Difficult Designer / Brand Pronunciation

[erutuoC]

ohh ok thanks!

 

[TheSoCalledPrep]

Guys... a really dumb one. Dolce and Gabbana.

 

[CharlottefromCA]

Well .. i'm not entirely sure how they pronounce it elsewhere... but I've always said.. Dol-che an Guh-bah-nah... and I pronounce Dol and Dole as in the pineapple company.. and for some reason I never pronounce the D's in my ands

 

[chris_daka]

Guys... a really dumb one. Dolce and Gabbana.

dole-che eh gah-bah-nah


wow, I'm terrible at writing that out in any way other than it's original form.

 

[em 692]

Originally Posted by CharlottefromCA:
Well .. i'm not entirely sure how they pronounce it elsewhere... but I've always said.. Dol-che an Guh-bah-nah... and I pronounce Dol and Dole as in the pineapple company.. and for some reason I never pronounce the D's in my ands

Yes, me too. Good to know I pronounce some of these right

 

[erutuoC]

oo...I've also wondered how Coutourier is pronouced...I've heard "co-tor-ee-ay" & "co-tor-ee-air"??
and also Moschino....is it "mo-ski-no"?

 

[Fuuma]

oo...I've also wondered how Coutourier is pronouced...I've heard "co-tor-ee-ay" & "co-tor-ee-air"??
and also Moschino....is it "mo-ski-no"?

You mean "Couturier"?? It's Koo-tur-ee-ay

I don't think there's a sound like the french "tu" in english so I can't really find a proper word to help you.

 

[uberQuirkiness]

prononciation

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

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

anyone else?...

it's ghesquiere...jes-key-ay
it sounds french and that's how the french would say it...
actually..maybe it is guess-key-ay...
the h confuses me...

 

[uberQuirkiness]

lanvin is....lahn-van...right? i take french also without too much stress on the "n"...say it like how you'd say the n in monsieur..

 

[uberQuirkiness]

the accented e makes an "ay" sound...

 

[uberQuirkiness]

the french word vin is pronounced as van....

 

[uberQuirkiness]

that's right.

 

[SignorinaFab]

Ermengildo Zegna?

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

Ermenegildo Zegna:

I'd pronounce it like this:

Ermene-gildo (all e-s are pronunced like in pet, the g is pronounced like the j in joy and the o at the end is pronounced like in obstacle)

hmmm and Zegna is difficult to explain, it's more like TZENIA.

I may be wrong ... but I'm pretty sure that's the right pronounciation.

 

[Monsieur]

this reminds me, at school a bunch of friends and i used to use the term "Ver-sais" to classify someone or something which is extremely lacking in style and taste! now that i think back on it, we were kind of mean...but secretly...

 

[Meg]

the schouler pronounciation depends on whether the name is italian or german in origin non? And the Ghesquiere....I'm pretty sure softie is a bit more on par because there is an accent grave (or is it aigou?) somewhere in there is there not? The 'e' after the 'r' means you would pronounce the 'r' non? If it ended just 'er' then you would not pronounce the 'r'.

 

[The Baron]

I think I can clear up Nicolas Ghesquière.

First, it's spelled as above, not Ghesquiere without the accent, and certainly not Ghesquire. This has an impact on the pronunciation.

1. A "g" in French is normally pronounced like a "j" in English, but if it's "ghe", "ghi", or "ghy", you pronounce it like a hard "g" as in "go".

2. The accent is an accent grave, like this - è - and is pronounced like the "e" in "pet". If it were an accent aigu, like this - é - it would be pronounced like the "ay" in "pay".

3. As Meg mentioned, the "e" at the end means you pronounce the "r"

So, end result: Nee - co - la Guess - key - AIR, although to sound really authentic you should run the last two syllables together with a strong emphasis on the last, so it would sound more like Guess - kyAIR

 

[Fuuma]

I think I can clear up Nicolas Ghesquière.

First, it's spelled as above, not Ghesquiere without the accent, and certainly not Ghesquire. This has an impact on the pronunciation.

1. A "g" in French is normally pronounced like a "j" in English, but if it's "ghe", "ghi", or "ghy", you pronounce it like a hard "g" as in "go".

2. The accent is an accent grave, like this - è - and is pronounced like the "e" in "pet". If it were an accent aigu, like this - é - it would be pronounced like the "ay" in "pay".

3. As Meg mentioned, the "e" at the end means you pronounce the "r"

So, end result: Nee - co - la Guess - key - AIR, although to sound really authentic you should run the last two syllables together with a strong emphasis on the last, so it would sound more like Guess - kyAIR

Exactly, your french is definitely better than my english.....

Since it was mentionned earlier Christian Dior = Cree-st-yan (very soft n) Dee-or (like in Orwell)

 

[erutuoC]

Is Yohji [Yamamoto] pronounce "Yo-jee" or "yo-hee"?
Also, how is Moschino pronounced?
thank you!

 

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Is Yohji [Yamamoto] pronounce "Yo-jee" or "yo-hee"?
Also, how is Moschino pronounced?
thank you!

yo-jee

moss-kee-no

 

[woodstock]

how do you pronounce Hermes?

is it (roughly) Air-Mez or (roughly) Air-Mess?