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

295 replies

Wonkybanana · 08/03/2020 17:59

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.)

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DrinkFeckArseGirls · 08/03/2020 19:46

I was once corrected by a man in a Co-op who was taking my Hermes parcel. I think he said “Her-meez” but I was too busy being offended that he corrected me that I forgot what he said Grin

DrinkFeckArseGirls · 08/03/2020 19:46

Carole has an emphasis on the second syllable.

Hittapotamus · 08/03/2020 19:47

Apropos of nothing

I know what it means but how do you say it without sounding like a knob?

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EineReiseDurchDieZeit · 08/03/2020 19:50

App pro pro

user5656 · 08/03/2020 19:53

I lived in France for 25years and can confirm the following :
L'occitane = loxy tan
Moët = mwet
Anaïs = ann-eye-ees
Louboutin =

TeaSoakedDisasterMagnet · 08/03/2020 19:54

How is the place name Alrewas pronounced?

Flymetothetoon · 08/03/2020 20:01

@user5656 you confirmed the Moët pronunciation but don't leave me hanging re louboutin! 😀

Laiste · 08/03/2020 20:20

Parure.

Tiara/necklace/earring/broach set.

Pa-roooray?
Par-oooor?

ploddingdonkey · 08/03/2020 20:23

@gingajewel eye-bew-pro-fen

puds11 · 08/03/2020 20:30

@TeaSoakedDisasterMagnet drive past there today and thought exactly the same! I thought Al-ray-was.

user5656 · 08/03/2020 20:51

@Flymetothetoon
Sorry pressed post too soon.
For me the emphasis is more on the bou but it's pretty equal.

rollonoctober · 08/03/2020 20:52

Ol re woz for Alrewas

user5656 · 08/03/2020 20:54

Any mention of Louboutin shoes always reminds if this

Can we have a 'how do you pronounce that' thread please?
user5656 · 08/03/2020 20:55

*reminds me of this

rollonoctober · 08/03/2020 20:57

For me, latte.

Lat-Tay or lar-Tay?

I can never decide and end up with some weird pronunciation somewhere between the 2.

thequeenbeyondthewall · 08/03/2020 20:58

How do you say givenchy

fedup21 · 08/03/2020 20:58

Jiv on shay

MrsPelligrinoPetrichor · 08/03/2020 20:59

I thought the shoes were pronounced La not Le

It is

thequeenbeyondthewall · 08/03/2020 21:00

I said lar Tay and my sister laughed at me and said "lar Tay" hahah it's " la Tay"

user5656 · 08/03/2020 21:00

Parure = pa - roorrre
That's a tricky one to pronounce correctly.
My DC (born in france) still laugh at me trying to say "serrure" or "fourrure".

BonnesVacances · 08/03/2020 21:01

For Latte, the Italians say Lat-teh, but the Americans turned it into Lar-tay.

user5656 · 08/03/2020 21:02

Givenchy = Jee-Von--shee
Clarins = kla - ranz
Lancôme = lon - comb

MrsPelligrinoPetrichor · 08/03/2020 21:04

I stand corrected,I just looked it up, it's

Loo bah tan

diamonddandelions · 08/03/2020 21:04

Cholmondley

Ohmymg · 08/03/2020 21:05

Yosemite- always gets me, have asked before and it doesn’t stay inside my brain