Talk:champagne

Technically incorrect???? Excuse me but in the English speaking world there are no institution enforcing language usage. If the people use it in a certain way long enough it becomes the correct way of speaking. And let's face it many people use the word "champagne" for "sparkling wine", generally. Of course if you live in a country where the state decides which words mean what and which words you are legally allowed to speak, well, then maybe it is LEGALLY incorrect. But not TECHNICALLY incorrect, not linguaistically anyway, since the trademark has become linguistically generalized through a linguistical process that is centuries old, has existed in all languages, everywhere and in all times and which, similarly to physical phenomena, is impossible to be stopped, by any amount of heavy-handed state intervention. Because linguistical phenomena, like physical phenomena, are natural, and one can't stop them, as one can't stop earthquakes.