The Annoyed Man wrote: This reminds me of my then already ancient and somewhat addled grandmother, holding a bottle of California wine in her hands, and asking me "qu'est-ce que c'est "dree"" ["dree" pronouced with that guttural back-of-the-throat "r" that the French use]? "What?" Again she says, "qu'est-ce que c'est "dree"?" ....as she points to the word "dry" on the wine label........
I can almost hear her voice.