Model Name Pronunciation

[mademoiselle_]

I don't think its pronounced giseli its just giesele like gi se l

 

[tortoisie]

how about julia stegner? i guess you'd say "you-leeah" but i'm in doubt about her last name - "staygner" maybe?

I think it's
Yu-lia
Sch-teg-ner

Does that help? I hope i'm not confusing you.

This is quite dumb, but how do you say Raquel. it's been bothering me for a VERY LONG TIME!

 

[esmereldagrubb]

Ra-Kel

 

[tortoisie]

thank you, esmereldagrubb!

 

[Mr-Dale]

how you pronounce Doutzen

do-ut-zen?
or
dut-zen?

Neither, in Dutch, the combination ou is pronounced like -ow in in the English word now. So it's Dowtzen.

 

[miss artemis]

Does anyone know if you say Caroline Trentini's name Carol line or Carolini?

Carol (emphasis on the rol. like CARÓL) , when saying the shortname. Caroline goes like:

KARÔ LÍ NE TREN TÍ NÍ

and also Bundchen. wtf.

Bündchen is like.... Bin - tchen .

Anybody know how to pronounce "Raica", as in Raica Oliveira? I know I read somewhere it was pronounced "Hyka", but I remain unsure.

Yeah, it's HYKA. hahaha my last name is Oliveira too!!

How is Cintia Dicker's first name pronounced? I've always wondered.

SÍN TCHIA (really quick)

 

[Mr-Dale]

Bündchen is like.... Bin - tchen .

I kind of doubt that. I think this ü origins from Germany, since lots of German people moved to Brazil a long time ago. The dots are called umlaut in German and make the u sound like a long u, other than the German u without dots, which sounds like the oo in boom. The u with umlaut sounds like umm... well imagine you are about to whistle. Take the shape of your lips in that case and don't blow, but make a sound. That's how you get ü

 

[miss artemis]

see, GISELE says her name like this. and she's brazilian, not german. its normal that she doesnt pronounce it on the german way...



its BIN - TCHEN.

 

[Mr-Dale]

Where can I hear her say that, not that I don't believe you

 

[miss artemis]

here, the two dots are called TREMA. with the trema, you pronouce the letter. for example, QUO *thats not a word in portuguse, but, cummon*, with trema, would be QÜO, so you would pronouce like KU- O *altogether*


is the same in german? i mean, the use of trema?


all i know is that her name IS bin tchen. hahaha im a bitchy girl.

 

[miss artemis]

Where can I hear her say that, not that I don't believe you

she's on news aaaaaaaall the time here and they always say BIN TCHEN. but journalists can be dumbasses sometimes. hm, theres a NIVEA ad going on on tv with her, and i'll pay attention. but, here we say bin tchen. EVERYWHERE.

never saw anyone saying it in a different way :S


to you too

 

[shopsmuch]

Wow, I'm surprised to learn that I haven't really been slaughtering any models' names. Interesting thread!

 

[miss artemis]

yeah, actually it is! im suprised how i used to say some model's names so wrongly hahah

 

[californiasoul]

Querelle Jansen !

Que rel le? or Que relle?

 

[Mr-Dale]

Well everyone here in Europe as far as I know says it like I said, but what ever
And no, trema and umlaut are two different things. Umlaut is something that makes the sound of a vowl go longer and smoother, which is unique to the German language. Trema sepperates the sound of two vowls which could be melted into one sound without the use of trema. Like ou could be pronounced as oo in boom and öu would be pronounced as o-u. Melted and sepperated

 

[yourbestfriend]

kwe relle

You pretty much got it right

 

[miss artemis]

Well everyone here in Europe as far as I know says it like I said, but what ever
And no, trema and umlaut are two different things. Umlaut is something that makes the sound of a vowl go longer and smoother, which is unique to the German language. Trema sepperates the sound of two vowls which could be melted into one sound without the use of trema. Like ou could be pronounced as oo in boom and öu would be pronounced as o-u. Melted and sepperated

Languages are amazing!!

Ok, let's put it like that: If you were german, we'd both win, becouse she's half brazilian half german, but you're not, and as I'm brazilian, I WON!! mwhahaha


hahahaha just kidding B) So, lets say the pronounce of her name is regional. Different regions, different, pronounces. But what counts is the SHE says it. As I said, i'll pay attention. But im pretty sure is like the way i said it is.

 

[Strut]

How do you pronounce Eugenia Volodina's last name? Does it end in -deena or -dina?

 

[miss artemis]

hey, Mr-Dale! is bin-tchen. i saw the ad.

 

[catalina]

I don't think its pronounced giseli its just giesele like gi se l

no, it IS ghi-zhe-li B)
the 3rd syllable "li" however is barely pronounced, i mean like really softly. the emphasis goes on the middle syllable