Difficult Designer / Brand Pronunciation

[ultramarine]

Originally posted by Lena@Jul 17 2004, 01:06 PM
not too hard

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Actually it's quite easy ... Lan .. you pronounce it just like its written and "Vin" like wine .. haven't you heard about coq-au-vin? :P

[TheSoCalledPrep]

*grumble grumble* FRENCH!! Aggh.. I love Spanish but the infernal lengua de frances just.. kills me.

[Scott]

I thought Lanvin was pronounced Lon-Va?? Unless,I don't listen clearly.

[Spike413]

Yeah, I've heard it pronounced like that as well.

[Lena]

Originally posted by Scott@Jul 18 2004, 04:50 PM
I thought Lanvin was pronounced Lon-Va?? Unless,I don't listen clearly.

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its always a matter of phonetics and pronunciation scott,
that was while in Belgium i guess ?
i pronouce it Lan-vèn myself , the n in the end is
almost a 'silent' one , but its there to be pronounced

[TheSoCalledPrep]

I always say Lanvin as it's written, with in pronounced like "in the mailbox".

[Nader]

is the A in Lanvin like in Man or Lawn

I usually pronounce it Lawn-vingt (like how twenty would be pronounced in french) but I dont know if its right

[Lena]

my french friends pronounce it with an A as in man
in general, i think pronounciation is a bit hard to describe in writing

[Spike413]

I've heard the A pronounced both ways, I've also heard the I pronounced as an I and as an A........I guess it's almost like a preference, there isn't necessarily a wrong way to say it, just a different way to say it.

[faust]

Originally posted by TheSoCalledPrep@Jul 17 2004, 07:28 PM
That was so utterly confusing It's so much easier to write it out in sounds

Is it

Deh-mu-leh-meest-er?

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Pretty much. Although I think it should be pronounced De-muh-leh-MASTER, but I'm partial to Ann

[Lena]

i think its actually Deh-me-leh-mest-er

[PrinceOfCats]

Ermengildo Zegna?

In Italian 'gn' is like 'ni'...Zen-ia?

[Lena]

yes, it is pronouced as Genia ; )

[Mr-Dale]

Well actually the eu in Demeulemeester is not pronounced like me or mu.....it's a combination of letters that is only used that way in the Dutch language and it is very very hard to explain...

[stylegurrl]

I found this designer name pronunciation guide at About.com:

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