Monday, December 14, 2009

How Do You Say That!?

I myself can get confused with how to properly pronounce all of the french or "fancy" brands.. lol. But, I do enjoy saying them correctly! So.. here's how!
Do you have any additions of your own!? Post in a comment below and I will make sure to include them!

Agent Provocateur: ah-jen pro-vock-a-toor
Bourjois: boor-jwah
Caudalie: kow-dah-lee
Chantecaille: shan-teh-kigh
Chanel: sha-nell
Decleor: deh-klay-or
Dr. Hauschka: doctor howsh-kuh
Estee Lauder: ess-tay law-der
Frederic Fekkai: fray-day-reek feh-kigh
Guerlain: goor-lahn
Issey Miyake: ee-say mee-yah-kay
Kevyn Aucoin: kevin oh-kwan
Korres: core-rezz
Lancome: lahn-comb
Laura Mercier: laura mers-yay
L'Occitane: lox-ee-tahn
Nars: nahrs
Natura Bissé: nah-too-ra bees-say
RéVive: ray-veev
Shiseido: she-say-doe
Shu Uemura: shoe oo-eh-moor-ah (if you want to be really authentic, soften the R and make more of a D sound)
Stila: stee-lah
Tocca: toe-kah
Versace: verr-sa-chay
Yves Saint Laurent: eve sahn lorr-ahnn

8 comments:

  1. I'd love to hear you pronounce those French brands!!
    And what about Garnier and Gemey?
    xoxo
    Marine

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  2. haha should I do a video pronouncing them? fun idea!!
    and...
    GAR- nyay
    not sure or gemey.. I've actually never heard of it? probably sounds like a j and not a g though...

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  3. There's a tag on youtube but i think a beauty related list of words would be better than the actual list since your channel is a beauty channel :)
    & Gemey is owned by L'oréal. They are in a kind of partnership with Maybelline.
    Here we have Gemey-Maybelline stuff.
    and yeah the G is pronounced like a J

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  4. I think the one for Guerlain isn't exactly right. I would have put "gare-lahn" instead of "goor-lahn". More importantly, I'm surprised you didn't have Kerastase on the list; I love how you say Kerastase! :)

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  5. yea I agree with you on the gare..

    and am I saying Kerastase wrong? it's how I've always heard it pronounced from hair stylists and whatnot so I'd have no idea if I'm wrong. lol. uh oh... wouldn't like that!

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  6. oh sorry for the confusion in my earlier comment! I think Kerastase should be on the list cuz it's a cool word with the accent and I'm pretty sure you say it perfectly! I love how you say it because I never hear anyone talk about Kerastase and I'm sure most people would butcher the pronunciation. :)

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  7. I'm French!! Coming to the rescue! ;)
    Gemey is Juh-may.
    And Guerlain isn't pronounced like that. It's
    Gayr-l"un" "un" as in one in French. Un deux trois.... You don't have these nasal sounds in English!!
    x

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