If we consult the ancient tomes, I think we'll find that it's actually pronounced "mollusk-in'eye." :) I didn't think there was so much disagreement on it, and that the conclusive answer of "say it how you like. ☺️" was as hard to find as it was. Thanks for bringing us some clarifying facts. :)
Thanks for watching and commenting! You might be right, but according to the former CEO, it seems that the English "Moleskin" is the oldest pronunciation, followed by the French. I wonder if "Mole-eh-skin-eh" is an Italian pronunciation, since the company is currently located in Italy.
Moleskine claims that it is an Italian manufacturer. So the brand name should be pronounced in the Italian manner a.k.a Mole (like the Mexican food)- skin ( as skin in English) - eh (like the word there). That is how is pronounced in Europe and I have never heard anyone pronouncing the name in any other way.
Strange. Have been buying them in France for at least 30 years. I have never heard it pronounced any way other than mole-skin, perhaps mole skeen. I dodn't see why a Frenchman would pronojnce the e. They are notorious for droppong any letter they can get away with. It would need an accent grave or aigu to suggest that it needs to be pronounced. Interesting though. I will go to the papeterie department at the FNAC tomorrow and ask for a molayskeen to see how a French salesman reacts!
@@DowntheBreatherHole The word or the book? The word mole is Middle English, whilst the word skin is from Old Norse. But the books themselves were a French design (not a brandname until later), which is why the current brandname uses the French spelling not the English spelling.
When we borrow words from other languages, we often anglicize it anyway. There’s some pattern to it, but not always (classic English language) but back to the point - that’s not “the reason” to pronounce it that way. The reason will always be “whatever is most commonly used” and despite people always arguing past each other on “the correct pronunciation for the correct reason”, he actually reasoned it out perfectly (the common use, which will be understood by the most people)
Just as long as people bought my notebooks, I wouldn’t care how people pronounce it either! 😅
I love this video!! Thank you for clearing up the mystery!! I have always wondered how to pronounce it!!
I’m on board with your pronunciation. How skinny is the notebook? It’s mole skinny (as skinny as a mole).
hahaha
If we consult the ancient tomes, I think we'll find that it's actually pronounced "mollusk-in'eye." :)
I didn't think there was so much disagreement on it, and that the conclusive answer of "say it how you like. ☺️" was as hard to find as it was.
Thanks for bringing us some clarifying facts. :)
Thanks for watching and commenting! You might be right, but according to the former CEO, it seems that the English "Moleskin" is the oldest pronunciation, followed by the French. I wonder if "Mole-eh-skin-eh" is an Italian pronunciation, since the company is currently located in Italy.
@@DowntheBreatherHole the first half was just an unclear joke, sorry. :P
@@adhmbcx haha all good.
No matter how you say it, they're still subpar notebooks. 😬😅
Yeah, I agree. Hence my "5 Notebooks Better Than Moleskine" video, which has almost 240,000 views. haha
Awesome video! I was one of the commenters ;)
Thanks for sticking around and commenting again!
What's funnier? "Asvine"
People will pronounce it as:
"Azzvine"
"A$$vine"
haha Yeah, I feel like that name could have been considered more carefully before they went with it.
I totally didn't think that they were originally made with mole hide I swear.
haha I don't know what they were originally made of, but I just assumed it had something to do with the feel of the cover.
Moleskine claims that it is an Italian manufacturer. So the brand name should be pronounced in the Italian manner a.k.a Mole (like the Mexican food)- skin ( as skin in English) - eh (like the word there). That is how is pronounced in Europe and I have never heard anyone pronouncing the name in any other way.
I think there are strong differences depending on where you are. But like the former CEO said, it doesn't really matter how you pronounce Moleskine.
LOL love it! Thanks so much for this video! 🤣
Glad you enjoyed it!
ah yes the GIF vs JIF notebook. :D
LOL seriously
Strange. Have been buying them in France for at least 30 years. I have never heard it pronounced any way other than mole-skin, perhaps mole skeen. I dodn't see why a Frenchman would pronojnce the e. They are notorious for droppong any letter they can get away with. It would need an accent grave or aigu to suggest that it needs to be pronounced. Interesting though. I will go to the papeterie department at the FNAC tomorrow and ask for a molayskeen to see how a French salesman reacts!
The real question is how to pronounce Leuchtturm
hahaha Yes! That is the question! I'm probably mispronouncing that one too.
I've only heard mole skin
Forums?? It’s Fora! Teehee
haha
I mean it is written as mole skyne
Thank you!
Why not pronounce it "Skinny Mole"?
Hey, there you go! Why not?
@@DowntheBreatherHole Why not indeed!
😂😂😂😂😅😅
it's pronounced: "trash".
haha Yeah, pretty much.
Moleskine is French for moleskin… so just pronounce it how they do in France. It’s not rocket science. 😂
But it was English first, right?
@@DowntheBreatherHole The word or the book?
The word mole is Middle English, whilst the word skin is from Old Norse. But the books themselves were a French design (not a brandname until later), which is why the current brandname uses the French spelling not the English spelling.
@@ffotograffydd interesting. You definitely know more about this than I do!
When we borrow words from other languages, we often anglicize it anyway. There’s some pattern to it, but not always (classic English language) but back to the point - that’s not “the reason” to pronounce it that way. The reason will always be “whatever is most commonly used”
and despite people always arguing past each other on “the correct pronunciation for the correct reason”, he actually reasoned it out perfectly (the common use, which will be understood by the most people)
@@Michael-kp4bd When it’s a brand name why not just pronounce it correctly? It’s not like it’s a difficult word to pronounce.