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makeup brand names you were mispronouncing until you heard someone else say them

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16 posts, 8 members
trudijoy
8375 posts
Sun 17 Jun 2018 12:08pm
I've just learned that the NYX brand is 'nix' not N-Y-X lol... and it's a fave that i've been using for YEARS.

Go figure
SooziesWorld
2999 posts
Sun 17 Jun 2018 1:45pm
I was a bit slow on that one too, Trudi! It doesn't help that it's all capitalised. I only clicked when a friend named her cat Nyx and all her cats are named after Greek gods/goddesses. 

L' Occitane is a goodie. I think I've even heard their staff mispronounce it.  Korres I can never remember if it's 'cores' and 'kor-res' but again I've heard people who sell it pronounce it both ways.  
trudijoy
8375 posts
Sun 17 Jun 2018 3:17pm
yeah i googled it and figured it out in the end, will have to change my ways :p

Shu Uemura is another one - the number of people i've heard say 'shu umera' annoys me. I'm such a linguist too, if it's not right it bugs me and i HATE not knowing for certain how things are pronounced.
SooziesWorld
2999 posts
Sun 17 Jun 2018 3:31pm
I find Shu Uemura a difficult one even with being a Japanese speaker! That one still gets pronounced wrong even on those "how to pronounce cosmetic brands correctly lists" lol. 
SooziesWorld
2999 posts
Sun 17 Jun 2018 3:34pm
I heard Givenchy horrible mispronounced on the news recently. I'm with you - I hate hearing things mispronounced and scream at the tv even if it's a language that I don't speak myself. 
trudijoy
8375 posts
Sun 17 Jun 2018 3:44pm
I know, that ones always butchered! And they don’t really advertise on tv or radio so it’s hard to know, sometimes!
Artemis
311 posts
Sun 17 Jun 2018 10:03pm
Now that there are so many brands we only see online and not really in stores, it makes it harder too. Lately I've been thinking of Tarte - is it "tart" or "tart, aye?". 
trudijoy
8375 posts
Sun 17 Jun 2018 10:22pm
I’m pretty sure that it’s ‘tart’ because there’s no accent like in café or rosé  :)
 
Edited Sun 17 Jun 2018 10:23pm
shazatron101
5112 posts
Mon 18 Jun 2018 11:36am
yeah it's definitely tart, i follow them on insta and the only thing weird about how they say it is their accent :P
we aint had nothing but maggoty bread for three stinkin days!
tabucutie
1811 posts
Mon 18 Jun 2018 2:48pm
I think I have heard tarte pronounced as "tart cha"? Unless that's another brand I am not aware of?
trudijoy
8375 posts
Mon 18 Jun 2018 3:39pm
Tabucutie that will be 'Tatcha', wont' it?
tabucutie
1811 posts
Mon 18 Jun 2018 4:58pm
Never heard of the brand but I'll Google it
thirtywinks
60 posts
Tue 19 Jun 2018 2:49pm
I was guilty of Nyx too!!! I just thought that would be easier to say than N-Y-X. Haha 

On a similar note, my husband told me one day that there was an M-A-C shop near our place. It was kinda funny.
itsclearascrystal
2056 posts
Tue 19 Jun 2018 11:19pm
I've heard Natio said 2 ways too.
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Macs
5351 posts
Wed 20 Jun 2018 6:05pm
I think I’ve been saying Givency wrong for many years now lol 
Artemis
311 posts
Fri 22 Jun 2018 2:54pm
Oh yes that makes sense that Tarte is "tart" with no accent. 
I probably should watch beauty Youtubers but then many of them get them wrong too I'm sure
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