malone + anthonystmichel My comment on the jocular anglicisation of the word 'merlot' was somewhat tongue-in-cheek, of course, but I quite agree that the second syllable would not anyway be pronounced as is 'low' in standard English. Although the Jumbo dispensed with such niceties some years ago, along with Shakespeare, Kipling, and Classics as cultural references, in favour of gangsta rap an' stuff. Any youse bro' seen Stan this week?