Peter Aitken wrote:

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.


Maybe so, but it may be late to stop yourself from looking like a pedantic fool
you should realize that only some brandy is cognac. Cognac is brandy from the
Cognac region of France, just as Armanac, which is also a brandy from the
Armanac region. For that matter, I also like Calvados, also a brandy but made
from apples.