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Ikea
How we pronounce it: eye-key-ah
How you’re supposed to pronounce it: ih-key-yah
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Adidas
How we pronounce it: uh-deed-aas
How you’re supposed to pronounce it: aah-dee-das
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Zagat
How we pronounce it: za-get
How you’re supposed to pronounce it: za-GAT
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Nutella
How we pronounce it: nuh-tell-uh
How you’re supposed to pronounce it: new-tell-uh
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Porsche
How we pronounce it: porsh
How you’re supposed to pronounce it: por-sha
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Fage
How we pronounce it: fahj
How you’re supposed to pronounce it: fah-yay
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Hyundai
How we pronounce it: hi-un-dye
How you’re supposed to pronounce it: hun-day
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Hoegaarden
How we pronounce it: ho-gar-den
How you’re supposed to pronounce it: who-gar-den
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Hermes
How we pronounce it: her-meez
How you’re supposed to pronounce it: air-mez
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Givenchy
How we pronounce it: Gah-vin-chee
How you’re supposed to pronounce it: zhee-von-she
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Volkswagen
How we pronounce it: volks wag-en
How you’re supposed to pronounce it: vo-ks var-gun
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Renault
How we pronounce it: ren-old
How you’re supposed to pronounce it: ren-oh
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Sega
How we pronounce it: say-ga
How you’re supposed to pronounce it: see-ga
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Louis Vuitton
How we pronounce it: loo-is vee-ton
How you’re supposed to pronounce it: loo-ee we-taahn
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Samsung
How we pronounce it: sam-sung
How you’re supposed to pronounce it: sam-song
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Bayer
How we pronounce it: bay-er
How you’re supposed to pronounce it: buy-er
We can’t say we blame you for messing up the hardest words to pronounce in the English language.
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Saucony
How we pronounce it: sow-cone-ee
How you’re supposed to pronounce it: SOCK-a-nee
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