Can we have a 'how do you pronounce that' thread please?

[Wonkybanana]

I'll start with one that drives me crackers, Louboutin.

Is it -
LOO-boo-tan

Loo-BOO-tan
or
Loo-Boo-TAN

Please put me out of my misery!
(As you might have guessed, they're not in my price range however it's pronounced.)

DS watch Longines he says its Lon-gins, I’m not convinced.

@BuzzShitbagBobbly @Clangus00

It's actually Ell-wez. My friend is related to him.

I know "miss-led" but I swear I used to use/know/head "myzled" - anyone else?

I think misled has always been said mis-LED, but every time I read it written down it goes 'mizzled' in my head.

L'Occitane: the 'French' as in standard French way is probably as Potato says, but the Occitan pronunciation is as the company themselves have it: Loxxitan. Makes sense seeing as it's an Occitan company (or branded as such, anyway).

@goingtotown it's lawn-djeen (that 'dj' is like our 'dge' in ledge)

Oh and it's St Louie (the city), not St Lewis

Are you sure? We did a road trip in USA last year including St Louis, and everyone we met including the locals referred to it as St Lewis

Louboutin - le boo ton

Taittinger. I know how to pronounce it but so many people get this wrong it cracks me up.

Sri Lanka anyone? I keep hearing "shree"

Louisville is an interesting one.

We have a fridge magnet from there and it lists 5 options for how to say it.

I say LOU-uh-vul. I'm not from Kentucky, but I am a Southerner.

By the way, St Louis is pronounced St. Lewis by people who live there. It's also the most common pronunciation in the US, although a few people say St. Louie.

I lived in Chicago heard it pronounced St Lewis.

Can we have Bostonians leave voice notes of them saying "park my car"? Please!!!

Magnet says:

Looavul
Luhvul
Loueville
Looaville
Looeyville

Most people we met said Luhvul.

We also went to St Louis and everyone said St Lewis

I’ve always pronounced ethereal as eth- eerie -ul, to rhyme with bacterial

Loewe is L’ wev -ay

Givenchy- zheev- on -shee

Interesting, I guess it's probably North Easterners or West Coast types I've heard mispronounce St Louis then.

Isn't the film title pronounced St Lewis

Meet me in St Lewis. Was referenced in the Sex and City.

Agh pressed too soon

Film is Meet Me In St Louis

it's lawn-djeen (that 'dj' is like our 'dge' in ledge)

I've scrolled up a bit but I can't find what this is referring to, and ironically, saying "lawn-djeen" out loud hasn't helped identify it either!

Longines I think!

It's not lawn, it's long.

And I'm half french too

Oh!!

I'd say that was long-zheen, not djeen - softer?

I thought it was Lon -zheen

Isn't the film title pronounced St Lewis

The trailer calls the movie "Meet Me in St. Lewis" but the song at the end of the trailer is meet Me in St. Lewey, Lewey."

Apparently it's an old fashioned pronunciation

www.quora.com/Why-do-Americans-pronounce-the-last-S-in-St-Louis-but-not-in-Des-Moines

I thought Des Moines DID have both its final 's's pronounced ie 'Des' like Des Lynam and 'Moines' to rhyme with 'coins'?

How is Arkansas pronounced? Is it Ark an saw or Ar kansas?