This is embarrassing...

[LisaMM]

:s but I have to ask, how do you pronounce Balenciaga? I've been saying it in my head like this:

bah-len-see-AH-ga

Is that right?

 

[marae]

yep!

 

[Deco]

 

[LisaMM]

Thanks so much I'm glad I had it right, it's hard to "train" myself to say something correctly if I've had it in my head the wrong way for a while.

 

[highglossfinish]

You got it, Baby!

It just rolls off the tongue...Bal-en-see-AHHHHHHH-ga, Bal-en-see-AHHHHHHH-ga!!!!!!!

LOL

BTW, my friends are SO SICK of me talking about Bal-en-see-AHHHHHH-ga!

 

[Bella]

^^^

hi there!

 

[Irissy]

My aunt just got a black City and she has been getting me to train her to pronounce Ba-len-cee-ahh-gaa too! Otherwise, she keeps saying she got the "B" bag and everyone will give her a blank stare.

 

[LisaMM]

You got it, Baby!

It just rolls off the tongue...Bal-en-see-AHHHHHHH-ga, Bal-en-see-AHHHHHHH-ga!!!!!!!

LOL

BTW, my friends are SO SICK of me talking about Bal-en-see-AHHHHHH-ga!

 

[petit papillon]

Oh, good question! I always pronounced it as
Ba-len-chia-ga
The "C" like in "Ciao" .....:shame:

 

[heavenlyn]

so have i actually! like "ciabatta", and I thought "ci" in italian is pronouced "chi"... hmm

 

[TravelBug]

Thought it was a Spanish name, and it's pronounced with a C instead of CH?

 

[Deco]

Balenciaga is not an Italian name. It's a Spanish name, in which case it may have originally been pronounced "Bah-len-thi (as in THEory)-AH-gah" .

 

[myriamrees]

Balenciaga is not an Italian name. It's a Spanish name, in which case it may have originally been pronounced "Bah-len-thi (as in THEory)-AH-gah" .

yep Deco you are right. Balenciaga was spanish (so do I) and his name was Cristobal.
As you said that is the way that I pronunce the name althought nobody can't understand me in the shops and it's very annoying

 

[Roxane]

yep Deco you are right. Balenciaga was spanish (so do I) and his name was Cristobal.
As you said that is the way that I pronunce the name althought nobody can't understand me in the shops and it's very annoying

I have had sales assistants correct me when I say Bah-len-thi-ah-ga!

 

[heavenlyn]

opps. we learn something new everyday!