Very briefly in the UK in the mid to late 2000s there was a fruit cider on the market called Jacques. I used to pronounce with the correct French pronunciation but it turned out that everyone else (including the bar staff) called it Jacks. In the end I had to sacrifice my correct French pronunciation for the bastardised English one just to get served. The same thing happened a few years ago when I ordered a bottle of the Spanish beer Estrella Damm, using the correct pronunciation ...the barmaid looked at me like I'd gone mad and said "oh you mean EstreLLa?" pronouncing the Ls in the English way. She treated me as if I was in the wrong. I didn't have the strength to argue.
Right! I still struggle over the word "crepes" because I learned French in high school and want to pronounce it correctly, but nobody ever knows what I'm talking about when I do! So I just say it like every other American and just cringe inside each time lol
I am gracious and accommodating when a non English speaker makes an effort to speak my language and grateful when someone shows the same kindness when i am trying to communicate with them in their primary language. That's always a less condescending approach.
I couldn't agree with you more. I'm a bilingual British English/Spanish speaker and I love it when both British try to speak in Spanish or Spaniards try to talk in English. The purpose of language is COMMUNICATION. If you don't pronounce something correctly but I understood you anyway, I'm not going to be anal about it and I'll carry on with the conversation as usual.... I'm never going to make someone feel embarrassed for their pronunciation if I understood... This unfortunately has never applied to my French friends who basically ridicule me if I make the effort of trying to speak in French... 😅
@@isatundiyet they also have their own accent and pronunciation of foreign languages. My countrymen are not really bothered on how Foreigners butcher our native language because we are aware how difficult it is to retrain your vocal system to speak a certain dialect and even more a foreign language. Or perhaps, english is our second language that we are more liberal. The thing is borrowed language sometimes evolve to fit with the flow when mixed with other languages.
In Rome do as the Romans do-in the US I pronounce them as an English speaker but with the correct emphasis - in France I try to pronounce them correctly. The absolute correct French pronunciation sounds a little pretentious in an English speaking country. Now try in Asia😂
Good Point! If you pronounce this stuff correctly as she was trying to get us to do and you do that here, people would think you had completely lost your mind, haha! 😂
And yet….so many Americans when traveling abroad are only too quick to correct non English speakers when they do not pronounce words the way Americans do! Here’s hoping all Americans will remember that, when they’re traveling internationally…..”when in ROME😉.”
That’s because we can’t be bothered, not because we can’t pronounce them. We know we’re supposed to exhale when pronouncing Hugo Boss, but if we do it we’ll automatically come off as cocky to our fellow Frenchmen, so we don’t. Basically we can’t win... 🤷♂️
Tell the French companies to advertise them correctly in English speaking countries so they're pronounced correctly. This reminds me of Adidas where Americans are criticized for our pronunciation but it is literally advertised with that American pronunciation.
I mean I feel like, are we criticized? Really? Just comfort yourself that lots of English brands and even Nike are mispronounced elsewhere in the world, if that helps. And anyway super luxury brands hardly advertise if at all, so using their pronunciations correctly is basically just a social cue. You can always change your pronunciation and dialect based on your social setting. It's code switching and everyone does it one way or another. You can say Adidas differenty at home than when you're across the pond.
@@jzapert nike is marketed in eastern europe without that E. I don't want to pronounce vowels, sounds and accent that don't exist in my language. That's a no brainer. Every language has something unique other languages don't have. Only natives can pronounce words properly, the rest of us can only try our best to say it as close as we can
@@ksenija1337 or, ya know...just pronounce it the way it’s socially acceptable to pronounce it in your country. At least everyone will know exactly what you’re talking about. There is no shame in that. Except for “native speakers” trying to shame you.
My Mom went to university in France and my sisters and I spent summers in France growing up, but I have lost a lot of my French (I used to be fluent). It was fun to know that I still can properly pronounce French words and brands. 💗
Most of the time, they will take the easy way out and accept recommendations from the marketing companies for every country. This leads to cases where Audi is pronounced correctly, but most foreign car makers are not. I am not aware of any country where people would make real efforts to pronounce the names closer to the original versions.
A good trick if you can picture it when you learn French, English sounds are made in the front of the mouth, nearer to the teeth. French sounds originate from further back in the mouth, nearer to the throat. I'm a native French speaker who had a big accent when speaking English, but when I noticed this front and back of the mouth thing, I started correcting my accent and it made speaking English much easier. I suspect it would work the same way from English to French.
I was born in Nashville, Tn. My first grade teacher couldn't understand why my English enunciation was so poor. In second grade, I realized on my own that "my mother talked funny" - she was German. I grew up concentrating on how I pronounced everything. No one thought I was from Tennessee. I could not even fake a southern accent (my siblings had severe southern accents.) Finally, at age 32 I moved to a "backwoods" area of the state where everyone "spoke hillbilly". After a couple of months, I would horrify myself as I heard myself pronouncing words in the local manner. Turns out, southerners only use the front of their mouth also - they just can't be bothered to open it very much either. Difficult to enunciate when you don't really bother to move your jaw much at all.
Except several of the consonants are pronounced more frontally, for instance the t. For the English t, the tongue is slightly farther back and more aspirated
Love it! Was definitely getting L'Occitane wrong! Btw, the word is not proNOUNciation though, it's proNUNciation. So there's a new English one for you!
She didnt pronounce it correctly either. (I am from L'Occitanie I can tell) And while the other pronunciations where better it still sounded a bit off.
Just started working at a department store and wanted to be able to pronounce some designer names correctly. I remembered watching this video months back. Although I took four years of French and did a home stay, it's been a while. Thanks for the help!
@@thecapricorn11 They do. There are "department stores" and there are Department Stores. Macy's, T.J. Maxx and Walmart are the former while Saks Fifth Avenue, Bergdorf Goodman and Nordstorm are the latter and they certainly carry most of the brands she mentioned.
Just a bit of advice from a Louisiana native who has spoken French (both Cajun and European) as a second language since the age of three: remember to stress the last syllable. While English tends to put emphasis on the first syllable, French puts it on the last. I hope that is helpful for future videos!
@@isabelpacheco9400 There is a difference in France French and Louisiana French. Don't you think. Same as England English and US English. Even Scouser English. Spain Spanish and Mexico Spanish which is different to Colombian Spanish hell pick another South American Country
@@tobykunta2687 yes. And while some of the words and pronunciations are different, both dialects of French I speak have words that typically are stressed on the last syllable.
@@tobykunta2687 Neither English nor French are my first language, my native language is Portuguese, but I’ve learned French from a French teacher and one of the first things she taught me was the stress in the last syllable, bc in Portuguese we don’t have a pattern, the stressed syllable changes for each word, so I guess this specific point is equal for both French from France and from Louisiana
Oh, this is so excellent! You have very clear lettering for how each name is spelled. Right under it, the spelling for the correct pronunciation is exactly what a native English-speaker needs, along with your excellent very French accent. You also give us enough time to repeat after you. And the insertions of the images are helpful. Ty so much for this!
I can't frigging stand it when people say "WOILA" when they mean "VOILA". I actually heard someone say "Why is there a V in there if you don't pronounce it?"
Her accent is among the best I've heard from an English speaker. However, saying that it is perfect is a bit of a stretch. For instance as others have pointed out, her pronunciation of "car" in the word "cartier" is not quite correct.
@Pia Lee Hi ! I'm French and your story makes me totaly lol, it's cute and your british accent also when you speak French 😉😊 (we have french accent in English so...😂)
The problem is that if you're not talking to French-speaking people, you might not be understood using the French pronunciation. The same applies to using a "proper" English pronunciation for some English brand names while in France... You just can't win!
Exactly, I worked in a hotel in London England when I was young (I am French) and the menu of the restaurant was in French (with english description) I could not understand a word when guests would give their order trying to pronounce the dishes in French. The Head waiter would say: " you are French you should understand!!!".....
It happened to me in a restaurant in London ! I'm French and I thought it would be cool to try eating at a French restaurant there. The meal's name were written in French, but when I had to order I had to use an English pronunciation of the French words to be understood... I guess I shoud have thought about that before ordering xD
I learned French some years ago and my French teacher, who was a native French speaker, drilled into us how to pronounce many of these brands because then it's easier to grasp other words!
Have seen quite a many French teaching lesson vids but this one tops it all! What a refreshing and breezy presentation! Genteel Rosie took the trouble to insert the spelling onto the screen and time stamped the words which are really helpful for the teaching content guidance. Well done! Subscribed!
I stumbled upon this video on September 2022. As a Brazilian and, therefore, a native speaker of a Latin language, it's funny we actually pronounce most of these brands (at least the ones we are familiar with) correctly, well, except for L'Oréal hahahaahah! Great video!
That’s the French attitude summed up right there. They laugh or mock or are just rude about foreigners trying to speak French and then complain no one foreign learns French nowadays. It’s not like English which is worldwide in culture, movies, music and learnt as the first second language by virtually everyone so they grow up hearing it.
@@tommoncrieff1154 absolutely not. That person was just idiot. In fact, we love when stranger really try to speak french, and we correct them in a gentle way if there are mistakes. Plus, the little accents are so cute. I just melt when I hear a little english, spanish or russian accent in french, for exemples. It's adorable and sometimes really sexy. Of course there are some idiots who will laugh, but idiots exist in every country 🤷♀️
I’m from the French area of south Louisiana…these were easy for me. My best friend’s mom’s name was Lou Boutin! She was quite elegant, adored shoes, and had quite a collection.
I don’t know if it’s the French words twisting language that many non-French speakers are having fun and trouble with or it’s this beautifully-presented video by Rosie. The comments here are really hilarious and medicine for a hearty laugh!
Well am just gonna say it: rest of the world don’t need to pronounce anything the way you French want it to when French will not pronounce any other. 🤪
Relax I wasn't trying to be mean and if there was a video for brands from those countries then I would look at it. However I'm just saying that nice that people can know how the french pronounce french brands and if you want to continue pronouncing it the way you do then go ahead it's none of my buisness. Als @Gloria Bobbio yeah you're right it's pronounced different in different languages.
@@clato_not_glato7447 no, you were trying to put us down. I don't know if there are other european languages who has french U. My nation cannot pronounce it because we don't have that sound. We also cannot pronounce letters with umlauts, we don't have those sounds either. You cannot pronounce our ć, đ, lj, and you would never hear me saying "finally someone said it". I doubt you're properly pronouncing dutch H or east asian words. You're just trying to shame us. Stop thinking so highly of yourself.
I did french in highschool and my teacher grew up in France and one of the first things she taught us was how to pronounce french brands correctly lmao she'd get so frustrated because we were mangling it 😂
Australian here. Imagine my surprise when my French student a few years ago told me how excited she was to get a pair of "levees" because they were cheap here. Of course, she was referring to Levi's jeans...
Great video! One remark: your "Louboutin" sounds like "Lubutin"; "ou" should be the same vowel as in "cool", with your mouth positioned closer to an "o" than a french "u" :)
Even though similar, the french ‘ou’ is not exactly the same as the English ‘oo’ in cool, not to mention the various pronunciations of the word ‘cool’ in the many different accents and dialects of the English language.
This hits on why it's easier to learn French from an English speaker than a French person. My first French teacher was from France and I swear the only thing I learned in the first year was "taisez vous." My second French teacher was American and really worked with us on pronunciation, taking a whole class each week just to practice pronunciation.
@@pauljordan4452 We tend to speak from our own experience…I had a “rubbish” instructor and so did my son, years later. I took French when I was 10-12, and no French teacher would come teach kids in the Soviet Bloc.
Only in your experience. My 1st French teacher who was middle aged taught as so much. She was genuinely interested and very patient. My worse French teacher in high school was a harpy Armenian tyrant. Cos of her I failed my A' Level French.
This was very good - thank you very much! I work in luxury brand shoes, and one I did want to hear was Yves Saint Laurent. Most people that are not comfortable with the pronunciation just skip it completely and say “YSL” I think I do a fairly good job on it, but I would like to have heard your pronunciation on it.
This is amazing, and it is very important as well for when an anglophone visits France there is always this misunderstanding when we pronounce the words differently, we often get misunderstood. Would appreciate more of the like :)
Me too! I just find it shows respect when speaking the language of the country you're visiting to try to pronounce things as correctly as possible, even if you make mistakes or only know a few words or sentences.
Ah, but the French deliberately misunderstand you. They know perfectly well what you mean, their just too anally retentive about their language to grant you any latitude.
True, plus loreal's commercials say it the way we do, same with l'occitane and chloe, more too, their commercials say it differently than she says to pronounce it in the video
You can throw out a sortof Zhee-van-shay or prounounce Vuitton with the "vwee" and be ok... But that L'Oréal is on the shelf not far from the Pepto Bismol. Ma'am do you have your CVS card?
I don't speak French but learned the basics of French pronunciation in college when all who studied classical singing had to learn to sing in 4 languages. French was one of my choices. You learn the basics and you don't make those "English speaking" mistakes quite so often ;-)
If you wanna see a language that isn’t pronounced in the way it’s written, check out some Irish words. For starters, the letter “h” screws up everything- any consonant immediately before an h takes on a completely different sound, and sometimes no sound at all. Example: The popular girls’ name “Siobhan” is pronounced “Shi-vawn”- the “bh” is pronounced as a “v”.
Thank you for telling me how to say L’Occitane! I, too, love their hand cream (I have some here by my chair) and also their facial moisturizer. I studied French is school, so I was at least “close” on all the other pronunciations, but this one had me baffled.
As a French, that was interesting :) I love how for almost everything you got the diphthong/nasals right, but the "ou" from louboutin was not yet as perfect as the rest ;)
Americans, like myself, are confused by diacritical marks. They aren't used in American English. This video showed me that in French, the accents and diacritical marks are very necessary.
Cool video, that's actually cool to see the way you try to help foreigners to pronunce our ridiculous sounds by approximating them with existing English sounds :) By the way, Pret à manger is actually a British brand, the only French part of it is its name, accent circonflexe excluded ;)
Thank you for including Guerlain! I'm German, so I'm quite familiar with our neighbours language, but with Guerlain I've never been 100% sure. And la petite robe noire is beautiful! :-)
Bien oui, en effet, j’ai travaillé chez l’Oréal. Each syllable must be said independently. No mashing them together. About the brand name: l’or = gold réal = real = real gold.
One of the particularity when we speak english with our silly french accent is that we don't "exhale" any consonant at the begining or inside a word. So the other way around, when you prononce french words you can try not exhaling too much those consonants to sound more french. For example, for "Lancôme", you tend to exhale a bit the "c" ("lanc-h-om"), but the "c" is prononced like the "k" sound in "Chloé" (same goes for the "t" in Vuitton, or the "t" in Occitane, that you prononce correctly at the end of Moët for example but you tend to exhale it more inside a word, since it's how it goes in english) . I know it's subtle but, well, it's a liitle thing that maybe can help people ^^
ludo tect: why do you say that the French speak English with an idiotic accent? apart from the Scandinavian countries. all countries have a particular accent. we ourselves for the Anglo-Saxons we know by their accents, if they are American, Irish, British, Australian. it's not a shame to have a particular pronunciation. personally I am proud to be French
Wow！very good analysis and input! I believe you have a very good ear :) As a French person, I felt something was a little different in her "c", but couldn't explain why, and I felt all sorted out after reading your comment :) You must be a veteran language learner!
@@ybreton6593 He wasn't. He was saying that Anglophones have a "silly" accent in French, including him. The sentence is a little tricky :) Thus the misunderstanding. It was just a joking way to say it.
@@kareenvu1568 Glad that helped ! I'm really not a veteran language learner, but I'm musician, so probably I tend to analyse sounds a bit differently ^^ (I'm also french by the way :D And I was just making fun of myself when I said "silly french accent" !)
Yep! You're talking about the aspiration of consonants /p t k/ in English, which doesn't happen in French 🙂 It would happen more in English when these consonants are followed by vowels, so that explains why Rosie has carried this habit into the 'middle' of words more than the end!
One technicality: When the brand was conceived the gentleman refused to put the accent aigu on the first ‘e’! Thus, everyone is likely mispronouncing it!
Very helpful information. If I am ever speaking to someone in France, I will try to pronounce names the way they do. Just as I would do in any country. If I were in Japan or America, I would probably pronounce a French name they way they do so that they would understand me better.
Wonderful! My paternal heritage is ultimately French, via French Canada. My father grew up speaking French until he was about 8 years old; his elder sister remained fluent all her life. My dad could carry on a conversation, so I did grow up hearing the language, and became familiar with the pronunciations. I studied French in High school, and my aunt who still spoke the language told me I had a good natural accent. Later as an adult in community college I studied a bit more. However, lacking anyone by that time with whom to practice, I never became fluent. I successfully pronounced all of your examples prior to your instruction, except for L'Occitane, of which I'd never heard. (But I came close, rendering the final syllable as "tahn" not "tehn".) I can translate that famous old advertisement: "Pardonez moi; avez vous des poupon gris?" :-) :-D Oui, je parle francais comme la vache espagnol! I belatedly realized that being a California native, learning Spanish would have been more useful. However, at my age (73) I'm not sure I'm up for any in-depth language studies...
You were actually right with "tahn". As a non native speaker I was also confused by the "tayn" and looked it up. The official UA-cam Channel of l'Occitane confirms it's "tahn". Otherwise she did a great job pronouncing all the other words.
You know, I’m an Spanish and English speaker. But I feel like bc my mother language is Spanish, these are not so hard to pronounce. I can see why English speakers could stress a bit with it.. anyways, if u guys want to learn , keep going! Y got this.. I myself want to lear french
Born and grew up in the UK. Started learning French in primary school and everyone learns French in high school so I think this helps most English to pronounce correctly.
Your own language or dialect in ones country is superior than any other We learn other languages.for the purpose of universal.communication and under standing
Very good pronunciation for a non-speaker of French. And fun learning. Good method. I do have a brief comment though Occitane is pronounced “tan” as in “have a tan”. The sound “tan” is slightly longer, but that should work. Champagne: the “pa” is more open, as in the second syllable of “Papa” in Frenglish. But I truly find your pronunciation amazing. Just contributing to the video. Thank you.
As an Anglo-french speaker myself, I really enjoyed this. There’s one thing I have to correct you on and that’s the pronunciation of pronunciation. I live in Australia but am Canadian (did live in France as well) but I’ve noticed Australians often say pronOUnciation instead of pronunciation, you pronounce a word but it is pronunciation is spelt differently. You do it sometimes and not other times I noticed. Anyhow another funny word. Thanks, I’ve always wondered about Moët et Chandon. Your accent is lovely btw, very French.
@@digidol52 As an Australian listening to this clip, I hear a slight New Zealand accent to her spoken english - the vowels are usually the giveaway there.
Really enjoyed this. I did O'level French back in 1987,and I must have retained a lot of info. I was amazed that I got most of these right! A few did catch me out though, so happy to get corrected!
I went to Macy's NYC and asked where the Givenchy counter was using the proper pronunciation and the salesperson looked at me like I sprouted a second head! LOL
As an American, I’ve gotta say I’ve never heard anyone pronounce Givenchy with a hard G or Hermès with a hard H. Not that it doesn’t happen, I just think a lot of people at least know not to do that lol. Great vid though!
This was fun. I am a fragrance junkie and my favorites always are absolutely unpronounceable to me! If you ever consider doing another video like this, can you include Yves Saint Laurent? Thank you!
@@AbsentWithoutLeaving ha ha! For a Brazilian. 😂 I don’t believe so, I could be mistaken when purchasing the incredible product for either the incredible value @ the $1 store or Walmart for $2.99 the cashiers haven’t added at the end of the purchase, ‘’yah know’’.. lol, it’s really not like the wood chopping tool or the slang word for a 🎸. However the eye watering, nose bleed of smells that slap the $Hi+ & dizzy your senses more than a skunk 🦨 assaulting you with their ass tear gas I do believe is pronounced like AX/ 🪓. Which now to think of it, makes perfect sense because it’s like getting an 🪓 to your smeller & it assaults all your senses. Been a strange favorite for junior high school boys & misguided dudes believing that their lack of receiving attention from whoever they’re attracted too will be helped by their extraordinary purchase of an AXE aerosol spray or the plethora of other odd smelling items-instead of using the biggest tool to woo their target especially if it’s a female, the largest sex organ for females & in my experience is what seals any deal is by way of the brain, not a whole lot gets a female in the ‘’feels’’ more than being listened to or just having a conversation like a semi ‘’normal’’ human. It’s a panty dropper for sure! Lmao!
Beautiful language, French (as are all the romance languages). So it's definitely worth pronouncing it properly - doing so shows respect and helps the speaker avoid letting loose with cringe-inducing pronounciations.
I took French for four years so I mildly know how to pronounce these just based on what I was taught, but if I try to pronounce them this way, my bf (& others) think I’m being a snobby dick 🥸😭😒 or restaurants and stores try to correct me into pronouncing it the American way. Like Chanel’s mademoiselle, they’re like “oh you mean MAID-mwah-SEHLL?”
Exactly. I knew how to pronounce them all correctly, with the exception of L'Occitane(went with "ahn" rather than "an" as the last syllable), but if you do this in the US, it comes off as extremely pretentious.
I tried to teach a French person how to say “mouth” in English. He kept confusing the word with the pronunciation of “bouche”. We worked on “ou” as in “how” for a while and it was very interesting for both of us. I enjoyed your lesson. Thanks.
This makes me think of the Steve Martin routine when he mimicked a guys who dies of choking and the people say how did he die and they say he was trying to speak French
I never thought I'd be watching a kiwi tell me how to say French words. That's not a criticism. The video is very interesting and starts well by explaining the challenge of spoken French.
I blame it on marketing. If marketing said it right then we would know. Well I've said a few of them right, mainly because my cousin is in fashion. 😊 Great video love it!
Maybe some marketing experts can explain why a brand trains people to mispronounce its name? How hard would it be to pronounce it correctly so that we all know it from the start?
Pronouncing champagne correctly at a restaurant would be like something I would make a friend do on a dare. 🤣🤣🤣 I’m in California. The thought of it is making me laugh. I was hoping ‘La Croix’ would be covered. We have a street with that name in my town and in my head I pronounce it like Edina Monsoon’s favorite brand.
Also for Moët, the trema (••) will let you know that the next letter will be pronounced solo. Like in the name Loïc (loh - ik), without the trema it would be pronounced (luah-k).
I really enjoyed your pronunciation of each brand and how subtle it is. I have some old French blood in my family, so while 100% Aussie, I must have some of the rolling r's, and I enjoy spending time updating with French speaking native persons at work, and countryside French is again another side to add on.❤ Another trick I had learnt is how the language will rise and fall when spoken slowly, then increase the speed without forgetting the harsh to soft lit to the back of the nasal passage. The swearing is fun too😂 I am trying to learn Farsi (Persian) which has some French words used as well, so it comes in handy to have those French ones down pat 🤗🥂
A guy who worked on the same Sephora store as I did, called me an elitist because I always said the words correctly. I learned how to pronounce french in school.
If we pronounce every single non-English thing with the accent of its origin we’ll sound crazy. I feel like Cartier is a good example. We’re just saying it with our accent. Not necessarily pronouncing it wrong. By saying it “correctly” we’re putting on a fake accent. It reminds me of the weird “croissant “
I loved this! I pronounced most of them the correct way except for maybe a few! I thought for sure you would have done YSL! Or, the Rue de Saint Honore or Avenue Montaigne! But, this was great & I thoroughly enjoyed it!
@@AnitasLoveify I don’t know American pronunciation. I am French and that is my first language. Perhaps you are thinking of the Rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré, which is an extension of the Rue Saint-Honoré. Either way, I think you have found the perfect excuse to come visit us again!
It's funny because when I lived in England and I said some french words such as : croissant or even some brands with a french accent (because it's French you know) every people looked at me as I was mispronouncing the word so something I wonder how in French I say it like I am douting on my own mother tongue x)
I enjoyed this video so much. It's very empowering to know how to pronounce these French brand names properly(as someone very fastidious on pronounciation in my vernacular and in English). Thank you so much!
The actual lesson starts at 4:20.
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when you actually pronounce it correctly, but everyone around you look at you weird cause they all say it wrong. LOL
True, lol! Unless you were actually speaking to a French person, it sounds a bit pretentious.
Very briefly in the UK in the mid to late 2000s there was a fruit cider on the market called Jacques. I used to pronounce with the correct French pronunciation but it turned out that everyone else (including the bar staff) called it Jacks. In the end I had to sacrifice my correct French pronunciation for the bastardised English one just to get served.
The same thing happened a few years ago when I ordered a bottle of the Spanish beer Estrella Damm, using the correct pronunciation ...the barmaid looked at me like I'd gone mad and said "oh you mean EstreLLa?" pronouncing the Ls in the English way. She treated me as if I was in the wrong. I didn't have the strength to argue.
Yes. I dont want to brag but I pronounce most foreign names right and people look at me weird.
Right! I still struggle over the word "crepes" because I learned French in high school and want to pronounce it correctly, but nobody ever knows what I'm talking about when I do! So I just say it like every other American and just cringe inside each time lol
So heckin true! I mean I've had trouble with people not getting the English pronunciations right, French is another galaxy.
When you don't need to pronounce these brands cuz you can't afford most of them. 😆
Omg 😂😂
I was afraid to even say those words on account I get charged for uttering them.
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Haha that’s a good one! Yes and absolutely unaffordable words!
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I am gracious and accommodating when a non English speaker makes an effort to speak my language and grateful when someone shows the same kindness when i am trying to communicate with them in their primary language. That's always a less condescending approach.
Italians luv it when one tries to speak Italian.
Not me 😂
Agree. I find it quite charming, actually.
I couldn't agree with you more. I'm a bilingual British English/Spanish speaker and I love it when both British try to speak in Spanish or Spaniards try to talk in English. The purpose of language is COMMUNICATION. If you don't pronounce something correctly but I understood you anyway, I'm not going to be anal about it and I'll carry on with the conversation as usual.... I'm never going to make someone feel embarrassed for their pronunciation if I understood... This unfortunately has never applied to my French friends who basically ridicule me if I make the effort of trying to speak in French... 😅
@@isatundiyet they also have their own accent and pronunciation of foreign languages. My countrymen are not really bothered on how Foreigners butcher our native language because we are aware how difficult it is to retrain your vocal system to speak a certain dialect and even more a foreign language. Or perhaps, english is our second language that we are more liberal. The thing is borrowed language sometimes evolve to fit with the flow when mixed with other languages.
In Rome do as the Romans do-in the US I pronounce them as an English speaker but with the correct emphasis - in France I try to pronounce them correctly. The absolute correct French pronunciation sounds a little pretentious in an English speaking country. Now try in Asia😂
Good Point! If you pronounce this stuff correctly as she was trying to get us to do and you do that here, people would think you had completely lost your mind, haha! 😂
It always sounds pretentious because you assume other people know another language and they likely don't
And yet….so many Americans when traveling abroad are only too quick to correct non English speakers when they do not pronounce words the way Americans do! Here’s hoping all Americans will remember that, when they’re traveling internationally…..”when in ROME😉.”
Aww poor little you being offended at french word. Americans truly are the epitome of ignorance.
@kismet2354 with the self entitlement don't bet on it.
And we French are also great at slaughtering foreign brands, so I guess it all balances out! XD
Mdr NIKE
@@NotEvenFrench OH OUPS. OUI, c'est Nique. Pkoi les gens qui parlent anglais peuvent pas prononcer ce mot ?
@@NotEvenFrench Certains le disent comme ça pour rigoler, oui. Mais ce n'est pas considéré comme de l'humour très fin. ^^;
@@NotEvenFrench Non non ! :D On dit "naïque" (et pas "naïki")
That’s because we can’t be bothered, not because we can’t pronounce them. We know we’re supposed to exhale when pronouncing Hugo Boss, but if we do it we’ll automatically come off as cocky to our fellow Frenchmen, so we don’t. Basically we can’t win... 🤷♂️
Tell the French companies to advertise them correctly in English speaking countries so they're pronounced correctly. This reminds me of Adidas where Americans are criticized for our pronunciation but it is literally advertised with that American pronunciation.
Yes! A-DEED-as! It sounds rude for some reason! lol
I mean I feel like, are we criticized? Really? Just comfort yourself that lots of English brands and even Nike are mispronounced elsewhere in the world, if that helps. And anyway super luxury brands hardly advertise if at all, so using their pronunciations correctly is basically just a social cue.
You can always change your pronunciation and dialect based on your social setting. It's code switching and everyone does it one way or another. You can say Adidas differenty at home than when you're across the pond.
@@jzapert nike is marketed in eastern europe without that E.
I don't want to pronounce vowels, sounds and accent that don't exist in my language. That's a no brainer. Every language has something unique other languages don't have. Only natives can pronounce words properly, the rest of us can only try our best to say it as close as we can
@@ksenija1337 or, ya know...just pronounce it the way it’s socially acceptable to pronounce it in your country. At least everyone will know exactly what you’re talking about. There is no shame in that. Except for “native speakers” trying to shame you.
@@ladybaabaa3294 Aaaaa. Deeeee dasssssss. No Ass at the end.
My Mom went to university in France and my sisters and I spent summers in France growing up, but I have lost a lot of my French (I used to be fluent). It was fun to know that I still can properly pronounce French words and brands. 💗
If the companies want it pronounced correctly perhaps they should let their advertising companies know.
Absolutely right!
I appreciate the makers of Nutella for telling us they pronounce the product the same way most Americans do .
true
Most of the time, they will take the easy way out and accept recommendations from the marketing companies for every country. This leads to cases where Audi is pronounced correctly, but most foreign car makers are not. I am not aware of any country where people would make real efforts to pronounce the names closer to the original versions.
I had the same thought, because that is how we are being taught the pronunciations.
A good trick if you can picture it when you learn French, English sounds are made in the front of the mouth, nearer to the teeth. French sounds originate from further back in the mouth, nearer to the throat. I'm a native French speaker who had a big accent when speaking English, but when I noticed this front and back of the mouth thing, I started correcting my accent and it made speaking English much easier. I suspect it would work the same way from English to French.
Ca et aussi si qu'on exercise les muscles de la bouche et la visage, puis parler. Les cles de mon telephone portable sont en ma langue anglais. 😂😂😂
I was born in Nashville, Tn. My first grade teacher couldn't understand why my English enunciation was so poor. In second grade, I realized on my own that "my mother talked funny" - she was German. I grew up concentrating on how I pronounced everything. No one thought I was from Tennessee. I could not even fake a southern accent (my siblings had severe southern accents.) Finally, at age 32 I moved to a "backwoods" area of the state where everyone "spoke hillbilly". After a couple of months, I would horrify myself as I heard myself pronouncing words in the local manner. Turns out, southerners only use the front of their mouth also - they just can't be bothered to open it very much either. Difficult to enunciate when you don't really bother to move your jaw much at all.
Oui, c’est bien vrai!
Except several of the consonants are pronounced more frontally, for instance the t. For the English t, the tongue is slightly farther back and more aspirated
makes sense because i feel like i’m going to gag trying to speak these french words 😂
I am French. When english speakers pronounce "Louboutin" I hear "Louis Vuitton" haha
I relate!!
C'est vrai😎
😁😁😁
I've always assumed these people truly don't know they're speaking of 2 different companies.
THE ACTUAL WORST and I am an english speaker like they are not the same brand pls stop
Love it! Was definitely getting L'Occitane wrong! Btw, the word is not proNOUNciation though, it's proNUNciation. So there's a new English one for you!
She didnt pronounce it correctly either. (I am from L'Occitanie I can tell) And while the other pronunciations where better it still sounded a bit off.
Let me tell you how to pronounce words correctly, while I mispronounce "pronunciation".
@@kristinheslop7926 so many haters lol
@@kristinheslop7926 😄
Yes. I noticed that, too.
I don’t know how I got here but I’m watching the whole thing.
Welcome to YT.
So m i
lol same… i wonder if yt is trying to tell us something?
Just started working at a department store and wanted to be able to pronounce some designer names correctly. I remembered watching this video months back. Although I took four years of French and did a home stay, it's been a while. Thanks for the help!
“department stores” don’t carry these brands
@@thecapricorn11 They do. There are "department stores" and there are Department Stores. Macy's, T.J. Maxx and Walmart are the former while Saks Fifth Avenue, Bergdorf Goodman and Nordstorm are the latter and they certainly carry most of the brands she mentioned.
@@MTMF.london ok now you have a bleesed day now ya hear?
@@thecapricorn11 You too, mate.
Just a bit of advice from a Louisiana native who has spoken French (both Cajun and European) as a second language since the age of three: remember to stress the last syllable. While English tends to put emphasis on the first syllable, French puts it on the last. I hope that is helpful for future videos!
I would have loved to see her facial expression when she read this comment, lol.
@@jebatman756 it is a bit ironic. Don't you think? 😉
@@isabelpacheco9400 There is a difference in France French and Louisiana French. Don't you think. Same as England English and US English. Even Scouser English. Spain Spanish and Mexico Spanish which is different to Colombian Spanish hell pick another South American Country
@@tobykunta2687 yes. And while some of the words and pronunciations are different, both dialects of French I speak have words that typically are stressed on the last syllable.
@@tobykunta2687 Neither English nor French are my first language, my native language is Portuguese, but I’ve learned French from a French teacher and one of the first things she taught me was the stress in the last syllable, bc in Portuguese we don’t have a pattern, the stressed syllable changes for each word, so I guess this specific point is equal for both French from France and from Louisiana
Time is precious!
4:29 Actual information
Oh, this is so excellent! You have very clear lettering for how each name is spelled. Right under it, the spelling for the correct pronunciation is exactly what a native English-speaker needs, along with your excellent very French accent. You also give us enough time to repeat after you. And the insertions of the images are helpful. Ty so much for this!
First world problems.
I can't frigging stand it when people say "WOILA" when they mean "VOILA". I actually heard someone say "Why is there a V in there if you don't pronounce it?"
@@pampire13 😂at first I thought that read, “First word problems “.
except she's not even speaking with an english accent....hahaha
It reads Jean Paul, the pronunciation diagram says "John pohl", but what's coming out of her mouth is......"jauh pau"
I am a teacher who speaks french as a first language. Your informations are totally accurate and your accent est parfait.
Merci!
French with a capital F...
Pardon ? Son accent est encore plus marqué que celui de Viggo Mortensen.
Sérieux? son accent est pas mal mais loin d'être parfait. Commençons par Cartier, déjà.
Her accent is among the best I've heard from an English speaker. However, saying that it is perfect is a bit of a stretch. For instance as others have pointed out, her pronunciation of "car" in the word "cartier" is not quite correct.
I slaughter every French word😭 I feel like Joey in Friends trying to learn French.
Lol and your last name is French. Do you slaughter that too? 🤣
@@mariagabbott oh goodness, I hope not! 🤣🤣🤣
In spite of your family name, which is very french! ;D
@@kareenvu1568 haha, I married a French man
Haha no shame here, Frenchies slaughter each word they try to pronounce in English... and we are proud of this 😅🙃
Fantastic video! I didn't know that about Moet being Dutch --- totally makes sense now. Thank you!
Me at a bakery: One kwasun (croissant) please.
Lady: krosant?
Me: Yes, kwasun
Lady: krosant?
Me: krosant
☺️😁😉😋 It's happened to me!
@Pia Lee
Hi ! I'm French and your story makes me totaly lol, it's cute and your british accent also when you speak French 😉😊 (we have french accent in English so...😂)
Loool. I am crying, this is hilarious. Kwasun... It is exactly my experience as well. 😂
Lmao😂😂
So true!
The problem is that if you're not talking to French-speaking people, you might not be understood using the French pronunciation. The same applies to using a "proper" English pronunciation for some English brand names while in France... You just can't win!
Exactly, I worked in a hotel in London England when I was young (I am French) and the menu of the restaurant was in French (with english description) I could not understand a word when guests would give their order trying to pronounce the dishes in French. The Head waiter would say: " you are French you should understand!!!".....
It happened to me in a restaurant in London ! I'm French and I thought it would be cool to try eating at a French restaurant there. The meal's name were written in French, but when I had to order I had to use an English pronunciation of the French words to be understood... I guess I shoud have thought about that before ordering xD
@@lunatictime151 J'avais jamais pensé à ça... Je notes pour mon prochain voyage à Londres, prononcer les mots français à l'anglaise x)
@@lunatictime151 That’s funny.😄
@@janicevin4207 😁
I learned French some years ago and my French teacher, who was a native French speaker, drilled into us how to pronounce many of these brands because then it's easier to grasp other words!
This was fun! Not sure how much I’ll remember, but I thoroughly enjoyed this!
Have seen quite a many French teaching lesson vids but this one tops it all! What a refreshing and breezy presentation! Genteel Rosie took the trouble to insert the spelling onto the screen and time stamped the words which are really helpful for the teaching content guidance. Well done! Subscribed!
I cannot hear the words Champs-Elysées without singing the song in my head.
Oh Champs Élysées
Oh Champs Élysées
Au soleil, sous la pluie
À midi ou à minuit
Il y a tout c'que vous voulez aux Champs Élysées
I cannot read it aloud without remembering the song first. 🤣
Same and I love it!
Il y a tout ce que vous voulez au champs elycées.
"You don't frenchify people's names"
(giggles in Van Gogh)
Or even worse Leonardo da Vinci.
Love this video! Wonderful. Keep doing more videos like one on slang… how people really talk at flea markets on the strets of Paris today.
I love the way you teach the pronunciation of the words phonetically.. it is awesome!
I stumbled upon this video on September 2022. As a Brazilian and, therefore, a native speaker of a Latin language, it's funny we actually pronounce most of these brands (at least the ones we are familiar with) correctly, well, except for L'Oréal hahahaahah! Great video!
Hello 👋 how are you doing?
I had a French girl come visit me
I tried to impress her with a few French words
She almost died laughing.
Thats why I'm sooo afraid to start speak out loud! hahah
That’s the French attitude summed up right there. They laugh or mock or are just rude about foreigners trying to speak French and then complain no one foreign learns French nowadays. It’s not like English which is worldwide in culture, movies, music and learnt as the first second language by virtually everyone so they grow up hearing it.
Spanish speaker, meet a Brazilian guy ans spoke to him in Portuguese and he laughed at me... but yet when I wrote out what I said he understood me :(
@@tommoncrieff1154 absolutely not. That person was just idiot. In fact, we love when stranger really try to speak french, and we correct them in a gentle way if there are mistakes. Plus, the little accents are so cute. I just melt when I hear a little english, spanish or russian accent in french, for exemples. It's adorable and sometimes really sexy. Of course there are some idiots who will laugh, but idiots exist in every country 🤷♀️
@@miajimenez8238 , they don't speak European Portuguese.
I’m from the French area of south Louisiana…these were easy for me. My best friend’s mom’s name was Lou Boutin! She was quite elegant, adored shoes, and had quite a collection.
I don’t know if it’s the French words twisting language that many non-French speakers are having fun and trouble with or it’s this beautifully-presented video by Rosie. The comments here are really hilarious and medicine for a hearty laugh!
4:29 is when it actually starts
Thank you😂👍👍
Thank you so much
I failed French but am shocked that I actually almost got them all right , patting myself on the back , great video really enjoyed watching it 👍🏻
French from Canada. Wow, I love the way you teach.❤
I'm french and honestly I'm glad someone did something like this.
I don't think she pronounced Louis Vuitton right anyways. I heard it from a parisien guy and it's not the same.
I can bet that you cannot pronounce properly names in russian, chinese, hebrew but in french's case someone had to say it, amiright
Well am just gonna say it: rest of the world don’t need to pronounce anything the way you French want it to when French will not pronounce any other. 🤪
Relax I wasn't trying to be mean and if there was a video for brands from those countries then I would look at it. However I'm just saying that nice that people can know how the french pronounce french brands and if you want to continue pronouncing it the way you do then go ahead it's none of my buisness. Als @Gloria Bobbio yeah you're right it's pronounced different in different languages.
@@clato_not_glato7447 no, you were trying to put us down. I don't know if there are other european languages who has french U. My nation cannot pronounce it because we don't have that sound. We also cannot pronounce letters with umlauts, we don't have those sounds either.
You cannot pronounce our ć, đ, lj, and you would never hear me saying "finally someone said it". I doubt you're properly pronouncing dutch H or east asian words. You're just trying to shame us. Stop thinking so highly of yourself.
I did french in highschool and my teacher grew up in France and one of the first things she taught us was how to pronounce french brands correctly lmao she'd get so frustrated because we were mangling it 😂
Australian here. Imagine my surprise when my French student a few years ago told me how excited she was to get a pair of "levees" because they were cheap here. Of course, she was referring to Levi's jeans...
😄😜 That’s so cute.
The letter named Eye (i) is prounouced correctly in in and in integral etc. Anglophones massacre vowels like it was no big deal.
@@Piccodon so do the French tbh
Wow what a horrible person.... jk😉, I could care less how people pronounce English words. I’ll let them be:)
How was he horrible. Said was surprised.
Pronunciation starts at 4.30 your welcome
There are chapter markers.
"you're"
Great video!
One remark: your "Louboutin" sounds like "Lubutin"; "ou" should be the same vowel as in "cool", with your mouth positioned closer to an "o" than a french "u" :)
Hurluberlu.. haha Après la rue, la route . Après l'accueil Rue Malesherbes :D
I m french and it is true
So, in that case, this is like the "u" in "full"
@@NotEvenFrench "an" and "on" seems to be difficult too
Even though similar, the french ‘ou’ is not exactly the same as the English ‘oo’ in cool, not to mention the various pronunciations of the word ‘cool’ in the many different accents and dialects of the English language.
I stumbled across this video and I love how you teach! I took French in high school for 2 years and feel like I learned more from you in this video 😂
It actually starts at 4:22.
I quit watching at 4.
This hits on why it's easier to learn French from an English speaker than a French person. My first French teacher was from France and I swear the only thing I learned in the first year was "taisez vous." My second French teacher was American and really worked with us on pronunciation, taking a whole class each week just to practice pronunciation.
Cinema...French born teachers don't have the patience to teach a non French speaker (so why do they bother teaching the basics?).
@@marinazagrai1623 Rubbish. My high school French teacher was from Cannes and was a great teacher. She died in 2012.
@@pauljordan4452 We tend to speak from our own experience…I had a “rubbish” instructor and so did my son, years later. I took French when I was 10-12, and no French teacher would come teach kids in the Soviet Bloc.
Only in your experience. My 1st French teacher who was middle aged taught as so much. She was genuinely interested and very patient. My worse French teacher in high school was a harpy Armenian tyrant. Cos of her I failed my A' Level French.
She also speaks beautifully but makes it clear it didn’t come easily
The people criticizing have missed a great video!!! Thank you so much for doing this!!
The 4:30 ad?
@@stephaniehowe0973 what about it?
It is over 4 mins of ad before there is a video
Me a French watching this at 3 am: hmmm interesting
😂
Elle est terrible
This was very good - thank you very much!
I work in luxury brand shoes, and one I did want to hear was Yves Saint Laurent. Most people that are not comfortable with the pronunciation just skip it completely and say “YSL” I think I do a fairly good job on it, but I would like to have heard your pronunciation on it.
Yes. Same.
I'm french, I would love to say it to you bahaha
Interesting & informative! Thank you. Love the way you imparted the correct way of pronouncing the words.
This is amazing, and it is very important as well for when an anglophone visits France there is always this misunderstanding when we pronounce the words differently, we often get misunderstood. Would appreciate more of the like :)
Me too! I just find it shows respect when speaking the language of the country you're visiting to try to pronounce things as correctly as possible, even if you make mistakes or only know a few words or sentences.
Ah, but the French deliberately misunderstand you. They know perfectly well what you mean, their just too anally retentive about their language to grant you any latitude.
Imagine going to local drug store and ask for L'Oréal lipstick with that accent ahahhaa. You get your ass wooped for sounding snoby 🤣🤣
Sis omg I can't with you 😂😂
True, plus loreal's commercials say it the way we do, same with l'occitane and chloe, more too, their commercials say it differently than she says to pronounce it in the video
You can throw out a sortof Zhee-van-shay or prounounce Vuitton with the "vwee" and be ok...
But that L'Oréal is on the shelf not far from the Pepto Bismol. Ma'am do you have your CVS card?
1000% yes.
Even in my country when there's Loreal ads in TV they pronounce it wrong
I don't speak French but learned the basics of French pronunciation in college when all who studied classical singing had to learn to sing in 4 languages. French was one of my choices. You learn the basics and you don't make those "English speaking" mistakes quite so often ;-)
Such a great lesson. There are others who have tried the same and failed miserably being pedantic and condescending
The breakdown of the pronunciation really helps me pronounce other French words! Thank you so much!
True, my friend
"Not the P. The P is not there."
Pretty much sums up the French language. 🤣
The English language is filled with silent letters and odd spelling. Comb thumb debt knee. I think all languages have them.
Yes! Try learning Danish, sometimes letters are said that aren’t there in the word and letters that are there aren’t said! 😂
Silent letters drive me nuts.
If you wanna see a language that isn’t pronounced in the way it’s written, check out some Irish words. For starters, the letter “h” screws up everything- any consonant immediately before an h takes on a completely different sound, and sometimes no sound at all. Example: The popular girls’ name “Siobhan” is pronounced “Shi-vawn”- the “bh” is pronounced as a “v”.
@@davidthaler7018 haha, that’s crazy. 😂
Thank you for telling me how to say L’Occitane! I, too, love their hand cream (I have some here by my chair) and also their facial moisturizer. I studied French is school, so I was at least “close” on all the other pronunciations, but this one had me baffled.
She actually pronounces it wrong. So she teaches it wrong. I am a native French speaker.
@@valeriehartman3705 You are correct.
4:22 real stuff starts here if u want to skip the ad
As a French, that was interesting :) I love how for almost everything you got the diphthong/nasals right, but the "ou" from louboutin was not yet as perfect as the rest ;)
Loo-boot-on.
Americans, like myself, are confused by diacritical marks. They aren't used in American English. This video showed me that in French, the accents and diacritical marks are very necessary.
@@tonybeam
Nope, loo-boo-tahn
@@tonybeam It is not "on" at the end it is "in" so don't confuse "in" and "on" as in Louis VuittON
Frinch, ecciptable, what accent is that
Cool video, that's actually cool to see the way you try to help foreigners to pronunce our ridiculous sounds by approximating them with existing English sounds :) By the way, Pret à manger is actually a British brand, the only French part of it is its name, accent circonflexe excluded ;)
@@NotEvenFrench Now that you know, you better go eat at Paul next time haha ;) ("poll" for the anglosaxons out there)
Of course it's an English brand. Do you think the French would have been able to come up with a punny name like that? Not on your nelly!
@@joostkiefte7683 🤣🤣🤣 brilliant comment !!!
Thank you for including Guerlain! I'm German, so I'm quite familiar with our neighbours language, but with Guerlain I've never been 100% sure. And la petite robe noire is beautiful! :-)
I was a vendor rep for dozens of french fragrances. They were adamant about the pronunciation of their brand.
"Ben ouais en fait j'ai travaillé pour L'Oréal!" You even thought to start with "Ben" 😁😁 I love it! Bravo pour la prononciation 👍
Bien oui, en effet, j’ai travaillé chez l’Oréal. Each syllable must be said independently. No mashing them together. About the brand name: l’or = gold réal = real = real gold.
Grazie Aurore Del Vitto. What an interesting name.
This was such a fun informative video!! I love learning how French words are actually pronounced. 😊😉
One of the particularity when we speak english with our silly french accent is that we don't "exhale" any consonant at the begining or inside a word. So the other way around, when you prononce french words you can try not exhaling too much those consonants to sound more french. For example, for "Lancôme", you tend to exhale a bit the "c" ("lanc-h-om"), but the "c" is prononced like the "k" sound in "Chloé" (same goes for the "t" in Vuitton, or the "t" in Occitane, that you prononce correctly at the end of Moët for example but you tend to exhale it more inside a word, since it's how it goes in english) . I know it's subtle but, well, it's a liitle thing that maybe can help people ^^
ludo tect: why do you say that the French speak English with an idiotic accent? apart from the Scandinavian countries. all countries have a particular accent. we ourselves for the Anglo-Saxons we know by their accents, if they are American, Irish, British, Australian. it's not a shame to have a particular pronunciation. personally I am proud to be French
Wow！very good analysis and input! I believe you have a very good ear :)
As a French person, I felt something was a little different in her "c", but couldn't explain why, and I felt all sorted out after reading your comment :)
You must be a veteran language learner!
@@ybreton6593 He wasn't.
He was saying that Anglophones have a "silly" accent in French, including him.
The sentence is a little tricky :) Thus the misunderstanding.
It was just a joking way to say it.
@@kareenvu1568 Glad that helped ! I'm really not a veteran language learner, but I'm musician, so probably I tend to analyse sounds a bit differently ^^ (I'm also french by the way :D And I was just making fun of myself when I said "silly french accent" !)
Yep! You're talking about the aspiration of consonants /p t k/ in English, which doesn't happen in French 🙂 It would happen more in English when these consonants are followed by vowels, so that explains why Rosie has carried this habit into the 'middle' of words more than the end!
I came into this video with very low expectations but I was surprised by how good your accent is. Great job!
Couldn’t wade through the loooong advert
Wow your "Céline" was perfect you sounded exactly like a native speaker
True, and I would know, it's my name
One technicality: When the brand was conceived the gentleman refused to put the accent aigu on the first ‘e’! Thus, everyone is likely mispronouncing it!
Amazingly intelligent and accurate approach to correctly pronouncing French Brand names!!!!
Very helpful information. If I am ever speaking to someone in France, I will try to pronounce names the way they do. Just as I would do in any country. If I were in Japan or America, I would probably pronounce a French name they way they do so that they would understand me better.
Wonderful! My paternal heritage is ultimately French, via French Canada. My father grew up speaking French until he was about 8 years old; his elder sister remained fluent all her life. My dad could carry on a conversation, so I did grow up hearing the language, and became familiar with the pronunciations. I studied French in High school, and my aunt who still spoke the language told me I had a good natural accent. Later as an adult in community college I studied a bit more. However, lacking anyone by that time with whom to practice, I never became fluent.
I successfully pronounced all of your examples prior to your instruction, except for L'Occitane, of which I'd never heard. (But I came close, rendering the final syllable as "tahn" not "tehn".)
I can translate that famous old advertisement: "Pardonez moi; avez vous des poupon gris?" :-) :-D Oui, je parle francais comme la vache espagnol!
I belatedly realized that being a California native, learning Spanish would have been more useful. However, at my age (73) I'm not sure I'm up for any in-depth language studies...
You were actually right with "tahn". As a non native speaker I was also confused by the "tayn" and looked it up. The official UA-cam Channel of l'Occitane confirms it's "tahn".
Otherwise she did a great job pronouncing all the other words.
Spanish cow!! Memories of my French classes!
You know, I’m an Spanish and English speaker. But I feel like bc my mother language is Spanish, these are not so hard to pronounce. I can see why English speakers could stress a bit with it.. anyways, if u guys want to learn , keep going! Y got this.. I myself want to lear french
It’s a Latin language so it should be pretty easy for you. There’s masculine and feminine and a lot of words are the same in French as in Spanish.
Born and grew up in the UK. Started learning French in primary school and everyone learns French in high school so I think this helps most English to pronounce correctly.
No everyone learns French, some learnt German
Your own language or dialect in ones country is superior than any other We learn other languages.for the purpose of universal.communication and under standing
Very good pronunciation for a non-speaker of French. And fun learning. Good method.
I do have a brief comment though
Occitane is pronounced “tan” as in “have a tan”. The sound “tan” is slightly longer, but that should work.
Champagne: the “pa” is more open, as in the second syllable of “Papa” in Frenglish.
But I truly find your pronunciation amazing. Just contributing to the video. Thank you.
As an Anglo-french speaker myself, I really enjoyed this. There’s one thing I have to correct you on and that’s the pronunciation of pronunciation. I live in Australia but am Canadian (did live in France as well) but I’ve noticed Australians often say pronOUnciation instead of pronunciation, you pronounce a word but it is pronunciation is spelt differently. You do it sometimes and not other times I noticed. Anyhow another funny word. Thanks, I’ve always wondered about Moët et Chandon. Your accent is lovely btw, very French.
I like how Aussies tend to have a stroke at the end of a word. Novemba.
Both ways are legitimate, "pronOUnciation" is the American . . . .well, pronunciation.
@@digidol52 As an Australian listening to this clip, I hear a slight New Zealand accent to her spoken english - the vowels are usually the giveaway there.
Interesting also how you used “spelt” instead of “spelled” both are correct, but Australians typically use spelt and Americans use spelled.
@@ChickyParm1972 my mistake.
Really enjoyed this. I did O'level French back in 1987,and I must have retained a lot of info. I was amazed that I got most of these right! A few did catch me out though, so happy to get corrected!
Minoring in fashion merchandising really helped me with the fashion houses but the others were so off for me 😂
Best way to learn French by applying the pronunciation rules to names we already know, thanks!
I went to Macy's NYC and asked where the Givenchy counter was using the proper pronunciation and the salesperson looked at me like I sprouted a second head! LOL
😝 This is the one that grates on my ears the most!
@@nathalieconnor5803 I actually learned the correct pronunciation from Edwina on Absolutely Fabulous!
i understand
@@measureanything Now that’s some street cred! 😄
@@nathalieconnor5803 That's a really grate response!
As an American, I’ve gotta say I’ve never heard anyone pronounce Givenchy with a hard G or Hermès with a hard H. Not that it doesn’t happen, I just think a lot of people at least know not to do that lol. Great vid though!
I used to say Gi Vinci. Way off
I heard one person d
Say that on UA-cam
Should we pronounce Revlon as a French name next? Such a lot of poncence (sic!)
This was fun. I am a fragrance junkie and my favorites always are absolutely unpronounceable to me! If you ever consider doing another video like this, can you include Yves Saint Laurent? Thank you!
Eve Seh Lore-ahn
I have a Perfume channel and I agree!! I’d love a video on this
or you can try AXE instead. Cheaper too...😛
@@testdriver3146 Is that pronounced "a SHAY?" [asking for a Brazilian] 😆😎
@@AbsentWithoutLeaving ha ha! For a Brazilian. 😂 I don’t believe so, I could be mistaken when purchasing the incredible product for either the incredible value @ the $1 store or Walmart for $2.99 the cashiers haven’t added at the end of the purchase, ‘’yah know’’.. lol, it’s really not like the wood chopping tool or the slang word for a 🎸.
However the eye watering, nose bleed of smells that slap the $Hi+ & dizzy your senses more than a skunk 🦨 assaulting you with their ass tear gas I do believe is pronounced like AX/ 🪓. Which now to think of it, makes perfect sense because it’s like getting an 🪓 to your smeller & it assaults all your senses. Been a strange favorite for junior high school boys & misguided dudes believing that their lack of receiving attention from whoever they’re attracted too will be helped by their extraordinary purchase of an AXE aerosol spray or the plethora of other odd smelling items-instead of using the biggest tool to woo their target especially if it’s a female, the largest sex organ for females & in my experience is what seals any deal is by way of the brain, not a whole lot gets a female in the ‘’feels’’ more than being listened to or just having a conversation like a semi ‘’normal’’ human.
It’s a panty dropper for sure! Lmao!
I like how u teach us being that u know English as well as French, I wish u was my French teacher irl cuz u actually break it down so simplistically.
Learn English first...
Beautiful language, French (as are all the romance languages). So it's definitely worth pronouncing it properly - doing so shows respect and helps the speaker avoid letting loose with cringe-inducing pronounciations.
I took French for four years so I mildly know how to pronounce these just based on what I was taught, but if I try to pronounce them this way, my bf (& others) think I’m being a snobby dick 🥸😭😒 or restaurants and stores try to correct me into pronouncing it the American way. Like Chanel’s mademoiselle, they’re like “oh you mean MAID-mwah-SEHLL?”
Same. With all of it
Barsxs Alicia now you know how Tom Holland feels.
Where do you live?? 😅 I've never heard anyone say mademoiselle like that 😂
Exactly. I knew how to pronounce them all correctly, with the exception of L'Occitane(went with "ahn" rather than "an" as the last syllable), but if you do this in the US, it comes off as extremely pretentious.
Then just look pretentions for american, you'll be loved in France if you show that you're making effort to speak and pronunce correctly 😘
I tried to teach a French person how to say “mouth” in English. He kept confusing the word with the pronunciation of “bouche”. We worked on “ou” as in “how” for a while and it was very interesting for both of us. I enjoyed your lesson. Thanks.
It's like the Scottish mooth.
How was he doing with the “th” pre-lesson? I’m imagining his first attempts sounded like “moot”.
@@kmw4359 , yes you are correct.
Hearing you pronounce these names is like a relaxing luxury commercial, at stores I can’t afford.
Beautiful accent. Good point about developing those French muscles. It really is different from language to language. Thanks
This makes me think of the Steve Martin routine when he mimicked a guys who dies of choking and the people say how did he die and they say he was trying to speak French
Lol this got me real good 👍🤣
Yeaaaah, Rémoise 🙌 Par contre, petite précision, on utilise plutôt " je suis allée en Champagne" au lieu de "à Champagne" 😁
Great Video !! Love you 😋
I love it when someone is correcting your elocution and speech as they wrongly pronounce the word wrongly wrongly
I never thought I'd be watching a kiwi tell me how to say French words. That's not a criticism. The video is very interesting and starts well by explaining the challenge of spoken French.
I think she's Australian, not a Kiwi. But lovely French pronunciation...
I blame it on marketing. If marketing said it right then we would know. Well I've said a few of them right, mainly because my cousin is in fashion. 😊
Great video love it!
Maybe some marketing experts can explain why a brand trains people to mispronounce its name? How hard would it be to pronounce it correctly so that we all know it from the start?
You have a beautiful French accent when you're pronouncing the words.
Pronouncing champagne correctly at a restaurant would be like something I would make a friend do on a dare. 🤣🤣🤣 I’m in California. The thought of it is making me laugh. I was hoping ‘La Croix’ would be covered. We have a street with that name in my town and in my head I pronounce it like Edina Monsoon’s favorite brand.
Also for Moët, the trema (••) will let you know that the next letter will be pronounced solo. Like in the name Loïc (loh - ik), without the trema it would be pronounced (luah-k).
Yes!! That is the reason that the “t” is pronounced even when the word stands by itself but she didn’t even mention the terms at all 🤷♀️
I really enjoyed your pronunciation of each brand and how subtle it is. I have some old French blood in my family, so while 100% Aussie, I must have some of the rolling r's, and I enjoy spending time updating with French speaking native persons at work, and countryside French is again another side to add on.❤
Another trick I had learnt is how the language will rise and fall when spoken slowly, then increase the speed without forgetting the harsh to soft lit to the back of the nasal passage. The swearing is fun too😂
I am trying to learn Farsi (Persian) which has some French words used as well, so it comes in handy to have those French ones down pat 🤗🥂
A guy who worked on the same Sephora store as I did, called me an elitist because I always said the words correctly. I learned how to pronounce french in school.
Good for you. It shows that you care about your job and the products that you sell. We can also call it "culture" but some people might be offended...
If we pronounce every single non-English thing with the accent of its origin we’ll sound crazy.
I feel like Cartier is a good example. We’re just saying it with our accent. Not necessarily pronouncing it wrong. By saying it “correctly” we’re putting on a fake accent. It reminds me of the weird “croissant “
I loved this! I pronounced most of them the correct way except for maybe a few! I thought for sure you would have done YSL! Or, the Rue de Saint Honore or Avenue Montaigne! But, this was great & I thoroughly enjoyed it!
Rue Saint-Honoré, if you’re talking about the famous thoroughfare in Paris. (Ru sent on or ray)
Thank you. I feel better now. I most certainly was idiotic when young (and spoke French), but it looks like I won't at least die an idiot. dr anna
@@Bandomeme I think it’s pronounced differently though, by the French! I’ve been to a Paris five times! That’s the American pronunciation!
@@AnitasLoveify I don’t know American pronunciation. I am French and that is my first language. Perhaps you are thinking of the Rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré, which is an extension of the Rue Saint-Honoré. Either way, I think you have found the perfect excuse to come visit us again!
@@AnitasLoveifyI'm french, I would love to say it to you bahaha
It's funny because when I lived in England and I said some french words such as : croissant or even some brands with a french accent (because it's French you know) every people looked at me as I was mispronouncing the word so something I wonder how in French I say it like I am douting on my own mother tongue x)
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The video should have come with the warning "Don't try this at home".
I enjoyed this video so much. It's very empowering to know how to pronounce these French brand names properly(as someone very fastidious on pronounciation in my vernacular and in English). Thank you so much!
Wow this is exactly what I was looking for. Thank you!