Tee or Teh

[triggerpuff]

Just curious... have heard it pronouced both ways, with a "tee" or a "teh"... so which is right? Bo-Tee-ga or Bo-teh-ga?

Singaporeans tend to pronouce the brands wrongly. :shame:

Other examples of wrong pronoucations are:
Louis Vuitton - "Lewis Vee-Turn" or "Lewis Ver-Ton"
Hermes - "Her-miss"

Read in some magazines that the above should be pronouced as:
LV - "Loo-ee Wee-Tong"
Hermes - "Eh-Mess"

Anyone have anymore to share?

 

[mistikat]

I believe the second is the correct Italian pronunciation.

 

[Bunkie]

Given that the "i" in Italian is the long "ee" pronunciation, and the "e" is usually an "eh" pronunciation, I would say it's Boh-teh-gah, or Boh-tae-gah.

But for the price you're paying for the item, you should be able to call it whatever you want!

 

[triggerpuff]

Oh, thanks mistikat!

 

[triggerpuff]

Given that the "i" in Italian is the long "ee" pronunciation, and the "e" is usually an "eh" pronunciation, I would say it's Boh-teh-gah, or Boh-tae-gah.

But for the price you're paying for the item, you should be able to call it whatever you want!

Hahahaha... that's a good one!! I call my "my best friend"!!

 

[C_24]

Yup, the correct version is Bo-`tae-ga `Ve-ne-ta with a stressed first syllable on the first and a stressed first syllably on the second word (now I feel like some nerdy etymologist )

 

[spendalot]

Hi C_24,
looking at your markings on the syllables, it looks like its stressed on the second syllable in the first word?

 

[C_24]

^Oops, sorry. Yes it`s stressed on the second syllable and of course it`s syllable and not syllably! :shame:

 

[Syma]

Given that the "i" in Italian is the long "ee" pronunciation, and the "e" is usually an "eh" pronunciation, I would say it's Boh-teh-gah, or Boh-tae-gah.

But for the price you're paying for the item, you should be able to call it whatever you want!

I have to agree with Bunkie on this one, the majority of the SA's I deal with in the UK are Italian, so correctly it would be Boh-the-ga veneta. I also recently learned that intreccatio (the weave) is pronounced as intre-cha-toe. I could learn this all day BTW Hermes is er-mez

 

[Stophle]

Hermes should be pronounced "Air-mez" I believe.

Great pronounciation question. It's so interesting when you only see a name in print, and rarely here it spoken.

 

[triggerpuff]

Thanks C_24, Syma and Stophle! Was thinking about intreccatio's pronoucation too!

Now am wondering if anyone has any other brands to share?
Yves Saint Laurent?
Balenciaga?

 

[Stophle]

Hermes should be pronounced "Air-mez" I believe.

Great pronounciation question. It's so interesting when you only see a name in print, and rarely here it spoken.

"Hear it spoken even". *L* I love it when I think one thing and type another. It's greeeeeeat

 

[ms piggy]

Hermes is "air-mez"

 

[spendalot]

^Oops, sorry. Yes it`s stressed on the second syllable and of course it`s syllable and not syllably! :shame:

Thanks! haha...you're so cute

 

[VKD]

I have heard Hermes pronounced as Her Mees and Bottega pronounced as Bo tee ga. I don't think it matters. I agree with Bunkie. When you spend that much you can call it whatever you like.