Difficult Designer / Brand Pronunciation

[softgrey]

Originally posted by TheSoCalledPrep@Jul 18 2004, 12:33 PM
I always say Lanvin as it's written, with in pronounced like "in the mailbox".

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i would say that is definitley incorrect...

 

[TheSoCalledPrep]

Originally posted by softgrey@Jul 20 2004, 11:35 AM
i would say that is definitley incorrect...

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You should also say that I am very clueless!


I had found that About.com thing before, but the audios never loaded for me, on my old comp OR this one.

 

[tott]

Originally posted by Mr-Dale@Jul 19 2004, 04:37 PM
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...

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Soo... is it like the Scandinavian ö/ø and/or sort of like a French œ?

Sort of like Deh-möh-leh-mayster? Duh-mœh-luh-master?

I'm sorry, the explanations simply confuse me...

 

[verkeerd]

Originally posted by tott@Jul 24 2004, 08:30 PM
Soo... is it like the Scandinavian ö/ø and/or sort of like a French œ?

Sort of like Deh-möh-leh-mayster? Duh-mœh-luh-master?

I'm sorry, the explanations simply confuse me...

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http://babel.fpms.ac.be/BrightSpeech/Temp/...2004-232126.wav

there you go,
one hurray for text-to-speech programs

 

[Scott]

Ah....I noticed this pronunciation whilst in Antwerp. Its almost like mull-i-mister

 

[tott]

Originally posted by verkeerd@Jul 24 2004, 10:25 PM
http://babel.fpms.ac.be/BrightSpeech/Temp/...2004-232126.wav

there you go,
one hurray for text-to-speech programs

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Well, whaddayaknow... So it is like Deh-möh-leh-mayster... (I'm mixing languages in my pronounciation spell-out, though... Sorry!)

Thanks! I usually don't have a problem with pronounciations in any language but Dutch... How is it that two "ee" are pronounced as "ei"? Guess you just have to know it!

 

[Mr-Dale]

Hehehehe, yeah it's a weird language...we have all sorts of combinations that only we use, like the eu, ui, ij, ei, ee, ou, au, oei, aai, eeuw, ieuw, ooi, and probably some more too But according to Encarta, Dutch is the language that is most similar to English and it's dialects....hmmmm........

 

[tott]

Yeah, languages are more or less strange with all their "sounds"; hardly anyone I met outside of Scandinavia can pronounce my name... I think Lena did a very good job though!

I'm moving to Germany next week, that'll be a challenge...

 

[passione]

pass that ver say see.

 

[smashinfashion]

ok i have a few i need help with:

sonia rykiel
rochas
plein sud

 

[mxggies]

haha i love that about.com voice.

 

[Lena]

Originally posted by smashinfashion@Jul 29 2004, 06:50 PM
ok i have a few i need help with:

sonia rykiel
rochas
plein sud

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my two euro dimes for smashin

sOnia ReekiEL
RossA
plEn sOOd

 

[faust]

Originally posted by Lena@Jul 29 2004, 01:37 PM
EL
RossA

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NOOO!!! Really??? I was way off the mark

 

[metal-on-metal]

Lena,

I was under the impression that Rochas was "roash" (like roach but with an 's') and a quick "ahs".

ROASHAHS!

I don't know if that makes sense.

 

[Lena]

as far as i know, the S does not get pronouced at the end of Rochas ,
so actually it is RochA.. with tonic accent on A

ch= heavy= SH

 

[smashinfashion]

Originally posted by Lena@Jul 29 2004, 01:37 PM
my two euro dimes for smashin

sOnia ReekiEL
RossA
plEn sOOd

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thanks a million

 

[metal-on-metal]

I checked Fashion File to see the pronunciation of Rochas:

http://www.fashionfile.tv/designers/Rochas.html

THAT'S how I was trying to write it out. Roashahs! Haha I don't think it makes much sense.

 

[passione]

I don't know how to pronounce:

1) the "faux" in "faux fur" is it "fo fur", "fawks fur" (highly doubt it )

2) "laurent" as in "yves saint laurent" is it Law-raw, Lore-en or something else completely

post the words you're having trouble with.

 

[Acid]

faux is like FO

and laurent is like lo-ron


and can someone help me with a word please...........how do u pronounce chantecaille???

 

[PrinceOfCats]

French? Schon(t)-cai?