Brithenig is an answer to the question of what English might have sounded like as a Romance language, if vulgar Latin had taken root on the British Isles.

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The word sommelier (pronounced some-el-YAY) is derived from the Vulgar Latin word for "beast of burden, " which may seem at odds with the image of a well-dressed man (or woman) proffering a wine list to a table of guests.

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