AIBP (pretentious) to pronounce L'Occitane "LOCK SEE TAN"?

[MardyBra]

Especially when friends and family call it "LOCKY TAIN"?

I pronounce it Loxee Tan and will continue to do so. The fact that Lock See Tan amounts to the same thing will not deter me.

Bloody phone put the dot things, then bloody app mucked them up. Bah.

Cheers mardy! I watched the vid on their website and was still no clearer about what it was. I enjoyed the gypsy jazz guitar on the soundtrack though.

stars the dots are above the e so your app helped you out there

I thought it was French ( now very confused!). I'm bilingual as my Mum was French and I've always thought it was pronounced 'lo-kee-tan'. But it seems I am mistaken...

I think it is pronounced that way because the name comes from Occitan rather than French. It's a minority language spoken in parts of Southern France and Northern Spain.

I thought mumsnet taught me 'Moet' was mwet? Not mow-ett (as non-french speaker no. 1 might say).

Why the fuck do you give a flying fuck?

Why is it pretentious to use a word correctly, or pronounce a name how it is supposed to be said?
That's just daft.

Yes moet is mwet. But I still feel a twat saying it like that!

Mardy you lovely lady. You are sadly deluded.

The pronunciation is, of course,

"Why the fuck do you give a flying fuck?"

I refuse to put "light-hearted" in a thread title to pander to the thread dementors who want to suck the life-force and fun out of MN.

Thanks Talc. Am practising now.

I love their Shea butter hand cream. I will try remember the correct pronunciation now that you've pointed it out. Don't know that I've ever said it out loud, but I was another who thought it was locky tan.

If I'm not quite sure about pronunciation (things like chorizo, ciabatta etc.) I just sort of point and mumble.

Whilst shuffling my feet awkwardly of course...

So it's La-Cocky-Cocky-Taney then?

I had a chorizo thread a couple of months ago. Yes, I am obsessed with pronunciations.

Chor-eth-o btw.

Talc

You made me guffaw!

I quite like La-Cocky-Cocky-Taney.

Thank you, by the way!

I can hold my head up in the deli section now!

Salmo - it's been La-Cocky-Cocky-taney in this house, ever since seeing that delightful YouTube explanation.

The assistant in John Lewis had clearly not been so enlightened, however. I saw her fumbling for the panic button under the desk on more than one occasion (pronounced Ockey-Ockey-A-Shun).

And "Che batta"

Although BIL calls it kya-batta.

Oh thank you.

I always feel like a plum when I'm unsure about pronounciation!

Talc you do make me laugh!