What the heck is a loon?

Cantillon

 

It's an abbreviation of Cantillon, based off of a ridiculous mispronunciation by American beer geeks, in which Cantillon apparently rhymes with pantiloons.

Don't use it, just say Cantillon the proper way: can-tea-yonh, with that last nh sound there silent in a French sort of way.

 

Good question, good answer. I was always quasi-interested. Thanks!

 

The obligatory It's a Duck answer.

 

Short for Cantillon, which I suspect is because some folks can't find the "C" "A" "T" "I" on their keyboards at the time. As for the beers themselves, it's the equivalent of autoerotic asphyxiation for some beer geeks who can't get excited over Drie Fonteinen or Hanssens.

 

You made me lol irl in a public place. Shame on you for making me look like an idiot.

 

It's the only legitimate answer.

 

This thread is full of loons!

 

you. you are a loon.

 

It's based on some dude's ISO post a couple years ago on BA. He abbreviated Cantillon with Loon, and it became an instant meme.

 

I'm not sure what everyone else is telling you but it is an aquatic bird...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loon

I see them all the time when I'm out Kayaking.

 

ISO: LOON
FT: DAWK LAWD (spoken in the voice of the marriage guy from princess bride)

 

That's funny, I remember reading that the 'pantiloon' one was the correct pronunciation and I could hardly believe it. My new question is, where is the emPHAsis in the proper pronunciation?

 

A mountain in NH.

 

my 1st wife.

 

you put the wrong emPHAsis on the wrong syLLAble!!

 

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