Brilliant..

[fogandrain]

I have renewed respect for Thomas Harris (and Hannibal Lecter of course) after coming across this on Wikipedia, while reading on Monoamine oxidase inhibitors and the cheese syndrome.

The first three items are familiar to Dr Hannibal Lecter, the fictional psychiatrist and serial killer. Hence his most famous line: "I ate his liver, with some fava

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[stellinachild]

'cept in the movie he mispronouces chianti. auugh.

[anonymous]

And how, pray tell, should Chianti be pronounced, o grammar guru?

[fogandrain]

He does pronounce it rather oddly in the movie. I don't know if it's technically wrong, but it certainly isn't how I'm used to hearing it.

I thought he got it right...no?

[anonymous]

I seem to recall it being "some fava beans and a nice 'key-on-tee'." So far as I know, that's the correct way. I've heard some scuffles over whether "-on-" or "-an-" is preferable, but I think the "h" is silent in all learned pronunciations. ~PNT