100 Brand Names You Pronounce WRONG! | (How to say brands in English)
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- How to pronounce 100 brand names in British and American English. Many people mispronounce brands when they speak English. It's logical because some brand names don't follow typical pronunciation rules. Plus it's not always clear how to anglicise foreign names.
In this video I give you the English pronunciations of 100 well-known brands. For foreign brands, where possible, I also give you the original pronunciation. I prefer not to give the original pronunciation if I don't speak the language at all, because I don't want to risk saying it incorrectly. I speak French, German, Spanish and some Italian.
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Dumb American here, but my question: when you differentiate American English from British English, are you using RP? If so, would some of the brand names vary - that would also be interesting.
Great question!
Yes, I was using RP. In ESL teaching we mainly refer to General American and RP just to simplify things because there are so many different dialects and accents. It certainly doesn't mean that we think others are incorrect.
And yes, in terms of pronunciation, some of them do vary, e.g. Sony (US: /'soʊ.ni/ UK: /'səʊ.ni/) and Target (US: /ˈtɑːr.ɡɪt/ UK: /ˈtɑː.ɡɪt/).
And others don't really vary among native English speakers, e.g. Chanel (US: /ʃən'el/ UK: /ʃən'el/).
Although the speaker's accent will obviously have a small effect on the sound. Pronunciation is a lot more "inclusive" than accent, so to speak. People with different accents can be using the same pronunciation. A different shade of green is still green, if that makes sense.
For example, I don't have an RP accent (I have a "weak" Australian accent), but my pronunciation is basically RP.
Sorry, probably a much longer answer than you wanted ;-), but I'm hoping that others will see this since it's something that confuses people a lot.
I never knew that there is an American English! I remember hearing Americans LAUGHED and quipped that the Queen of England HAS AN ACCENT… that blew me away!!! I was taught that English is ENGLAND’s native tongue (thus the word ENGLish)- and, if The Queen of England pronounces a word a certain way, then, that should be how it is pronounced… the word LIEUTENANT = has anyone heard how this word is pronounced by an Englishman?
@@cestbon3419 Uhm the Queen of England has an accent not saying it is British though, its like the difference here in America to National versus Urban slang, every culture has Slang, the Queen is basically speaking in what is called "Highbourne" It goes back to their formal education of Aristocracy and Crown, back in the 20's to the 50's people here in America that were high Society had a similar slang or slur, its typically the type of accent that comedians make fun of. Although in the Queens case not many people sound like that anymore, Charles does but alot of the royal family especially the younger generations have not carried that accent or tongue anymore.
@@kenney1050 American English lootentant,, British English Lef tenant
@@EnglishwithMax aaa
If you bring money,no matter what is the pronunciation..everything is correct...😄
😂
Hahahaha
😃😃😃
The salesman will also fight for you with his life
Haha money always right
Hi, I’m a German guy and I’m really impressed how good you pronounce the German Brands. I speak French as well and your pronunciation of the French Brands is formidable! Thumbs up!
Isn't BMW pronounced 'be-em-ve' instead of 'bi-em-vi'?
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@@DeXx_The_Reaper yes its be em we
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As a German, I can say the German pronounciation is on point. Well done! :)
Haha same
I was looking for this comment!
@@jennyh4025 Why so?
@@ApeX2411 because I didn’t want to write it as the tenth person.
Especialy BMW
As a native French speaker I'm quite impressed by the accuracy of your French pronunciation. Kudos to you!
Antoine.
Thank you!
I appreciate her for saying each word double in three different languages OMG.... It took a lot of effort for her to make this video.....
And those dimples!! 🥰
Your voice is so perfect for all this pronunciation, i feel like every time you say a word in different languages you are actually from this country
It's like you're an expert at French, Italian and German, and of course your English and American accent! ✨ I love how you point out the difference of pronunciation like a pro 💙✨. I learned a lot... Thank you!
Glad to see that you are doing the pronunciations really well! I really appreciate that you are saying the correct pronunciation according to country which these brands are formed👏👏 I had watched so many videos like this and in almost all of them the people are pronouncing the brands in either American accent or British accent and it really gets on my nerves 🥲
if i can afford to buy it, i’m calling it whatever tf i want 👍🏾
Period‼️
Frl
Hell yeah
Lol
Givenchy, givenchy (pronounced differently), whatever you call it
~lil baby
Proof that money and class are not intrinsically connected
for no.9 it’s actually pronounced “fancy toyota” its a bit tough to say but go ahead and try it!
some don't even say "Toyota", there is a pretty large group of people that just asks " is that a supra?!"
Lexus LFA now shh
😂😂 facts. I have a Toyota Corolla Se. It’s the nicest car I’ve owned thus far but those who have more money have Lexus lol.
Lexus is actually an acronym. Luxury EXport to the US
😂😂
Thanks for a nice video! Good French pronunciation! (Though different regions of France will have surprisingly different pronunciuations of these words).
Many of the Japanese brands mentioned were specifically created for marketing to the US (Lexus), and some (Mazda) may not even have a standard or natural pronunciation in Japanese.
Coming from Europe, I was completely baffled by the brand, Chick-Fil-A, with no idea how it was to be pronounced, and I'm still confused by Publix, which I tend to say like Publicité.
Shame you didn't know Philips was Dutch, but I'm told many Americans know it mainly from its historic North American distributor; Norelco!
Wow, I didn't knew I pronounce a lot of these names wrong. I learned a lot from this. Thank you! Much appreciated 😃😍
This helps a lot.
For non-native English speaker, who works for credit card customer service, I see these brand names a lot in our customer's charges, and I've been mispronouncing the names incorrectly.
Thanks for watching! It's interesting to hear what jobs my viewers have. I'm glad it was helpful!
Just as heads up, "mispronouncing the names incorrectly" suggests you wish to mispronounce the names but are doing so incorrectly. Correctly we would say, "I've been pronouncing the names incorrectly". edit to say - though you could also be inferring that the English and U.S mispronounce a lot of these names (which I agree with), and that you are not mispronouncing them in the same way :D
You got therapeutic voice & loved the way you explained each pronunciation
3:36 Korean here. We pronounce it as "기아 (Gia)". So almost similar, but you gotta pronounciate it a bit less aggressively.
Actually most of "K" sound in Korean words written in English should be sounded as "G", not "K". For example, The most well known Korean family name "Kim" should sounded as "Gim". Just a small tip to pretend to speak an advanced Korean for you guys 😂
어두에 ㄱ이 오면 살짝 ㅋ처럼 발음됩니다.
한국인은 못느끼지만, 그들은 똑같다고 느낄겁니다. 하지만 kia의 발음이 기아의 발음보다 확실히 거칠게 느껴집니다
@@user-bj3yn4ol7q 공갑합니다. 그 외에도 ㄷ과 ㅌ, ㅂ과 ㅍ, ㅈ과 ㅊ이 똑같이 들린다고 하더라고요
It's K for native English speakers. Some Korean Americans say it sounds soft K. If they speak Gim or Gia, you would think It sounds quite different.
For the English speakers would be like saying Gh ee ah .
G sounds as in G OAT not as in Gem
Always fascinate me how all anglophones gives the same vibe to the sound when trying to pronunce italian words, you're not just using your native accent (i feel and appreciate the effort) but you're still not quite there, probably due to the vowels sounds. (I'm not considering the "r" sound, i think its probably the most difficult one to make, worst than the doubles, the gn and the gh, because i really struggle when i try to lose it when attempting to pronounce "r" in foreign words).
It fascinates me also because here you usually get told that italian pronunciation is quite simple, since "you just need to read words just as the they are written", sentence that i always found unfair towards the difficulty in a proper attempt of pronunciation.
Digression apart i must say you have a good pronunciation, especially since you came up front from the begining about "not having the best italian", you did quite better than a great part of the people i had to communicate with when i used to be a waiter, people that to be fair were also way less humble.
The only pronunciation that striked me as a little off was the "dolce & gabbana" one, i think you were actually closer with your english one, the way you said "dolce" sounded pretty closer and also the stress on the double b in "gabbana".
Of course this is my opinion, don't want people to get triggered and strike back with harsh tones.
I apologize if i made some mistakes, my written english is a bit rusty.
This said, have a nice day.
18: Fun fact, Adidas was founded by a guy named Adolf Dassler who went by the nickname “Adi”. His father was a shoemaker, so he became a shoemaker. Using his 3 letter nickname with the first 3 letters of his last name he made Adidas (properly pronounced like an O or light A sound). His brother didn’t like the shoes that he made so he bought a factory across the river and founded Puma
hahahaha
The brothers actually split up their partnership because during WW2 Adolf was deemed to useful in the creation of shoes to participe in the war whereas his brother (Rudolf) was not thus forcing him to participate in the war. Once the war was over Adolf snitched on his brother causing Rudolf to have to spend a year in prison for his participation in aiding the nazis. After this dispute (and his jail time was served) negotiations took place for ownership of the company in which the employees, factories and earnings were split. This lead to Rudolf Dassler to later found Puma in 1957.
@Saga Fox-Wilde Nobody said there was ?
Sorry, but no, you are wrong. Close, but no banana I'm afraid...
@@Dovahkings 🤦♂️
This is incredible how she can switch her accents so easily, this is fascinating!
Bro when she started with the french accent i lost it
these are basic words lol, most ppl can do this
as a german she hits the nail with the german, french and italian one, really talented
It’s easy for us Brits
We learn dif languages
@@flhoest Based on on her accent I would say she is from Australia
The first english person who speaks out the german words perfectly. I love it
As a German, I can say the video is great the german and danish Brands are pronounced almost perfectly everytime and I only heard a small difference in "Nivea" (to how its pronounced in Germany) because I would emphasize the "I" a little bit more
I'm impressed how good you prononced french brands (i'm french btw). For non french native it's complicated, but you nailed it. Little accent that makes you more charming (people like french accent when we speak (badly) english, but we like when english speaker speaks french).
ah tu es français. je suis aussi français
@@aaratiThapa729 👍
Moi aussi
@@lilifel joli😃
Même en anglais je pensais pas que Peugeot et Citroën ressemblerait autant à notre prononciation
i'm impressed at your finesse in pronouncing the subtle differences.
Uchiha beef
That's impressive. So clean pronunciation that even my wife understands you, even though she doesn't speak english.
Italian here:
- Lamborghini: perfect.
- Maserati: the S and R are stronger and the A and I are not that long.
- Armani: perfect.
- Dolce & Gabbana: L is stronger, the double B is much stronger, she pronounces it like it's one word but we actually make a little pause between & and Gabbana; many people actually read & in English so they say Dolce and Gabbana.
- Fendi: E is not so long.
- Gucci: perfect.
- Prada: perfect actually.
- Versace: less stress on the A, the stress is still there, but too much stress sounds like you split the word into 2.
- Nutella: perfect.
- Peroni: the O is a bit more open.
I live in Denmark and in Pandora the O sounds more like a U and the R is like in English but the sound is more guttural, Lego is correct, also I'm pretty sure that our neighbour Swedes pronounce H&M and IKEA like in English (I met tons of Swedes and none of them has ever used different pronounciations).
for the S in Maserati, it depends if you are from the north or south. If you are from the north, the s is good.
@@rivox1009 True, but in neutral Italian is stronger
There is no & in HM in Swedish
@@snowboardblackfisken how do you pronounce those 2 words? To have another input
I just want to say that having a severe hearing loss, I find your pronunciation very clear and you make it easy to read your lips. I just wanted to say thank you for trying to help us speak more clearly. One thought is in America there are many distinct dialects and that has an impact on pronunciation as well. The southern accent is most difficult for me, but when spoken fast, it's really hard to keep up. Thanks again you are really easy to listen to. Blessings.
Hi! I discovered your channel yesterday and I immediately subscribed. I am italian and I love your pronunciation of the italian brands, it sounds always very clear and even natural in many cases. I speak french and german too - as you probably do - and I think that your pronunciation of these languages is also exemplary. 🙂
Thank you for subscribing!
You're very kind :).
I saw a comment saying about Kia.. so I'm adding Hyundai to the list.
This is pronounced very differently in Korea with the foreigners saying it.
Also, K and G are actually standing for the same component ㄱ in Korean, but it depends on where the component goes inside the letter. (For example, 각 is pronounced 'gak')
Hi max,
I am French and I have been living in Florida for 3 years.
The way you pronounce the French brands is awesome!
Generally speaking, I hear an American pronunciation more than a UK one when I listen to your lessons.
Anyway, I am really greatful for the free lessons you give us.
Keep on teaching us. You are so great!!!
Thank you!
Well, my accent isn't British, but the way I pronounce my Rs and my vowels is close to RP.
Thanks for watching!
Much of the confusion is caused by the fact that the English speaking part of translations does not recognise the inflections on letters / words that dictate emphasis being placed in specific ways. Written English is the only language I am familiar with where these symbols do not occur. French (cedilla), Spanish, German, Russian.....they all have them.
It's true. English inflection is based upon the vowels that succeed the former vowel to then create hard and soft vowel sounds inside said word. It's actually one of the reasons why English is considered a hard language to learn, along with using tenses to convey the proper meaning of a sentence.
@@Dsntmtter2ME Well, for the most part, the stress lands on the second to the last syllable. There are exceptions, but it works for most words.
@@gsm5104 This takes me back to elementary school and learning sentence structure haha.
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as a french American I've literally never heard citroen talked about overseas in my life
Mazda in Japanese would be something like "Mat-Zu-Da". Reference is MightyCarMods video on it where they have some Japanese people pronounce the car brands there.
I came into the comments to see if anyone had said this. I think I saw the same video and that one stuck out for me as super interesting!
Your pronounce about 3:50 Lamborghini, 4:39 Maserati, 8:21 Armani, 10:41 Dolce & Gabbana, 11:14 Gucci, 13:55 Prada, 15:27 Versace, 21:00 Nutella, 21:47 Peroni is perfect.
I'm Italian 🇮🇹
True, Your italian accents is very accurate. 😉 Our language is not even "popular" enough to deserve this concern; I feel somehow honored 😊😘
@@lips555so popular? bro, everybody knows about you guys lmao
@@lips555so italy is known worldwide eh
@@stasialii The country, not the language. Many Italian brands are pronounced with an English accent. She pronounced them correctly, this is quite unusual, that's all. 😅
@@lips555so ah right, i misread it i'm so sorry ^^' and i agree with you! i'm German and she pronounced every German brand correctly
I never realized how much pronouncing an “R” makes you sound so American!!
@@vulturee7338 Their, not there.
@@vulturee7338 or their T’s
The famous Bo’el O’ Wa’A makes it clear
Unless you're from New England; we NEVER pronounce the "R"
@@vulturee7338 we do but we don’t exaggerate the r like many Americans do e.g. orrr becomes a short r in or
its because many dialects of british are "non-rhotic"; rhotic sounds arent pronounced in them
Lexus is the western name for "レクサス" (pronounced rekusasu) they brand it as Lexus because it sounds luxurious plus the logo which comes from the レ could also be seen as an "L"
The way you warn about mispronunciations I would guess you have experience teaching english in a spanish speaking country.
I just watched the entire video while eating dinner. Your face and voice are mesmerizing. Also, cuteness overload in the bloopers.
I'm an ESL teacher and just got back from teaching Adult English in China for 10 years. This is a great video!
Thanks a lot, Michael!
Kia in Korean is Ki -a (like a in art). the name "Kia" derives from the Sino-Korean characters 起 (ki, 'to arise') and 亞 (a, which stands for 亞細亞아세아, meaning 'Asia'); it is roughly translated as "Rising from Asia.
The K is closer to a hard G. The kind of a G you'd make while exhaling hard. Same for Kimchi, Kim ,etc.
Wow, never new, awesome fact!
yes the right sound is the g sound!(like g in go)
im korean and we just sometimes write sounds starting with g as k in english :)
Wow...i take note on this ....❤
@@esther-qn6eo Git Gat? (Kit Kat)
Im from Germany and im amazed of how well you pronounce the german car brands... Good Job
Thank you so much for your teaching... 🙏🙏 Appreciated ❤️
Just a small thing many might not know: Disney is pronounced that way because it's the americanisation of "d'Isigny" which is a town in Normandy, France (famous for it's cream), Walt Disney family immigrated from there ! :)
Fun fact as someone who works for the company, the American pronunciation of ‘Toyota’ is the most accurate to the founding name of ‘Toyoda’ where the one letter change was made for writing purposes and not speaking
Surprised that no fellow native korean commented here.. Kia in Korean is 기아, pronouned Gi-a (Ghee like the butter Ah like you figured something out), Similar but not the romanticized K instead of the closer G sound.
Also other korean car brands you might know is Hyundai, or 현대, pronounced “Hyuhn Dae”. The hyun part people usually get wrong, which become the subject of mockery amongst koreans, but the best way i can explain is to start with “uh” like youre thinking of something, then add a y in front, to get yuh, then add an n at the end to get yuhn, then add the h in front to get hyuhn. Latter part is dae, pronounced “de” with a short e sound.
Hope that helps :)
I kept sitting here and thinking she was going to mess up the American English version of everything, but I find it hilarious how well she does our pronunciations. It's also really attractive for some reason when she switches from saying it the "proper" British English way to American English.
I thought the same thing.
Thank you soooooooo much Max! All your videos are so helpful. I really appreciate it. God bless you richly!
My pleasure, Anna! Thank you so much again. 🙏
I can’t stop chuckling every time she says “in American English, the R is pronounced” 😂 because wow I didn’t realize how much we emphasized R with zero rolling of course!
Budweiser is originally Czech beer with German naming. I think it is worth mentioning.
No-one pronounce them wrong it's just according to their country accent ✨✨✨
That's just horribly wrong
their*
@@rebeka_jerala164 I was correcting the person
@@rebeka_jerala164 bruh idc lol. BE HUMBLE! If you read yehet's comment then you would notice.
@@rebeka_jerala164 obviously, it's clear by their name that their first language isn't English 🤣 You should probably also take into consideration that not everyone on the internet is trying to "act smart" but rather helping/ correcting someone for next time.
I’m from suburban New York & I enjoyed the video. Although we are mostly Rhotic, we don’t pronounce everything the same.
H&M in Sweden is MOST COMMONLY pronounced as:
* The H in H&M is pronounced as "who" is in the english word "Wholesome".
* The M is pronounced the same as in english.
* The &-sign is not pronounced
* The acronyms H and M are sounded separately (two sounds).
= Who M
Sounding out the full name "Hennes & Mauritz" is also a common.
* Where "Hennes" is pronounced as: Henes ("Hen" as in the bird, with the suffix es, as the word "Less" without an L).
* & is pronunced as O is in the english word "Old"
* Mauritz is just the name Mauritz. Probably best explained as Mou-reets, Mou as in "Mountain" and then hard pronounciation on R and the last two letters T and S.
= Henes O Mou-ReeTS
Bra gjort
I always love it when my wife says Volkswagen because her South African pronunciation is so close to German. I've not yet scoured your channel properly, so you may have done this, but I'd love to hear your comparison between South African English and Australian English some day! Most folks here in North America don't know the difference.
I'm so impressed of your italian, german and french pronunciation! Realy a great effort!!! ❤️
When I was in Japan, my hosts had a hard time pronouncing 'Ford', and after I taught the to say something I could understand, they taught me to pronounce Mazda as 'mah-stda'
I think they would just say is as "Fodō" (Fod-oh), right? Mazda would be "Mazuda" (Ma-zu-dah).
@@Craigy2818 In Ford, the first syllable sound would be elongated, not the second (フォード), as in fōdo, and Mazda is actually マツダ, as in matsuda. Not sure how it became Mazda over here
Platz da für Mazda!
I’m Korean and in Korean we pronounce Kia like Gia for Hyundai we pronounce Hyun Dae
Im french and Your french pronunciation is excellent 👌🏾
Ah, lovely accents all…you are perfect!
Hello sister I'm from India where are you from my name is iqra
Very interesting and helpful! I always pronounced Lamborghini wrong.
As a german, i missed HARIBO.
For no. 29, in Norway we say Hennes for H&M. Since the brand has been here since before they rebranded to just H&M. Still hear older people use the full name, Hennes & Mauritz, sometimes.
My favorite is Kraft. It sounds so much more expensive in British English!
Thanks Max! I've learnt a lot of new words from you
Hi Long! Happy to hear that! ❤️
Its relaxing to hear Italian and france pronounciation
English is a funny langue ? The alphabet the pronunciation the spelling but we have to manage
Dear Mike, it’s “French” pronunciation as “France” is a proper name. Thanks
I'm pretty impressed with your German pronounciation 🙂
My distance running team started wearing Nike Shoes in 1974. They were very hard to find and they were an alternative to Adidas, which we considered "sprinter shoes" and Onitsuka Tiger, which later became Asics. The Tigers were very similar to Nike, but when Nike came out with its first waffles, everyone switched to those because they were basically the only shoes that had padding and it was nice not to feel the rocks when we ran down gravel roads. Nike did offer a basketball shoe, but I never saw anyone wearing them. Nearly every basketball player worth his salt in those days wore All-Stars. Were those Converse? I can't remember, but I sure remember everyone wearing suede All-Stars in the color of their school. I got a T-shirt that said "Nike" on it with their then unknown Swoosh. Everyone would come up to me and say, "HI, Mike!" (My name is not Mike). Then they'd say, "Oh, your shirt says Mike but you're not Mike. I get it." During those days we called them Nikes, with one syllable. Then at a meet we heard a college kid call them Nikes, with two syllables, and we thought it was slang, but it was cool nonetheless. I was still a few years before any television or radio commercials were tell us how to pronounce it. I broke my leg skateboarding in 1977, and I painted a Swoosh on my cast. Nobody got it.
It amazes me how you can go from a British accent to a perfect American accent. Never knew that was possible..
I didn't hear the British accent. I'm getting strong antipodes.
@@GavinMorris1 You must be British
@@GavinMorris1 I hear Australian
Meanwhile : We Indians have our own accent in English! ✌️🤓 ..
Màlàyali I I I I I. I I ici I I I I I I I I
Malayali spotted😹
Malayali spotted 😱😱😅
Bi Am Dablu
@@vg5112 🤣🤣🤣
I am Korean and you know how to pronounce KIA. Perfect
A few years ago I was listening to a radio interview with Irish fashion designer Orla Kiely. I had only ever heard her surname being said as 'Keely'. It should be pronounced Kylie, just like Kylie Minogue.
Thank you for this interesting and useful video. I am Japanese. As far as Honda, Lexus, Mitsubishi, Uniqlo and Canon are concerned, Japanese people pronounce them just as you do, and they pronounce "Nikon" and "Toyota" exactly in British accent. On the other hand, they pronounce "Mazda" like "Mats-da", and "Toshiba" like "Toe-she-ba."
Thank you! According to my RUclips analytics, I don't have a lot of viewers in Japan, so I was very happy to see your comment :). Thanks a lot for the information! I've learnt some new things.
@@EnglishwithMax You are welcome. I'll be happy to tell you about the Japanese language and its pronunciation when you need it.
You're right because,I am a Filipina but I reside here in Japan.
@@EnglishwithMax Learnt isn't a word in the USA. It is learned.
@@charliebaldwin8798 dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/learn
Thank you so much, learnt a lot. You got all apart from some of the Asian brands. God bless you.
prop·er noun's are a mirror of ones com·pre·hen·sion
Budweiser was founded by a German who moved to the US, so it’s probably pronounced like a German word.
The same kinda goes for Haager-Dasz aswell, but not really either, it’s a company founded in the US, by a Polish man who just made up the name. It literally doesn’t mean anything.
Philips is pronounced more like feelips.
similar thing with "Heinz" and "Kraft" considering both have german ancestors and "Kraft" is a german noun
its the german name of a czech city, so its definitely pronounced like a german word
Your Italian pronunciation is great 😍
an interesting thing is that volkswagen translates to "folkvagn" in swedish(english direct translation peoples-cart) its interesting that some german words are easy to translate if youre scandinavian(norway, denmark, sweden) even if you dont speak german at all.
EDIT: *False* thank you comments, beetle was not designed by hitler
In swedish H&M is pronounced Håå *pause for a millisecond* M since you dont have Å as a letter in english its hard to write how it sounds but its sounds like a drawn out O, (how owls sounds, "hoo" but with a shorter lenght) so H&M is pronounced ho-m so the &(and) is not pronounced in swedish.
As its written in swedish its H och("och" means "and" its pronounced as "ock" in swedish) M but swedes dont pronounce the "och(and)" we just say the two letters but with a slight pause between H and the M.
Ho, M the beetley
The first beetle (VW Käfer) was actually designed by Ferdinand Porsche.
In german language ``v`` stands for `f`` folks(National) it means midle class
Idk how old you are but where im from we'd say hennes o mauritz aswell
Folks wagon in English, not people cart. They are perfect cognates in all Germanic languages. Fólk isn't widely used these days though.
German is very close to the Scandinavian languages indeed! I am German and I studied Swedish and Norwegian at university. I didn't really have to study because it came to me naturally. I guess when you are fluent in German and English, Swedish or Norwegian is not a challenge. Also, I imagine it's the same thing when you're a native Swedish/Norwegian speaker and want to learn German
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Really cool video! I'm an American who only has a RUclips-level fascination with linguistics, so I never quite understood how the British people I met would characterize "average" American English as having a drawl. This video was the first time I got it. Those pronounced "R"s really bring out the cowboy in a word. 😄
Thanks, Alyssa!
Yeah, I think we often only notice things about our own accent/pronunciation when it's directly compared to another. It happens to me with Australian English!
Hi Max! Thanks for the class! I was looking for the correct pronunciation of some brands, and I am happy you made such a lesson :)
I have always respected your taste (yes, your sense of style is obvious even through the screen!), and if you do not mind, may I ask for your opinion, please? I would like to buy a pair of jeans for my friend's birthday, and I am choosing between Calvin Klein and Tommy Hilfiger brands. Both pieces of clothes look fine, and their prices are also comparable, so I am in doubt.. Which would you prefer, if you were to go for one? Thanks anyway, Max!
You're welcome, Borka! To be honest, I don't buy luxury brands, so I'm not the best person to ask...
I am surprised you can pronounce all of different brands perfectly. I am wondering where you gathered all information.
Thanks!
My pleasure!
Well, I speak French, German and Spanish, as well as a bit of Italian, so that helps.
These websites are also helpful for finding pronunciations:
youglish.com/
forvo.com/
@@EnglishwithMax Yes, your pronunciations are absolutely perfect! It’s a beautiful thing to hear & rather rare I feel! Bravo! 💗
CARS
5. *Honda* pronunciation : ruclips.net/video/LgS3cJPgLTI/видео.html
7. *Kia* pronunciation (very similar) :
ruclips.net/video/mlA7HgwYPxI/видео.html
9. *Lexus* pronunciation :
ruclips.net/video/q5ucb8WvLuI/видео.html
11. *Mazda* pronunciation :
ruclips.net/video/p9sEKCUa99w/видео.html
12. *Mitsubishi* pronunciation :
ruclips.net/video/DOuyTFiVZus/видео.html
16. *Toyota* pronunciation :
ruclips.net/video/MG3gLfI91kc/видео.html
FASHION
29. *H&M* pronunciation :
ruclips.net/video/iM4lxaOZqJA/видео.html
35. *Pandora* pronunciation :
39. *Uniqlo* pronunciation :
ruclips.net/video/N3oO6HiGIqk/видео.html
TECHNOLOGY
70. *Canon* pronunciation (very similar) :
ruclips.net/video/bDnsy2AroMU/видео.html
73. *Huawei* pronunciation :
ruclips.net/video/jiMiKFOl7Kw/видео.html
75. *Nikon* pronunciation :
ruclips.net/video/Njo8KrSXfEE/видео.html
76. *Nokia* pronunciation :
ruclips.net/video/CoFbO5uvTYQ/видео.html
78. *Philips* pronunciation :
79. *Samsung* pronunciation :
ruclips.net/video/51Tnib6-wgY/видео.html
81. *Sony* pronunciation :
ruclips.net/video/DCE6WHWdeqY/видео.html
82. *Toshiba* pronunciation :
ruclips.net/video/ktZJLzFCi8Y/видео.html
92. *Ikea* pronunciation :
ruclips.net/video/JBhkD4Lb4yE/видео.html
93. *Lego* pronunciation :
Two surprises for me were Nokia (Finland) I thought that was a Japanese company. And Nivea (German) I thought that was a French company.
In Korea we pronounce Kia like "Gi-A" with a hard "G" sound (ㄱ) and the "ee" sound isn't as long. Most of the time the hard "G" sound in the Korean language is romanized with a "K" just like how the last names "Kim" and "Kang" (and basically all Korean last names starting with a "K") are spelt with a "K" when it's actually pronounced like "Geem" and "Gahng"
Cool, thanks for the info!
Interesting
I did not know that. 😀
I have yet to hear the correct pronounciation of "Hyundai" outside of Korea. The blame likely lies with the Romanization.
기아 , just like happy said. I'm a learned speaker of Korean, not native, but I've never heard 기아 used for anything but cars. However, my Korean dictionary shows the meaning to be hunger or starvation. Maybe a native Korean speaker can explain the car meaning of 기아 .
@@clamshell99 Finding the meaning of Kia requires looking into the Hanja. The "ki" (起) means to rise from/get up (일어나) The "a" (亞) is Asia. Put together, it means rising/emerging from Asia.
I love your accent in french, so accurate and cute❤
One of the ways the American English stands out is as you've explained they put the stress on the r's more coming after vowels, even Taylor Swift the name in British English which we also say in Australia is the same as Tayla just pronounced tay-luh but in her native being American you notice they put the stress on the r at the end of her name as its spoken
I think the name IKEA should be pronounce like the Sweedish do. In my opinion, to say 'Aikia' denotes ignorance.
This lady has the best eye makeup and coolest smirk on You Tube
What a passion!
As from Denmark, can confirm your pronunciation pressures on "Pandora" though we don't have the rolling R in our vocabulary, more a throat-y R, and your danish pronunciation on Lego is also correct. 👍 Didn't know Nutella was Italian though, actually thought it was German. 😅 Great video! Thank you! Cheers from Denmark ✌️😊
Thanks, Nemo!
Kia is pronounced “Gia” in Korean.
and Lexus is an American name; in Japan their Lexus line is branded Toyota.
I like that thing.. you repeat the pronunciation to make it clear..
Sooo nice...
I know in japan they love to abbreviate or convert names to be able to pronounce them. Like the game Dark Souls is pronounced Dāku Sōru. The Japanese pronunciation for Lexus is Rekusasu, rek-sa-su.
Uniqlo is Yunikuro in Japanese
Lexus is Toyota in Japan 😎
Why did I think Laxus of fairy tail😂😂
Im Korean, and we write Kia 기아 in Korean language, Its pronounced like Gi-aa.
Korean word ㄱ has a sound like G in Grape, but its often written as K when its written in English. For another example, Korean last name 김 is pronounced Gim, but for English name lots of people writes it as Kim.
I think its somehow related to this - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McCune%E2%80%93Reischauer
New Romanization system kinda fixed it, see en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revised_Romanization_of_Korean
An extremely useful lesson, Max. I couldn't help admiring your great German and Italian accents. Lovely earrings, too. I appreciate your help and your effort to make your lessons so interesting and fun to watch.
You're very kind :)
@@EnglishwithMax Agreed, I'm Austrian and I can confirm that you were spot on with the German names
useful ? I'm confused.
italian accent was not very good
As a Dutch girl I can confirm that we have a very similar pronunciation of the brands.
The contents are comprehensive. I can learn the brands' original and English pronunciations at the same time, as well as the origin countries.
Note that Mazda in Japan is actually pronounced “Matsuda”
but those a's are an ah sound because the sound like apple does not exist in either japanese or spanish.
@@blitzofchaosgaming6737 Also, the u sound in "Matsuda" wouldn't sound like an English or American u- it'd be more of a glottal stop, I believe. (Not a native speaker.)
how about datsun?
@@noxnyc23 I think it's pronounced as Datusan. Same with the glottal u drop sound Kaotiqua mentioned. I think if the consonant is in the middle, you add a u since Japanese syllables are always consonant +vowel. But I'm not sure, I just knew this because of how to pronounce Saske in Naruto. 😂
@@tinmendez4121 dont think it's datusun. there's a "tsu" in japanese so it's still datsun
It was great to watch how to pronounce all of them correctly. Thanks for your video, Anyway will be great if you share a short video how to pronounce correctly all shipping liners name in the world. (such as Maersk, Hapag Loye, etc.) It's all doubt here in Thailand. LOL
Thank you :")
Very helpful! Thank you so much!
Great! Thanks for sharing. Nice to know the pronunciations of different accents.
You pronounced IKEA very accurate:D Also, in Sweden we usually just say HM, pronounced håämm..:P
About H&M in Swedish I would say we in Sweden call it Ha… like in “hall” directly followed by Em: Ha Em.
Correct! I used to say heness och mauritz
@@warsameadam5572 whichnis correct…”Hennnes å Mauritz”…HåEm
trivia for fun: Häagen-Dazs doesn't mean anything in any language and was made up
The spade ♠️ is stunningly beautiful, and thanks for the video!🙏🏻🌹🌹🌹🤍
In my entire life this is the first video I’ve seen on RUclips and doesn’t have a single dislike
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