Pronunciation tip: claret, Rothschild

James Harbeck of Sesquiotica gives advice on saying the words “claret“ and “Rothschild.“ For those who doubt the etymology, it’s very easy to look up Amschel Moses Rothschild and his forebears, who had no connection to the Rothes house of England, and -child has no history as a productive suffix in family names—especially not German ones. I’m turning off the comments because every so often someone with an axe to grind shows up, and this is not an axe-sharpening shop.