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.

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!

If you bring money,no matter what is the pronunciation..everything is correct...😄

As a German, I can say the German pronounciation is on point. Well done! :)

As a native French speaker I'm quite impressed by the accuracy of your French pronunciation. Kudos to you! Antoine.

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.....

if i can afford to buy it, i’m calling it whatever tf i want 👍🏾

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 😂

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).

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

for no.9 it’s actually pronounced “fancy toyota” its a bit tough to say but go ahead and try it!

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!

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"

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

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

as a french American I've literally never heard citroen talked about overseas in my life

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.

I never realized how much pronouncing an “R” makes you sound so American!!

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 🥲

The first english person who speaks out the german words perfectly. I love it

No-one pronounce them wrong it's just according to their country accent ✨✨✨

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).

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 :)

This is incredible how she can switch her accents so easily, this is fascinating!

i'm impressed at your finesse in pronouncing the subtle differences.

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.

CARS 5. *Honda* pronunciation : kzfaq.info/get/bejne/gs2DZsZ7tc2whH0.html 7. *Kia* pronunciation (very similar) : kzfaq.info/get/bejne/o9JxaquY3L-0qH0.html 9. *Lexus* pronunciation : kzfaq.info/get/bejne/p5ullsVpvNywpX0.html 11. *Mazda* pronunciation : kzfaq.info/get/bejne/pp-jeK50usedaas.html 12. *Mitsubishi* pronunciation : kzfaq.info/get/bejne/erWlrLd3zry-pac.html 16. *Toyota* pronunciation : kzfaq.info/get/bejne/g61jmq-Xrp-Vm5c.html FASHION 29. *H&M* pronunciation : kzfaq.info/get/bejne/n7Nkn9uStMDVenU.html 35. *Pandora* pronunciation : 39. *Uniqlo* pronunciation : kzfaq.info/get/bejne/hJmfgpl5zq2toZ8.html TECHNOLOGY 70. *Canon* pronunciation (very similar) : kzfaq.info/get/bejne/mKqeptxjptjTfYk.html 73. *Huawei* pronunciation : kzfaq.info/get/bejne/oM99nK53tNKbe6s.html 75. *Nikon* pronunciation : kzfaq.info/get/bejne/hNCfa66juL7KdXk.html 76. *Nokia* pronunciation : kzfaq.info/get/bejne/edV2lbJm2ty4iYU.html 78. *Philips* pronunciation : 79. *Samsung* pronunciation : kzfaq.info/get/bejne/a5eEocyTm5Pbl40.html 81. *Sony* pronunciation : kzfaq.info/get/bejne/eql1abp5vMrJoY0.html 82. *Toshiba* pronunciation : kzfaq.info/get/bejne/odqKfa-rq6nNaI0.html 92. *Ikea* pronunciation : kzfaq.info/get/bejne/gKiYnqdlsciYqXk.html 93. *Lego* pronunciation :

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 🇮🇹

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 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!

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.

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.

trivia for fun: Häagen-Dazs doesn't mean anything in any language and was made up

Budweiser is originally Czech beer with German naming. I think it is worth mentioning.

Two surprises for me were Nokia (Finland) I thought that was a Japanese company. And Nivea (German) I thought that was a French company.

Meanwhile : We Indians have our own accent in English! ✌️🤓 ..

It amazes me how you can go from a British accent to a perfect American accent. Never knew that was possible..

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!

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

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 ! :)

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!!!

That's impressive. So clean pronunciation that even my wife understands you, even though she doesn't speak english.

I’m Korean and in Korean we pronounce Kia like Gia for Hyundai we pronounce Hyun Dae

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.

You got therapeutic voice & loved the way you explained each pronunciation

Im from Germany and im amazed of how well you pronounce the german car brands... Good Job

So I have come to the conclusion there is no reason to use the letter R in British English.

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.

Note that Mazda in Japan is actually pronounced “Matsuda”

Great! Thanks for sharing. Nice to know the pronunciations of different accents.

Kia is pronounced “Gia” in Korean. and Lexus is an American name; in Japan their Lexus line is branded Toyota.

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"

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

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."

Wow, I didn't knew I pronounce a lot of these names wrong. I learned a lot from this. Thank you! Much appreciated 😃😍

Im french and Your french pronunciation is excellent 👌🏾

I'm an ESL teacher and just got back from teaching Adult English in China for 10 years. This is a great video!

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

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. 🙂

My favorite is Kraft. It sounds so much more expensive in British English!

Personally, I believe it is chic when someone is capable to pronounce the name according with the language the brand belongs.

Well, strictly speaking, "Audi" is Latin. It's founder, August Horch, had originally founded a company under his name, "A. Horch". After a fallout with the management, he left the company and founded a new one - but the old company still held the rights to the name "Horch". So a friend of his pointed out that "Horch" could be seen as an imperative form of "to hear" - similar to the word "hark!" in English. And so they translated that imperative of "to listen" into Latin - which is "Audi" and used that as a brand name.

Wow! What great talent you’re showcasing with all the different accents. Kudos.

Up here in Canada it’s pronounced: Lexus Eh? Mazda Eh? Toyota Eh? ….I’m sure y’all get the idea 🤪

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’m from suburban New York & I enjoyed the video. Although we are mostly Rhotic, we don’t pronounce everything the same.

Ngl i’m getting some ASMR vibes from this video

In American English the "a"s are usually pronounced like the "a" in "hat" but in British English "a"s are usually a short "o" sound like in "bought" similarly American English usually enunciates "r"s and "t"s while British English usually ignores it

Very interesting and helpful! I always pronounced Lamborghini wrong. As a german, i missed HARIBO.

Huawei should be pronounced HooWah (say this fast) Way. I am a native Chinese speaker.

Lexus being a Japanese brand it’s strange because Japanese don’t have a letter for L or X and they would never put S at the end of a word. The closest I can imagine it’s pronounced is レクサス　which would be Rekusasu.

This blogger needs to know where to go eat internationally lol

🎈Are these brands pronounced quite differently in your native language? 🎈

You pronounced IKEA very accurate:D Also, in Sweden we usually just say HM, pronounced håämm..:P

*Fun fact* Lexus is in fact just an acronym. Toyota wanted to start selling premium cars in the US in the late 80s, but customers had started associating Toyota with cheap and reliable, not comfortable and luxurious. So Toyota decided to start selling some of their premium vehicles under the new brand L.Ex.U.S. Aka: *Luxury Export to the United States.* only in the Mid 2000s did Toyota start branding some of their premium cars as Lexus in Japan and other markets.

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.

34: Nike derives from the Greek godess of victory. Her name is actually pronounced as ''Ní-kè''. So technically the pronounciation of ''Ní-kee'' is also wrong, but it's somewhat more correct than ''Nike'' (no pronunciation of the e). 50: I'm Dutch and I have to say your pronounciation is almost perfect to how we pronounce it. It's just that the ''ei'' in Heineken is a little bit shorter/flatter than the American and British way. So in English it's like ''Haijneken'' (it's like there's some sort of a ''j'' pronounciation at the end of the ''ei'') while it's closer to ''Hyneken'' (no ''j'' pronounciation''). The ei is pronounced differently than the American/English ''y'' or ''i''. 65: If I may ask: how would you pronounce the W otherwise? If you talk about the Wright brothers you also pronounce that as ''Right brothers'', right?

I'm so impressed of your italian, german and french pronunciation! Realy a great effort!!! ❤️

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')

Just subtle differences. I'm Dutch and it seems that we pronounce most brands more like Americans do except the German brands (we pronounce them the same way). Maybe the dutch watch to much American television. Philips is in dutch more like Pheellips or Phielips.

I love your accent in french, so accurate and cute❤

7:24 Well.. in Germany we actually call this brand "VW". But of course the "real" name is "Volkswagen". Fun fact: BMW stands for: B = Bayerische M = Motoren W = Werke

With the Lamborghini we often just shorten it to lambo 🙂

I know how to pronounce Bentley, but I can't afford one 🙃

Japanese speaker here, In Japan, Lexus is pronounced, “Lek sa su” 😂....yes really! 😂👍🏻 Another car maker I hear mis pronounced is Subaru. Mispronounced by many as Suburu in English where is Japanese it’s スバル Su Ba Ru. Su ba (as in ‘ba’-th) then Japanese roll their “r’s” so it’s a sound between an “r” & an “L” in actuality. Please ask a Japanese national to pronounce the brand when you can, it’s fascinating. Without embarrassing them please ask them to pronounce an English word starting with ‘L’. Eg Letter. They will pronounce it as “retter” They have difficulty pronouncing “L” as I do “r” in Mandarin Chinese. 中國人 zhong guo “r”en is challenging for me. Cantonese pronunciations far easier “Yan/yin” 😂 for me anyway. Keep up the great videos. 🇳🇿Kia Kaha from Aotearoa🇳🇿

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.

I love how British people just decide bmw can’t be bmw and is bmv there

Im from germany and your german pronunciation is really good

It's sad there isnt any African brands that are involved, I was looking forward to learn about african brands 💔💔😭

Peugeot in Zimbabwe (Ndebele) is pronounced as “Pee-jo-t” 😂

Can you imagine her ordering food through a drive through. "yes in british english i'll have a _________ and in american english it's a ________-"

Car enthusiast here, I've noticed some people discussing the Lexus brand in the comment section. It's true, it's a luxury Toyota but what does that really mean? Lexus is owned by Toyota they use Toyota chassis, the engines are Toyota engines sometimes modified by Lexus, sometimes it's a straight copy, paste. Lexus develops their own interiors. An example of when Lexus changed a Toyota engine is the Lexus RX450H That is 3000cc toyota block bored to 4000cc, no new Toyota uses a 4000cc engine (they got the idea from the old Toyota Prado's but that's another story) So in conclusion it's the same but not really. A snapshot of Lexus - Toyota chassis SUV: Rx200 = Toyota Rav4 (changed engine) Rx350-450 = Toyota Prado (changed engine) LX range = Toyota Landcruiser (same engine) Sedans: IS, RC = Toyota Camry / Aurion (changed drive type) [amazing value, geat car, lexus made it perfect. The drive type was where the camry were lacking] Hatch: CT = Toyota Corolla

I'd say the pronunciation of foreign names as close to the authentic as possible is more about being respectful to the original languages and their speakers, rather than about being pretentious in the eyes of others

Your Italian pronunciation is great 😍

18:47 Scandinavian? That’s the most Dutch sounding name ever.

German: BMV English: BMW Me a Spanish speaker: *bemeuve* 👁👄👁

I personally would never think someone sounds pretentious for trying to speak another language (or pronounce brands in said language.) But yes, I'm a chick that likes cars and originally from Europe so the German and Italian brands wouldn't be an issue for me. :P Overall, I think your pronounciations in the original languages are very, very nice. :)

Sometimes the manufacturer adds to the confusion by advertising the same product with different pronunciations. In Canada, they advertise Maazda, while in the U.S they advertise Mawzdas.

In my entire life this is the first video I’ve seen on KZfaq and doesn’t have a single dislike

Lexus in japanese is シックサス(rekkusasu) mazda is まずだ(matdsuda) Honda is 本田(honnda) toyota is 豊田(toyouta)