
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

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

Porsche
How we pronounce it: porsh
How you’re supposed to pronounce it: por-sha

Fage
How we pronounce it: fahj
How you’re supposed to pronounce it: fah-yay

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

Hermes
How we pronounce it: her-meez
How you’re supposed to pronounce it: air-mez

Givenchy
How we pronounce it: Gah-vin-chee
How you’re supposed to pronounce it: zhee-von-she

Volkswagen
How we pronounce it: volks wag-en
How you’re supposed to pronounce it: vo-ks var-gun

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

Louis Vuitton
How we pronounce it: loo-is vee-ton
How you’re supposed to pronounce it: loo-ee we-taahn

Samsung
How we pronounce it: sam-sung
How you’re supposed to pronounce it: sam-song

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.

Saucony
How we pronounce it: sow-cone-ee
How you’re supposed to pronounce it: SOCK-a-nee
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