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Qvevri vs. Kvevri
editQvevri is not alternate spelling ,its a wrong spelling. the reason of this mistake is that Georgian ქ /k⁽ʰ⁾/ is located on the same key on the keyboard as latin Q. in reality Q corresponds to georgian ყ /qʼ/ see: georgian scripts — Preceding unsigned comment added by 176.221.252.247 (talk) 10:52, 4 April 2014 (UTC)
- Just saw the wrong spelling "qvevri" repeatedly in a BBC online article on Georgian wine. I can't read Georgian, but I can recognise the letters, and I couldn't remember any of them being transliterated as "q". Anyway, now I know what the problem is - thanks, people! I'm not going to point out the error to the BBC, as the Wiki article says this is a mistake Georgians invariably make, and I'll end up in a hopeless tug-of-war over "original Georgian sources" with people who have little idea of how languages (other than English) work.84.243.236.9 (talk) 15:33, 28 February 2019 (UTC)
- Qvevri seems to be the most common spelling on Tbilisi's supermarket shelves and restaurant menus. It is also the spelling that used in Homeland of Wine magazine, a Georgian-published trade journal (ISSN 2667-9140). The adverts and bottle labels depicted therein also preponderously use the spelling Qvevri. A survey of the photographs of legible bottle labels and adverts (i.e., spellings separate from the publisher's editorial style) in issues 3 and 4 of the magazine gives the following results: Qvevri 15; Kvevri 3. The Qvevris include big names like Chateau Mukhrani and Shumi. I think the standard Latin spelling has become Qvevri, regardless of what linguists tell us it should be.
- Anecdotally, I only found the Kvevri spelling after trying to find the Qvevri Wikipedia page. It's not really out there on the streets of Tbilisi.
- The 2019 BBC article mentioned above is here in all its qvevri-ness.
- --Ingafube (talk) 11:29, 15 December 2021 (UTC)
Dating
editThis article has kvevri dating from about 8000 BCE, but the Amphora page says 6000BCE. --87.113.184.24 (talk) 13:24, 1 June 2015 (UTC)
Copied Content
editThe final paragraph of this article is taken word for word from the (incorrectly cited) web page mentioned at the end.