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Sioux 12-11-2006 02:52 PM

Need Help On Pronunciation
 
How should " Clos Ste Hune" be pronounced?
And what does it mean?
Thanks
Ray



Richard Neidich 12-11-2006 02:59 PM

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Nice trick....imagine is she had done it with Pana Water!!! Great Reisling.


"Mike Tommasi" > wrote in message
...
> Sioux wrote:
>> How should " Clos Ste Hune" be pronounced?
>> And what does it mean?

>
>
> Pronounce cloh-sent-oon
>
> A clos is a vineyard enclosed by walls.
>
> Ste Hune is Sainte Hune, AKA Sainte Lavandière (the washerwoman saint), a
> 7th century frank who must have performed some miracle (turned water into
> riesling?) and after whom the village of Hunawihr was named.
>
> --
> Mike Tommasi - Six Fours, France
> email link http://www.tommasi.org/mymail




Sioux 12-11-2006 03:22 PM

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Thanks guys
"Richard Neidich" > wrote in message
ink.net...
> Nice trick....imagine is she had done it with Pana Water!!! Great

Reisling.
>
>
> "Mike Tommasi" > wrote in message
> ...
> > Sioux wrote:
> >> How should " Clos Ste Hune" be pronounced?
> >> And what does it mean?

> >
> >
> > Pronounce cloh-sent-oon
> >
> > A clos is a vineyard enclosed by walls.
> >
> > Ste Hune is Sainte Hune, AKA Sainte Lavandière (the washerwoman saint),

a
> > 7th century frank who must have performed some miracle (turned water

into
> > riesling?) and after whom the village of Hunawihr was named.
> >
> > --
> > Mike Tommasi - Six Fours, France
> > email link http://www.tommasi.org/mymail

>
>




Steve Slatcher 12-11-2006 04:48 PM

Need Help On Pronunciation
 
On Mon, 13 Nov 2006 02:40:15 -0800, "Dana H. Myers"
> wrote:

>Mike Tommasi wrote:
>> Sioux wrote:
>>> How should " Clos Ste Hune" be pronounced?
>>> And what does it mean?

>>
>>
>> Pronounce cloh-sent-oon
>>
>> A clos is a vineyard enclosed by walls.
>>
>> Ste Hune is Sainte Hune, AKA Sainte Lavandière (the washerwoman saint),
>> a 7th century frank who must have performed some miracle (turned water
>> into riesling?)

>
>I'm guessing she was the first to remove to red wine stains from
>shirts.


LOL. I note that St Benedict's first miracle was mending a broken
tray, so aclaiming the removal of a red wine stain as a miracle is not
too far fetched.

--
Steve Slatcher
http://pobox.com/~steve.slatcher

Dana H. Myers 13-11-2006 10:40 AM

Need Help On Pronunciation
 
Mike Tommasi wrote:
> Sioux wrote:
>> How should " Clos Ste Hune" be pronounced?
>> And what does it mean?

>
>
> Pronounce cloh-sent-oon
>
> A clos is a vineyard enclosed by walls.
>
> Ste Hune is Sainte Hune, AKA Sainte Lavandière (the washerwoman saint),
> a 7th century frank who must have performed some miracle (turned water
> into riesling?)


I'm guessing she was the first to remove to red wine stains from
shirts.

Dana


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