Reference: Hermes Pronunciation Guide

[hermesgroupie]

What's the proper pronounciation for "H" in French?
My SA pronounced Rouge H--Rouge "AHSH"or something similar. Perhaps whoever knows the answer can have it added to the original post in the sticky.

Rouge ahsh is right. The "a" is pronounced with a schwa sound.

 

[koukanamiya]

Thanks Hermesaddiction. I did say SEE-cla-mon one time in reference to a Bolide they had and a SA looked at me funny but maybe she didn't know how to pronounce it! Another H SA confessed that she's still learning how to pronouce the names of some of their products.
The scarf names can be tricky, too.

This is funny because one of the SAs I spoke with over the phone tried to correct me everytime. I would say "Seek-la-mon" for Cyclamen and she would correct me and said it's supposed to be "Sick-la-Man". I still call it seek-la-mon.

 

[Grands Fonds]

How do you pronounce MYSORE?? Is it how it looks? MY-SORE....that sounds terrible.........the goat WOULD be sore after being made into a bag!! It's one of my favourite leathers, so I suppose I should learn to say it correctly!........Anyone??

 

[pursemember]

mysore= misooor the i like in mia ah gosh iam so bad in writing down how it sounds

 

[Greentea]

Lilach, like mee-SOOR?

 

[hermesgroupie]

Constance: con-STANS, the A is pronounced as in a schwa.

 

[optikangel]

Hermes newbie here! I'm still coming up to speed with the names, the colors and the leather/hardware options!

Can someone help me with the pronunciation for Herbag? Is it pronounced Air-bag? What about the Fourre Tout?

Thanks!

 

[Grands Fonds]

err - bag

 

[Serenity Now]

How do you pronounce "souple"?

 

[Grands Fonds]

soo-play?? like 'soup-lay'

 

[marietouchet]

Do they really pronounce "souple" as soup-lay ? The regular pronunciation would be more like soup-luh , not much emphasis on the "luh", but who knows how Hermes might do it LOL Rachel

 

[gina_b]

Do they really pronounce "souple" as soup-lay ? The regular pronunciation would be more like soup-luh , not much emphasis on the "luh", but who knows how Hermes might do it LOL Rachel

Yes, it's soup'-leh -- with the 'leh' sound at the end almost as a whisper or very light breath.

 

[Greentea]

^ Now, instead of Souple, they are calling a soft Kelly Retourne'.

 

[Serenity Now]

GT, thanks for bringing that up! Now.. how do you pronounce it? Lol! Like "re-torn", "re-turn" or something else?

In the same vein, what about sellier? The second syllable, is it as we pronounce the 2nd syllable of Cartier?

 

[Greentea]

^ Good question!! LOL! I thought it was Re-toor-ne

Sellier is just like the second syl. of Cartier.

sellie-yay (very light)