Here is how to pronounce LV bag names!!!

[Mariah]

i'm not totally sure about this but it's my 5th year of french so:
Louis Vuitton: Loo-ee Vee-tawn
Hermes: airmez....but you have to get the "air" part like in the back of your throat so it doesn't sound like "air" but...like..uh i dunno i can't really explain it. the "h" is silent because h's just aren't pronounced in french and the accent grave on the e gives it the "ez" sound or else the "es" at the end wouldn't be pronounced (unless the word following started with a vowel or h+vowel)

[pursedoc]

my LV lady says "vwe-tone" with quite a flair!

[chibifry]

As a French student (a student who is learning French as a third language) and a Louis Vuitton lover, it irks me terribly when people misprounounce Louis Vuitton and the collection names.

The common mispronounciation I hear is "Lewis Vitton"

How do you pronounce it?uspiciou

[iimakeboyscry]

louie voo-ton

[Vlad]

Merged the threads, as there was a discussion going on about this before.

[RobbieNEmmy]

Call 1-866-VUITTON for the correct pronunciation...

I say it like this...

Loo-ee Vui-tohn. It's not just Vee-tohn... there is most definitely a french "U" sound in there. The ending N in Vuitton is somewhat dropped, but after one understands the mechanics of speaking French, you end up hearing it. There's the AP French coming out in me... sorry (BTW, got a 105.8 in AP French last quarter! So proud... ).

[PurseFanatic]

Well I have a friend from France so I say it really weird, like he says it. I have no idea how to type it out. Sorry! :-)

[blushingbaby]

Originally Posted by RobbieNEmmy

Call 1-866-VUITTON for the correct pronunciation... I say it like this... Loo-ee Vui-tohn. It's not just Vee-tohn... there is most definitely a french "U" sound in there. The ending N in Vuitton is somewhat dropped, but after one understands the mechanics of speaking French, you end up hearing it. There's the AP French coming out in me... sorry (BTW, got a 105.8 in AP French last quarter! So proud... ).

haha! you got it bang on!

bah! one thing that i verified in my french phonetics course years back! lol

[pseub]

Originally Posted by Tintin

Personally I say Vui-tawn

Me too, with the last "n" being implied rather than pronounced. Blame high school French. More like Vui-To(n).

[Dani]

Originally Posted by Chaneller

Well, I'm European and I hear those a lot! But please don't make me pronounce words like Massachusetts, Jewerly or Knowledge or my tongue will end up as a knot!

Massachusetts is pretty easy! Mass-uh-choo-sets! If you think the state is hard to say- you should hear the accents Boston-ers have. :)

Anyways, I saw vuh-ton. and Hermes is Er-mes. I've been having problems with Botkier, so I say bot-kee-ear. :-p I could be wrong though.

[ninafalafel]

It is hard to write it down, but I say it " v(ei)-toh(n) "
I pronounce the (ei) as if i am saying "e" but with narrow lips (like u r saying "O) and and the (n), almost silent!:blink:

[pursegalsf]

Originally Posted by hennaria

actually its ER-MES the H is not said because of the´ on the e.......

It is pronounced ER-MES! My friend & I were arguing about that for a while and when we were at downtown SF, we finally decided to settle the argument and went in an Hermes store.

So, it is pronounced ER-MES

[mya]

Originally Posted by blackbutterfly

I say "loo-ee vee-tawn". That's how they say it at my boutique, and it's just stuck. That's what I've taught my daughter to say.

ooh, i just love when moms start them early....

[RobbieNEmmy]

Quote:

Originally Posted by hennaria actually its ER-MES the H is not said because of the´ on the e.......

It's ER-MAY (that's how it sounds...). But the H is not pronounced simply because it's silent, not because of the accent on the E. Just like in the word HOTÊL (OH-TEL), or HAUTE (OAHT), the H is silent in these situations as well, only because it's a silent letter. Also, HERMÈS has a grave accent like this È not like this É.

[luvmybags]

Thanks to another member who found this on the pronounciation thread!

this is a great site for LV info
http://omgoddess.ms11.net/mepage

Damier = Dahm-yay
Epi = Ep-ee
Vernis = Ver-nee
Papillon = Pah-pee-yon
Pochette = Poh-shet
Porte Tresor = Port Tre-zor
Porte Monnaie = Port Mo-nay
Houston = House-tun
Boulogne = Boo-lone (silent e)
Sologne = Sa-lone (silent e)
Trouville = Troo-veel
Deauville = Doe-veal
Noe = No-ay
Reade = Reed
Broome = Brom
Cles = Clay
Soufflot = Sue-flow
Anouchka = Ah-nush-ka
Nice = Neese
L'Aimable = Lay-MOB (hint of an "L" at end)
L'Imprevisible = Lam-pray-vee-zeeb
Le Talentueux = Tah-LEN-tuh
Le Fabuleux = Fab-yoo-luh
L'Extravagant = Lex-trav-uh-gont
L'Ingenieux = Lan-jen-yuh
Definitions:
L'Aimable = The Loveable
L'Imprevisible = The Unpredictable
Le Talentueux = The Talented
Le Fabuleux = The Fabulous
L'Extravagant = The Extravagant
L'Ingenieux = The Ingenious
PM = Petit Modele (small)
MM = Moyen Modele (medium)
GM = Grande Modele (large)
HL = Mini (named after great-grandson Henri Louis)