Pronounciation of Brands/Designers!

Lil_PinkBunnie · Posted: Sun Oct 21, 2007 10:59 am Post subject:

^I say 'rich-ee'
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_TNA_ · Posted: Sun Oct 21, 2007 11:11 am Post subject:

^me tooo

hugsandkisses · Posted: Wed Oct 24, 2007 8:17 pm Post subject:

Talula Babaton -

Babe-ah-tawn or
Bab-ah-tawn?

(or some other pronounciation)?

jazuresky · Beauty Queen Joined: 18 Sep 2007 Posts: 240 Smiles: 0 561

I've heard a sales assosciate pronounce it as

ba-bu-ton.

I think it's not babaton. :icon_wrong: it looks incorrect as well.

angela · Posted: Thu Oct 25, 2007 5:10 pm Post subject:

^^ haha i have no clue actually.
Bab-ah-tawn sounds right

Lil_PinkBunnie · Posted: Mon Oct 29, 2007 12:42 pm Post subject:

Ok I know this isn't fashion related, but you know the band Mêlée? How do you pronounce that? Because I am absolutely obsessed with them and I can't even pronounce their name!
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treecow_ · Posted: Mon Oct 29, 2007 3:10 pm Post subject:

^if they got their name from french then it should be "meh-lay"
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tootsieroll48 · Posted: Mon Oct 29, 2007 3:17 pm Post subject:

ohoh
i got something else...

empire waist

em-pire (as in like Roman empire) or on-pier

Lil_PinkBunnie · Posted: Tue Oct 30, 2007 12:17 pm Post subject:

^^Thanks treecow! And yeah I'm pretty sure they got it from the French.

^It's pronounced "on-pier"
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treecow_ · Posted: Tue Oct 30, 2007 4:28 pm Post subject:

lol i always pronounced empire waist as empire waist. now i know not to do that anymore. Razz

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fairy_princess62 · Posted: Tue Oct 30, 2007 4:40 pm Post subject:

I'm pretty sure its nina "rich-ee"
this is SUCh a cool topic girls! especially to me (a liguistics student lol)
also, I have been bilingual in english and french from the time I was very small, so I can help with any of the french names!
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SUGARR* · Posted: Tue Oct 30, 2007 10:18 pm Post subject:

i always pronouced it em-pire waist.
i dont see WHY it would be on-pier, lol.
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--baybiee. · Posted: Wed Oct 31, 2007 10:41 am Post subject:

^^ lol me too i never even knew i was saying it wrong!! lol
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Lil_PinkBunnie · Posted: Wed Oct 31, 2007 12:24 pm Post subject:

^^haha I don't see it either, but that's just the way it is.
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_TNA_ · Posted: Wed Oct 31, 2007 3:47 pm Post subject:

^haha yea. sales peoples in stores dont even say it! like in holt renfrew or saks fifth avenue...but those people are rather annoying.

jazuresky · Beauty Queen Joined: 18 Sep 2007 Posts: 240 Smiles: 0 561

lululemon

= lulu-lemon?

angela · Posted: Thu Nov 01, 2007 10:59 am Post subject:

^ thats what i saw. i think it's weird when people say it with a french accent haha

_TNA_ · Posted: Thu Nov 01, 2007 2:39 pm Post subject:

yes i say lulu-lem-in
like normally haha
but my friends mom calls it lulu-lee-mon
HAHA

--baybiee. · Posted: Sat Nov 03, 2007 4:07 pm Post subject:

oh yehh some people i hear call it lulu-leh-mon
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