How Do You Pronounce BAUDELAIRE? | A Series of Unfortunate Events

So how do you pronounce "Baudelaire" from A Series of Unfortunate Events?
Baudelaire is the last name of the main characters from A Series of Unfortunate Events by Lemony Snicket (Daniel Handler). I talk about why I pronounce it the way I do and the bigger discussion of how we learn to pronounce words in general.
Music: "Wind of Hope" from Audioblocks.

[@waltmanasse-latham1585]

It’s also pronounced as Bow-delaire in the audiobooks, some of which are read by the author himself, so that’s why I pronounce it that way

[@MinuteBookReports]

Thanks for the comment. I haven't heard the audiobooks so I haven't heard the author read it himself.

[@immiobayiuwana3438]

Baudelaire (Bow- del- air)
We know this because that’s how Daniel Handler/Lemony Snicket pronounces it and he’s the author; so that’s how he wants it to be said in this particular case, hence why it’s like that in the Netflix Series conflicting the movie WHERE may they say didn’t use the author. Practically what I’m saying is that What you hear in the Netflix series is right because they asked the author of the books/ writer of the show and the movies pronunciation is wrong just like everything else in it because they didn’t ask Daniel Handler/Lemony Snicket. The movie was very contradictory to what the Author wanted.
EVERYBODY GOT IT??.!!!

[@tj7686]

Immi Obayiuwana I have to agree the movie is completely wrong to the books like they own out have the first 3 booms like OMG. But the amount of things they got wrong.

[@FaltaziusLalotte]

Baudelaire (Beau de l’air)
Literally means « Beautiful of the look », it either designates someone who looks beautiful, optimistic, well-rounded or in a good mood. The closest pronunciation would be “bodelair” 😉

[@sammcmc9888]

Usually when someone realizes they’ve made a mistake, they do their best to try and fix it.

[@ethanytroyabed]

Hey I'm French ! so I pronounce Baudelaire in the same way that the pronunciation for the French author Charles Baudelaire

[@MinuteBookReports]

I have never heard of Charles Baudelaire. What has he written?

[@ethanytroyabed]

He written "Les Fleurs du mal". Charles Baudelaire is very famous in France.

[@etherealsky7078]

Minute Book Reports Baudelaire is one of the most famous French poets. There is a reference to him in The Hostile Hospital, when the orphans search for files about them in the archives. He is known for writing poems about his depression and melancholia, so the name is quite fitting for ASOUE.

[@FaltaziusLalotte]

Charles Baudelaire was also the official translator of Edgar Allan Poe (an other reference) for the french audience.

[@hypergal8]

Lol! I grew up pronouncing it “bow (like to curtsey)-dell-air” but then I watched the movie and have been saying “beau-dell-air”

[@MinuteBookReports]

Interesting. Thanks for sharing.

[@wearepcom9861]

That’s how I say it

[@s_oba]

Body-lair
A.K.A. Count Olaf’s basement

[@keeto53]

I've always pronounced it Bow-de-laire since it was the first way that came to my mind. But I can see how you would pronounce it the way you do

[@HEX_17]

Good profile picture

[@dionbrodeur1077]

True... but once you learn the word origin and it's proper pronunciation, choosing to continue mispronounced it is tantamount to continued ignorance, and disrespectful.

[@dtucker4463]

I love people who are insanely exacting and thoughtful of language. This guy, huh? Would love to have coffee with him and just talk about language for a couple of hours. Not that I'm very smart about it; it's just that I love it.

[@pearlstubetubechannel2476]

Bow-da-lair. That's how I pronounce it.

[@MinuteBookReports]

Thanks. This video explains why I pronounce it the way I do and the bigger discussion about how we learn to pronounce words, especially names.

[@nicolahance603]

Great vid. It's a pet peeve of mine when names are pronounced wrong but o see your point of view

[@MinuteBookReports]

Thanks for watching the video and seeing someone else's point of view. Appreciate it.

[@kit_nine]

i used to pronounce it bah - de - lair, then i heard a song in which the word is used in the line "put your baudelaire away", pronounced bow - de - laire, and that became how i pronounce it now

[@claudeyaz]

Idk once I realized French language speaking people pronounce British cities names way different...
But historians learn to say words by comparing them to rhyming words.
I really recommend to look up "Shakespeare in original pronounciation." It is very interesting.
And rythmes and innuendo..and puns are revealed in the writing...that are not in the modern used pronunciation

[@katiescraftsandcooking3740]

The way they say it in the show is the way it’s pronounced

[@hollypollock6221]

I read the series before seeing the movie or the series and I pronounced it as baw-de-lair

[@lunathebooklover8734]

I knew it was pronounced that way since the beginning

[@emayearewhy7072]

Do you even still use this channel? Are you alive???

[@sabramoon2372]

In the audiobooks Count Olaf is Count Olaugh

[@dtucker4463]

By the way, a song by the amazing Aldous Harding brought me here. She likes her some Baudelaire in the afternoon. Or she doesn't. Like Baudelaire it's hard to say.

[@newt4334]

I’m still gonna say it like (Buld-a-lair)

[@syedrumaisa]

AMAZING VIDEO! GOOD JOB KEEP UP THE AMAZING WORK!

[@MinuteBookReports]

Thanks.

[@TheJacobAllan]

Beau, like Beaux batons school from Harry Potter

[@N3RDYKNOWIT]

Your videos keep gwtting better! Good job!

[@MinuteBookReports]

Thanks. Appreciate it. :)

[@N3RDYKNOWIT]

Also, I had french family that said similar words to Baudelaire so I pronounced it like Netflix

[@nickagriesti6708]

Your actually very close to the French pronunciation of that particular surname.

[@nickagriesti6708]

Both bo-delare and bawd-lare are, apparently, proper.

[@pighater1111]

THEIR IS A TV SHOW GOSH DARN IT IT LITERALLY PRONONCES THEIR NAMES *CORRECTLY*

[@yes-rh3dy]

I pronounce it like ( bow-de-laire)

[@raniberenfeld936]

I pronounce it as “Bo-de-ler”

[@alfonsosalinas7979]

I pronunce Bo - De - Ler (Bau - De - Laire)
I'm spanish btw

[@cfalcon8342]

i personally pronounce it body lasagna

[@beilboo5120]

helpful!!!!!! I also pronounce as "Balldlare"

[@lunathebooklover8734]

I knew it was her mi own nee because Her mi o n e to me it was pretty obvious but I guess that it’s just me

[@elloluv859]

please stop doing this omg

[@stephaniebarney]

lol you made a mistake. just admit it!

[@MinuteBookReports]

Thanks for watching the video.

[@harambeh925]

Hahahahhah

[@harambeh925]

Stephanie Gail dude you dont have to call him out on his mistake he literally discussed the whole thing in the video

[@itz_eliatardecer2797]

Stephanie Gail Did you watch the video, or just click this video because of the title and just commented

[@lunathebooklover8734]

Bow-de-laire sounds better

[@cheeseff2106]

Bowl the lair

[@leohino9211]

Stop pronouncing it wrong. It's bow-de-lair.
Point. Blank. Period.
No argument.

[@partofyoursquirrel]

Actually there's multiple ways to pronounce it

[@legallyfinn3816]

Tori H Actually no, the author of ASOUE Wanted it to be pronounced Bow- di- layer

[@georgebartley3295]

I do a podcast Celebrate Poe - and I was using the name "Baudelaiare" - this really helped a lot! Thank you very much.