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続・続アンフォラとクヴェヴリ

アンフォラとクヴェヴリの違いについては、第一回続編でしつこく書いてますが、ようやく決着がつきそうです!(興奮)

 

今日はランチ時に社食でポテサラ食べながら、スマホ見てたらこんな記事をみつけました。

 

"Qvevri or Kvevri? Everything you need to know about these unique winemaking vessels"

http://www.the-buyer.net/insight/buyer-road-unique-qvevri-georgia/

 

"The name refers specifically to the large lemon-shaped terracotta pot that is buried in the ground up to its neck. The word literally means ‘that which is buried’ (not to be confused with ‘Amphora’ which are not)."

ずっと以前にジョージア人に聞いてもはっきりしなかったスペル問題(QvevriかKvevriか?)についても、ここで言及されています。

 

"Somewhat bizarrely the traditional way of spelling Qvevri is Kvevri but when Georgian is typed on a standard keyboard the key allocated to this ‘k’ is actually the ‘q’ key; Georgians therefore invariably spell the word with a ‘q’ in English, the Q spelling is increasingly being favoured by the Georgian wine industry because of its graphical resemblance to the oval-shaped Qvevri."

ようやくスッキリしました