The LV Pronunciation Thread

[EvaLV]

My SA said it's pronounced as Boy-si

 

[pilates]

how do you pronounce Hampstead?
I heard its was pronounce like "os-tedh"???

 

[macska]

how do you pronounce Hampstead?
I heard its was pronounce like "os-tedh"???

I pronounce it in its English form, but the general rule in French is that words starting with an H are a silent h. And not being all that great a writing the phonetics of words, I won't attempt it here

 

[eurogirrl]

i just recently asked to see the Beaubourg at the LV store.. saying it like an american would, "beau" (as in spouse) - "burg".. and the french SA didn't know what i was talking about.. and finally, he realized what it was and said, "boo-boor(g)".. would this be accurate?

 

[ayd29]

Funny I stumbled upon how to pronounce LV in a right way. It so happened that I went to Neiman Marcus a week ago to check on LV Damier Ribera. So I asked the SA if they have the Damier (Da-meir) Ribera ( Ri-be-ra) in stock. And she repeated to me in a French sound way of how to pronounce it right Dameir Ribera. I felt embarrassed, but what the heck I still love the LV bags.

 

[LV Lady]

It's ER-MAY (that's how it sounds...). But the H is not pronounced simply because it's silent, not because of the accent on the E. Just like in the word HOTÊL (OH-TEL), or HAUTE (OAHT), the H is silent in these situations as well, only because it's a silent letter. Also, HERMÈS has a grave accent like this È not like this É.

I watched a show on a style channel about Hermes. It is DEFINETLY pronounced "er-Mes". A representative from Hermes is the one who taught the reporter how to pronounce it correctly.

 

[macska]

^^^
Yup, I'm francophone and that is how you pronounce Hermès ("er-Mes").

 

[mia.borsetta]

I wanted to say- shut up Oprah- you know you have tons of bags that cost a heck of a lot more than a LV.

Yes! I doubt any of us have forgotten her Hermes incident!

 

[Giangiacomo]

yeah, no offence, but the "gra-fight" is really bad.

If you want to stay "loyal" to Vuitton and keep everything in the original language, French, you really need to say "Kraa - feet "

(If English people pronounce the G, it sounds very different from French people. So to get the right pronouncing of Gra, you'll have to say Kraa)

 

[cruznit1436]

My SA's says gra-feet so that is how i pronounce it NOW, but before i thought it was gra-fite=(

 

[paulvipervette]

cant keep up with all these pronunciations lol!

 

[JustinCredible]

I always assumed it was "gra-fite" the same pronunciation as the mineral.

 

[declaredbeauty]

I always assumed it was "gra-fite" the same pronunciation as the mineral.

ita!

 

[JustinCredible]

Graphite pencil, Graphite canvas? :s

 

[minababe]

I'm so sry but I would like really want to know because I want to ask after the bag this week in the store. If I don't know how to say the word, I have a problem and the situation could be a bit embarrassing for me ..