvaagnes wrote:


If it had been French, it would have been called 'Marc de
[wherever]' not Grappa. Regular-size bottles of grappa and
marc cover a wide range of prices reflecting what they can
get for them, just like whiskey, cognac, etc. Usually age is
a significant cost factor.

I tried Marc once. It must be an acquired taste. I like most
liquors
straight and
thoroughly enjoy a nice brandy or cognac. Drinking marc was a
unique
experience.
I sipped it and attempted to savour it. What I experienced was
a sequence
of
sensations as it passed from one zone of my palate to another,
and none of
them
pleasant.


Before you make any more efforts to come across as a learned
connoisseur you might do well to kearn a littlle about the
subject. Cognac *is* brandy.



Before you make any more efforts to come across as a complete ass,
recognize that not all brandy is cognac. It seems common to
reference both.

Wayne

Are you in a nitwit contest? I suspect you are way ahead. My point
exactly - all Cognac is brandy, but not all brandy is Cognac.
Saying "I enjoy brandy and Cognac" is like saying "I enjoy wine and
Burgundy" or "I enjoy whiskey and Scotch." If you do not understand
that then you are beyond hope.


No, but you must be. Many people make a distinction between Cognac
and other brandies. Some people enjoy one and not the other.
Similarly, you are missing the point in your own example of whiskey
and Scotch. Some may enjoy Scotch and not other types of whiskey.
To collectively say that they enjoy whiskey would not be correct.


Beyond hope it is. But, in a last effort to communicate, here's the
correct way to say it: I enjoy Cognac and other brandies.

Or perhaps: I enjoy Scotch but not other whiskeys.

I hope you get it. If not, there's nothing more I can do for you.



Believe me, Peter, I didn't ask you to do anything for me. I still think
the poster's statement would have been understood by most people. I
don't disagree that your phraseology may be more clear. RFC, however, is
not an English class and you are not the professor. Get over yourself,
or at least pontificate where it may be appreciated.