Post #764260 by JenTiki on Thu, May 26, 2016 1:08 PM

Jen, where did you get your source for Martin's take? Are you sure there was no soft T?

Well, Martin is my friend. I have drunk over 500 rums at his bar and have spent many hours listening to him talk about rum and mai tais and have heard both words (Orgeat and Clement) come directly from his mouth several times. He also used an image similar to this to illustrate the Orgeat pronunciation at a Tiki Oasis symposium a few years back: