ok, some popular brands:

Enyce: I've heard "EN-nis" and I've heard "ee-NEE-chee"

Givenchy: I've heard "give-EN-chee" and I've heard "GEE-VON-CHEE"

Moet (the champagne): I've heard "moh-ET" and I've heard "moh-AY"

Faconnable (like the brand sold at Nordstrom): man, I'm not even going to approach this one, I've heard it slaughtered so many times!

I had more but can't think of them right now.

 

help me out on this one too:

 

Try to pronounce FCUK without calling out the individual letters

 

Enyce: I've heard that it is eh-knee-chay or ay-knee-chay

Marithe: People I hear tend to say mare-it-tay

Girbaud: jur-bode, or so I've heard

 

Mugen, Mewgun or Moogun?

Moogun is correct from what I understand but I never here anybody pronounce it that way.

 

Speaking of A.D.I.D.A.S (see post above), I notice all Americans pronounce it as A-DEE-DAS, which I never heard anywhere else. It comes from Adi Dassler, the guy who founded the company, so it's pronounced ADI-DAS.

Givenchy is a soft G, and Moet is Mo-eh

Of course I suck at phonetics...

 

Here is the proper way....

1) e-nee-chi
2)zgi- ven-shi (first syl. pronounce like a mix of g and j)

3)BIGGEST misconception....the proper way is not Mo-ay, not mo-e...it is MO-ET. Pronounce the T. That is the proper way.

4)Facconalbe???? HAve no clue....

5) Ma-rith (silent e)
Fran-sois
zgri-baud (again, mix of j and g, and very light d on the baud)

 

Again, I know it sounds weird in English, thats why people always say Mo-ay, but the proper way to say it....is Mo-ET....almost a rough german ET. Remember, its not an English word.

 

[QUOTE]Originally posted by BBY2KS2K
Mugen, Mewgun or Moogun?

 

Ok, thanks for the clarification on Moet... so is it French or something else? Sometimes, knowing what language it is in can help you pronounce it if it follows the standard rules of that particular language.

For the Givenchy....thanks for the clarification, but where does the accent fall? on the "ven" or the "chy"?