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Get the whine

Get the whine

Get the whine

(OP)
I got a laugh from an email I received today from a non-native English speaker regarding a quality defect:

"...It is very possible for us to get the whine from [the customer] because of this..."

And he doesn't mean a bottle of vintage red! It might not be how a native speaker would have said it, but the point couldn't have been communicated any better.

Any other examples?

RE: Get the whine

we receive a whine from the customer because the wine we sent to him had a nasty taste.

Cheers

luis

RE: Get the whine

A joke that only works if you think "wh" words are pronounced the same as "w".  Wut vs. what and Y vs. why.  In the southern US, you can hear the "whhhhh"ine.

RE: Get the whine

Did they send any cheese with it?

RE: Get the whine

I am not a native my self so I have a lot of examples.

First sit down restaurant I went to in the US the waitress asked me if I wanted soup or salad.  I thought I was hearing if I wanted Super Salad.  So I said sure!  It is big and it comes with your meal for free!

The one that my friends always remember was when I pronounced "electricity".  I pronounced it electric-city .

RE: Get the whine

I swear I am not making this up.

I recently reviewed a FMECA from a vendor where the "Failure Effect" listed for many of the failure modes was "Customer Complaint".

RE: Get the whine

SomptingGuy - a very useful reference indeed.
I have passed this on to colleagues so they may benefit.

Bill

RE: Get the whine


If john Wayne had a wine cellar instead, of whine in the whisky, he'd still be alive today



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