Champagne
Sir,—l note with interest the decision 2 by Montana wines to drop the term “champagne” in deference to the French. Is this move one of the unwritten clauses in the Rainbow Warrior settlement that Mr Lange never told us about? Having committed an outrage in our harbours, do the French also demand the right to interfere with our favourite tipples? Where does the French arrogance stop? Will they ban local mayonnaise producers from using the term "French dressing” or demand that we stop eating “French fries”? We are all well aware of how hard the French try to prevent the anglicising of their own language (e.g., the words supermarket, week-end, and many others are discouraged from use), but this time they have gone too far. Good on the Giesen Wine Estate for using a French-origin word on a German-style wine in New Zealand. It is appropriate and expresses the meaning accurately, which is the delight of our flexible English language.— Yours, etc., G. A. SMITH. July 19, 1986.
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