Designer/brand name pronounciation

[headcoat]

Can you guys help me with some of these?

7 for all Mankind

Rock and Republic

Chip and Pepper

Ben Sherman

Penguin

Vans

Marc Jacobs

Marc by Marc Jacobs

Vans by Marc Jacobs

k thx

[red]

Can you guys help me with some of these?

7 for all Mankind

Rock and Republic

Chip and Pepper

Ben Sherman

Penguin

Vans

Marc Jacobs

Marc by Marc Jacobs

Vans by Marc Jacobs

k thx

way too difficult. youre better off carrying flash cards with the names on the front and the logos on the back.

[ChaseDizzy]

for more reinforcement...Hare is Har-ray...they said that in Japan.

[wEstSidE]

ビースビム .

[thorough]

re: "des"

my city is called des moines and we say "duh moin"

everyone says it like that in iowa.

[Stachy_007]

I'm french so I can help you for some,

comme des garçons= com des (dé) garson

nom de guerre= non de gué-re

Lanvin= Lan Van

Margelia= Mar gé lia

goyard = goille ard

[VDSUPREME]

Lanvin = La-vuhn

[rowyerboat]

I feel like a spa saying lanvin in its proper accent ... .. I think il just do it American style and say ''you got those LAN - VIN sneakers in ?''

[thomas_highstreet]

Heddy

(10 char)

eddy.. silent 'h'.. its french you nutbot.

[onemancult]

everyone who insists that the n in Lanvin is silent now has to die of AIDS within 48 hours please.

mr. dali, show these bitches how its done please...

rK4Bh_arF-E

[onemancult]

nKUni6wSqvs

eddy what? oh word?
[only the bitch in the opening says it correctly, hahahaha]

[sycamore no more]

The Japanese language does have M's. You learn it in elementary Japanese; ma me mi mo mu. So beesu-bim does make sense.

[dangersticks]

Regarding Hare: If it is actually a Japanese word (as in clear skies perhaps) or a person's name or part of their name, I agree "re" would be pronounced not like the "e" in "pet" but closer to "ray". But not har-ray - the first syllable just ends in the "ah" sound and the "r" is attached to the "ay" sound. ha-re, no particular emphasis on either syllable (that's the hardest thing for european language speakers to do since they are used to their always being an emphasis on one syllable or another).

[desertfox]

http://whitelephant.wordpress.com/todays-wishlist/guide-brand-pronounciation/

[the breaks]

Nicolo Ceschi Berrini?

The first and last are pretty obvious, but is Ceschi pronounced "seschi" or "keschi" ?

[dangersticks]

http://whitelephant.wordpress.com/todays-wishlist/guide-brand-pronounciation/

That's a nice list but how do we know it's accurate? I scanned down looking for a Japanese one to check them and I found a mistake right away.

Issey Miyake: Ee-say Mih-yak-kee

It's certainly not "kee" it's "kay" (same thing goes for those of you who drink sake and sing karaoke: it's "kay" at the end not "kee").

ees-say mee-yaw-kay would be how i'd try to write it out.

[readytoignite]

Nicolo Ceschi Berrini?

The first and last are pretty obvious, but is Ceschi pronounced "seschi" or "keschi" ?

"chesky".....

[the breaks]

"chesky".....

Ahh yeah like bruschetta = brusketta. I see it now.

[codymk127]

Im almost 100% sure its actually 'eddie' just as the 'h' is not pronounced in 'homme'... at least almost everyone who works at the NY, LV, and LA dior homme boutiques has pronounces it as 'eddie'... but they could be wrong..?

[Wesley Pipes]

Good thread!!! Foo+Boo all day.

[Trillerblake]

Lanvin was the one that always got me. Funny, even while typing I pronounced it as Lan (Dan)-vin (Win). Maybe I should start a knock off brand called DanWin? lol

[ProfMonnitoff]

lawn van

[kunk75]

people like me better when i pronoumce it:

lohn vah

[ken shinoda]

no, its pronounced as "long fong".

and prada is "bra da"

[Mihalis]

how do you pronounce poell?

pole? poh-elle? powel?

[Fuuma]

I don't even know how to teach you guys how to pronounce Lanvin but stop putting fucking emphasis on the "n"s for a start!!!

[Fuuma]

I'm french so I can help you for some,

comme des garçons= com des (dé) garson

nom de guerre= non de gué-re

Lanvin= Lan Van

Margelia= Mar gé lia

goyard = goille ard

goy-ar

Mar-jay-lia

kom dey gar son

[polishmike]

i always get to fashion parties cause people don't know how to pronounce my name. shit works, ask dark!

(only omc knows but he is xenu)

[sliver]

Wow I never even imagined people could have so much trouble pronouncing (short) French words ... but that's probably because in Canada we are forced to take French from early elementary school up to grade ten.

"Lanvin" seems so obvious to me, but I can see why it would be mystifying to someone who's never been taught French. The simplest way to explain it would be that it sounds like Law[n]-va[n], with [n] being the sound at the end of "awwwwww" (what you say when you feel bad for someone), it has a hint of an N sound but is nothing like the hard N in the word "On." And the emphasis goes on the second syllable.

p.s. Lewis Vwitten, obv.

[indesertum]

badumpabump

patrik ervell = er-VELL or ER-vell?

i've been saying er-VELL, but I was just listening to Jawnz a love story and I have no idea what homi29 was saying