The LV Pronunciation Thread

[louislover]

As far as I know, it is pronounced that way it is written, like "Vah-shett-ah"

lol, that looks so funny!

 

[baby&melovelv]

i'm not sure about vachetta, but my sa very politely corrected my pronunciation of day-me-ay to dah-me-ay.

 

[luvmybags]

Y'know how dooney and burke bags have vachetta too, well they are on QVC and I was watching the dooney and burke representative and she pronounced it Va-ketta so I would guess since she is their sales rep she would be right?

 

[spylove22]

But is vachetta even a french word? I think it's just vache in French, which means cow. Where did they get vachetta from? All the SA's I've heard say vache (pronounced vash).

 

[LisaG719]

or Va- ket- ta?? I heard an SA at a coach store say this and I've been confused since..

Me too.... thats how a Coach SA at the outlet store pronounced it. I looked at her like . Maybe that is the "americanized" pronounciation?

 

[crochetbella]

When I worked at Coach we pronounced it vuh-sheh-tuh.

 

[cheeky]

woah, really?? i always thought it was just "Vah-she-tah"?

and as for the Damier, "dah-mee-yay"??

now i'm confused...

 

[sirenized]

While we are on the subject... is it "Dah-me-air" or "day--me-air" or what? I need to know! thanks (ref. to Damier of course)

Its Dah- me-ay

 

[nyaao]

I have never had a problem with pronouncing the LV names, and I never really thought anybody would. Then I just remembered that they teach you basic French in elementary schools in Canada, and I guess I just plum forgot that. I guess I'm grateful now even if I didn't enjoy it before

 

[ArmCandyLuvr]

Y'know how dooney and burke bags have vachetta too, well they are on QVC and I was watching the dooney and burke representative and she pronounced it Va-ketta so I would guess since she is their sales rep she would be right?

I saw that on QVC too. I thought it was pronounced va-shetta, but then I heard the D&B rep prounounce it the other way. Now, I am not sure. Neither M-W.com nor Dictionary.com have info on it.

 

[More lv please]

It would make sense to say "va-ketta" if it were Italian, but since it's presumably French, "vah-shetta" seems to make more sense. Till this thread I just assumed it was vuh-shetta, but if the SA's are calling it "vache" for short, then I'm guessing "vah-shetta" is the way to go. I do think it's rude for an employee to correct customers, however.

 

[LVlovingteacher]

I have geard VAKETTA pronunciation too, alot!

 

[star3777]

Well I speak French and it is pronounced like Vache(cow,ch is sh-sound)then -sheh-ta = Vaah-sheh-ta.
Damier is = Daugh-me -yay. The R is silent.

 

[ValleyO]

hmm..........my limited French knowlege suggests that you should pronounce it "Va-chet" considering that the last letter is generally silent?

 

[superBag]

it's vah- sheh-ta and dah- mee- yay..