How Many of These Foreign Brands Do You Mispronounce?
Reader's Digest posted a list of a bunch of company names that Americans don't pronounce right. We've already seen a lot of these before, but you might want to double check your pronunciation.
- Ikea – We say "eye-key-ah," it's pronounced "ih-key-yah."
- Adidas – We say "uh-deed-aas," it's pronounced "aah-dee-das."
- Zagat – We say "za-get," it's pronounced "za-GAT."
- Nutella – We say "nuh-tell-uh," it's pronounced "new-tell-uh."
- Porsche – We say "porsh," it's pronounced "por-sha."
- Fage – We say "fahj," it's pronounced "fah-yay."
- Hyundai – We say "hi-un-dye," it's pronounced "hun-day."
- Hoegaarden – We say "ho-gar-den," it's pronounced "who-gar-den."
- Hermes – We say "her-meez," it's pronounced "air-mez."
- Givenchy – We say "Gah-vin-chee," it's pronounced "zhee-von-she."
- Volkswagen – We say "volks wag-en," it's pronounced "vo-ks var-gun."
- Renault – We say "ren-old," it's pronounced "ren-oh."
- Sega – We say "say-ga," it's pronounced "see-ga."
- Louis Vuitton – We say "loo-is vee-ton," it's pronounced "loo-ee we-taahn."
- Samsung – We say "sam-sung," it's pronounced "sam-song."
- Bayer – We say "bay-er," it's pronounced "buy-er."
- Saucony – We say "sow-cone-ee," it's pronounced "SOCK-a-nee."
Read more at Reader's Digest.