I had a very shaming experience from an event planner who sent me an email after an event, really ridiculing me for how I mispronounced Pema Chodron’s name and said that if I was going to call myself an academic or a thought leader, I should at least have the respect to pronounce ...
Considered a noble wine in Alsace, Gewurztraminer (geh-VAIRTZ-trah-mee-ner) has the distinction of being one of the easiest wines to recognize and the hardest to spell and pronounce. It is spectacularly fragrant, with heady scents of lychee nut, rose petal, apricot, pear, and clovelike sp...