The LV Pronunciation Thread

[arnott]

Augh, I feel like a moron...I've been pronouncing it wrong all this time! ush: :shame:

 

[littlepanda]

How about: Framboise??

I think i have an idea but not sure.

This is how I pronounce it, but I'm probably wrong :

Fram (the vowel sound is like the "a" vowel sound in "apple")- bwah (kind of like "bra" with a "w" instead of an "r" sound)

 

[karman]

This is how I pronounce it, but I'm probably wrong :

Fram (the vowel sound is like the "a" vowel sound in "apple")- bwah (kind of like "bra" with a "w" instead of an "r" sound)

Hmmm this is one word that challenges my haven't-used-for-years French. the "se" at the end makes me lean towards saying Framboise as "Frahm-bwahs"

Not sure. Any fluent French speakers to clarify?

 

[karman]

Some more?

Noisette - nwa-sett
Glace - Glass

 

[arnott]

How do you say mandarin?

 

[karman]

mahn-dar-ran?

*ducks from French speakers* SORRY! I think I should start taking French...because I love the language, but knowing three already makes learning a fourth so much harder especially if I can't use it every day.

Whenever I see that, I just say it as is in English

 

[poppincourt]

thanks for the clarification! Finally Im getting it! lol

 

[naughtymanolo]

yeha i agree with CEC.LV4eva, i pronounce it KLE, as the french way, thats the way my frencg SA says it as well

 

[pinkSoda]

teehee...no wonder the older man at the LV boutique (hollywood/highland) didn't know what i was talking about...until i said "the key pouch thing" then he knew

 

[vanilla_addict]

chloe if u are reading this
OH MY GOD!! you dont even wanna know how i prounounced it all the time!! good thing i always pointed at it when at LV without having to name it!!
ehim.. u see the way the capital C is written like that.. i always thought it was pronounced (see less)!!
while chloe kept saying it with s.. which is less crazy than my attempt!
ya yaaaaaaaaaaaa go ahead and laugh!! it is the joke of the day after all but thanks to u i am learning :shame:
pooooooooor thing clay i called it "see less"!!

 

[habibty]

my french SA says KLE

 

[CEC.LV4eva]

Hi ppl! I'm French-Canadian, speak fluent French, and live in a French city for like...my entire life. *note: all Rs are the rolled 'hard r' that is linguistically a uvular R made from the back of your throat (NOT the Spanish or Italian soft R!), and all N and Ms are NASAL consonants, eg. plan in English, but in French it's kinda like "PLON". Ts are like...tse....you have to make a "s" -ish sound with the T....Geez...I should be putting my linguistic skills in use here....but the comp doesn't let me haha. Here goes...

Batignolles: BA-TIGNE-NOLLE (BA is like BO in BOP, N in NOLLE is like the N in NEW)

Suhali: Sue-A-Lee (you can also pronounce it the english way, but if yer a perfectionist, this is the French way, btw H is silent)

Framboise: Fram-Bwah-Z (AM in FRAM is nasal, ie like...OM)

Noisette: Nwah-Zette

Glacé: Glah-Say (most ppl avoid writing the E accent aigu because of comp. difficulties, but this word is an adjective modifying LV's mono Glacé line, and it means FROZEN-->describes how the monogram line is like...)

Mandarin: Mon-Da-Rin (roll your R!!!)

 

[NVMyLV]

This is cool. I could have used a pronounciation key several years ago when I went in and bought my Monceau. It was embarrassing that I didn't know how to even begin. BTW, pronounced MON SO. Now I just need to know the correct pronounciation of my personal favorite LV of all time. Malesherbes

 

[NVMyLV]

does anyone know how to pronounce malesherbes?

Funny. That is my question, too.

 

[sophiae]

Batignolles: BA-TIGNE-NOLLE (BA is like BO in BOP, N in NOLLE is like the N in NEW)

i took 4 years of french and i seriously thought that G and N together made a "nyuh" sound?? maybe i'm wrong? i've been pronouncing it "bah-tah-NYOLL" or "bah-ti-NYOLL"...