Brand names: French brand names

💬 Final [l] is not said here: [Chanel] sounds like (sha-nel), not like English [channel].

💬 In [Louis Vuitton], [s] at the end of [Louis] is silent, and [Vuitton] is said roughly (vwee-ton), with no English [tt] sound.

💬 [Dior] is usually said in two beats, roughly (dee-or), not like one English syllable.

💬 [L'] only appears joined to the next word, as in [L'Oréal]. Never alone.

💬 In [Cartier], the ending [-ier] sounds like (yay): roughly (kar-tyay).

💬 In [Saint Laurent], [Saint] is said (san) here, with the final [t] silent.

💬 The final [s] in [Hermès] is said, unlike many French final consonants: roughly (er-mess).

💬 The ending [-chy] in [Givenchy] sounds like (shee), so the name ends roughly like (vee-von-shee).

💬 Final [e] is said in [Lacoste]: roughly (la-kost), not like English [cost].