Difficult Designer / Brand Pronunciation #1

Foxie-Pooh · 13-07-2004

I always have trouble pronuncing some foreign designer/brand names...lets list some tough names and teach the rest the correct way to say it :P

**ultramarine** · 13-07-2004

Well... I'm always confused about Proenza-Schouler ... some people say Skool-er and others Shoe-ler.

**Belowen** · 13-07-2004

Givenchy = Jhee-Von-Shee

prixi · 13-07-2004

how about Ghesquire...

TheSoCalledPrep · 13-07-2004

Comme des Garcons, Lacroix (La-croy??) --- Help on those!!!

Coming from a town where Von Dutch is upscale, I have never heard most of these names said aloud

Spacemiu · 13-07-2004

Comme Des Garcons - c-om de gar-son

Lacriox- la -cwa

Ghesquire- jes-key-er

this is teh best i can do

**softgrey** · 13-07-2004

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Originally posted by Spacemiu@Jul 13 2004, 06:06 PM

Ghesquire- jes-key-er

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actually ...i think it's a hard G...guess-keyerr

pro-en-za skool-er...though i like shooler better...

:P

anyone else?...

**Spike413** · 13-07-2004

I remember seeing a little article on this somewhere, some of the worst mis-pronunciations of designer names by Americans. It was like Wives Saint Lawrent and things along those lines, I swear, you could almost hear the horrible Long Island jap woman accent to go with the names.

Alejandro · 13-07-2004

All my friends make fun of me when I correct them when they say DE or when they say Dior,

Chanel, channel, and nore of others

...they do it to tease me though, but I used to take french, so I have all my designer pronunciation skills sharped at it's best

Luna · 13-07-2004

Versace -- Vir- Saa- Cheeeeeeee

Not Ver-saays a la Elizabeth Berkley in the blockbuster!! Showgirls.

**softgrey** · 13-07-2004

Quote:

Originally posted by Spike413@Jul 13 2004, 09:45 PM
I remember seeing a little article on this somewhere, some of the worst mis-pronunciations of designer names by Americans. It was like Wives Saint Lawrent and things along those lines, I swear, you could almost hear the horrible Long Island jap woman accent to go with the names.

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HAHAHA...ouch

i'm from long island...i've heard it with my own ears...it's pretty painful at times...

Alejandro · 13-07-2004

Veeer sAis was the other one

Luna · 13-07-2004

I

childhood tv actors who dabble into softcore porn!

Foxie-Pooh · 14-07-2004

Is cristobal balenciaga like crysto-ball ba-len-si-ah-ga ?

**Belowen** · 14-07-2004

Hermes = Er-mez

Is that right?

13-07-2004	#2
ultramarine chaos reigns Profile: Mod Squad Member Location: Costa Rica Gender: homme Posts: 6,131	Well... I'm always confused about Proenza-Schouler ... some people say Skool-er and others Shoe-ler. __________________ My blog http://www.chepestyle.com/

13-07-2004	#3
Belowen ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ Profile: Mod Squad Member Design Team Member Location: Australia Gender: femme Posts: 25,443	Givenchy = Jhee-Von-Shee __________________ \| tfs 50 book challenge 2012 \| reading The Art Of Travel by Alain De Botton \| completed 04 \| {the belle lumiere} "fortune favours the brave"

13-07-2004	#4
prixi fashion elite Profile: Gender: femme Posts: 2,765	how about Ghesquire... __________________ blank.

13-07-2004	#6
Spacemiu V.I.P. Profile: Location: Los Angeles Gender: homme Posts: 9,453	Comme Des Garcons - c-om de gar-son Lacriox- la -cwa Ghesquire- jes-key-er this is teh best i can do __________________ Oceans of angels, oceans of stars

13-07-2004	#8
Spike413 barcode Profile: Mod Squad Member Location: New York Gender: homme Posts: 14,070	I remember seeing a little article on this somewhere, some of the worst mis-pronunciations of designer names by Americans. It was like Wives Saint Lawrent and things along those lines, I swear, you could almost hear the horrible Long Island jap woman accent to go with the names. __________________ You need to move fashion forward when there's a reason to move fashion forward - Tom Ford ADDICTION TO CHIC

13-07-2004	#1
Foxie-Pooh fashion insider Profile: Gender: homme Posts: 2,217	Difficult Designer / Brand Pronunciation #1 I always have trouble pronuncing some foreign designer/brand names...lets list some tough names and teach the rest the correct way to say it :P __________________ The Insatiable Hedonism

13-07-2004	#5
TheSoCalledPrep V.I.P. Profile: Location: Pennsylvania, USA Gender: femme Posts: 5,302	Comme des Garcons, Lacroix (La-croy??) --- Help on those!!! Coming from a town where Von Dutch is upscale, I have never heard most of these names said aloud

13-07-2004	#9
Alejandro & b Profile: Location: MIAMI Gender: homme Posts: 14,072	All my friends make fun of me when I correct them when they say DE or when they say Dior, Chanel, channel, and nore of others ...they do it to tease me though, but I used to take french, so I have all my designer pronunciation skills sharped at it's best __________________ Homosexuality is God's way of insuring that the truly gifted aren't burdened with children.

13-07-2004	#10
Luna w/e! Profile: Location: the world Gender: femme Posts: 9,804	Versace -- Vir- Saa- Cheeeeeeee Not Ver-saays a la Elizabeth Berkley in the blockbuster!! Showgirls. __________________ ...and I will be strong even when it all goes wrong.

13-07-2004	#12
Alejandro & b Profile: Location: MIAMI Gender: homme Posts: 14,072	Veeer sAis was the other one __________________ Homosexuality is God's way of insuring that the truly gifted aren't burdened with children.

13-07-2004	#13
Luna w/e! Profile: Location: the world Gender: femme Posts: 9,804	I childhood tv actors who dabble into softcore porn! __________________ ...and I will be strong even when it all goes wrong.

14-07-2004	#14
Foxie-Pooh fashion insider Profile: Gender: homme Posts: 2,217	Is cristobal balenciaga like crysto-ball ba-len-si-ah-ga ? __________________ The Insatiable Hedonism

14-07-2004	#15
Belowen ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ Profile: Mod Squad Member Design Team Member Location: Australia Gender: femme Posts: 25,443	Hermes = Er-mez Is that right? __________________ \| tfs 50 book challenge 2012 \| reading The Art Of Travel by Alain De Botton \| completed 04 \| {the belle lumiere} "fortune favours the brave"

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