As a German I of course agree with the British pronounciation of Adidas! And I did also check for the company "Nike" and in fact the "official" pronunciation is the American way, Nikeee. :)

Always a good time reacting to Chewkz content~ Really enjoyed making the skit at the end with Lauren 🤣

Hiii Lauren here 🇬🇧 so happy to react to more of Chewkz’s videos, he’s hilarious and so creative!! Sorry I got confused about the origin or Adidas (kinda along the right lines oops)😂 and please enjoy our attempt at a skit lol

Two points on Nike. The company was named after the Greek goddess of victory, Nike that’s pronounced phonetically as Nikee or Nikay. So both UK & US are wrong. However, the company is an American company founded in Oregon. The owner was asked how to pronounce the name and he obviously used the American pronunciation. So if the American owner of an American company uses a specific pronunciation then it’s pretty much official.

Finally , Lauren and Christina together , i've missed you two 🇬🇧🇺🇲

These two ladies are lovely in their outlook and presentation.

Adidas was founded by Adolf "Adi" Dassler, so the correct pronunciation is quite obvious. His brother was Rudolf "Rudi" Dassler, who founded Puma after the two fell out with each other. And the correct pronunciation of Nike is "NEE-kuh", since Νικη is the Greek goddess of victory. But at least, the Americans use two syllables. And it's not "Porsch", it's "Por-sche". Same as "Ni-ke".

I remember back when Adidas was first sold in the US and it was advertised the way Americans pronounce it now. I imagine those companies do research on how a local population would pronounce a name, based on its spelling. That's the way it was presented to Americans.

The reason Nike is an exception the the rule is because the word is actually a transliteration of the Greek word it originally comes from, Νίκη, which means Victory and was also the name of the goddess representing it. In Greek the word is pronounced "Niki" (Neekee) and you drag out both 'ee' sounds. That's why is Nik-ee and not a silent 'e'

Good to see these girls together again!

I remember the first time I heard my American SIL say "fanny pack". I was so shocked! I had to tell her what fanny means in the uk. On the other hand, I've had fun asking my American coworkers if they have a rubber I can borrow.

These two are a perfect combination ^^ love them both

Ferdinand Porsche pronounced his name por-sheh, with a very soft ‘r’ and two definite syllables. That’s the name of the car company as well. Porsh is where your rocking chair lives.

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Nike is a Greek goddess, and the e is not silent.

Oh yes.. Christina and Lauren again. I love their collab 😍

The "e" at the end of Nike is pronounced if you read it in Classical Greek. Nike is the goddess of victory.

I'm actually mind-blown by how Brits pronounce Nike. I'm a Singaporean and I've been to Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, Philippines, Vietnam, China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan. Everybody says Nike like the Americans.

Irish people use “pants” for trousers. What goes underneath, we call “underpants”. So we agree with Americans on that one. However, we agree with the correct German pronunciation of Adidas though.

I got a similar one like "pants", we say “短裤”(literally means "underpants") in Shanghai, but it means shorts in nothern China which makes me really shocked when I hear that on a TV show for the first time.

Interesting! British and French have same pronunciation for Adidas and Nike. Jaguar and Porsche is more like the US in French with strong R.

Lauren🇬🇧 and Christina🇺🇲 are the magic duo and with Grace🇭🇲 are the golden trio , 🇬🇧🇺🇲🇭🇲

Always enjoying these two girls! da best 😂

i love these two's vibes!!!

I love this episode, it's really funny. please add funny acting content like at the end of this.😂 they have good chemistry.❤️

I love these two ladies they are fab

I'm American and I pronounce Burberry the way Lauren does. I don't think I've ever head anyone pronounce it like Christina

Well, as weird as it seems, the Nike brand derives it's name from the Greek Goddess 'Niké' (pronounce like "knee-kae") so the American pronunciation makes more sense. But here in the czech republic, we also say Nayk, not Naykee 😂

They are so funny almost with the word Burberry 🤣🤣 Well seen for the pronunciation of bike/Nike

The Burberry part made me laugh more than it should have! haha well done ladies. xx

U are the both is so adorable , i love u guys

Omg I love them both, they're so funny

Attention goes to christina’s expressions ❤️❤️😍🥰

Oh my gosh yes this video is amazing I'm already laughing from the first few seconds 😂

If I were to use the same logic as Bike/Nike, then I guess I've been mispronouncing "good/food", "do/go", "mustache/ache". Likewise, I've been using the wrong plural forms... Louse/Lice should mean plural of house is hice, not houses....lol

I love y'all guys. Watching from Kenya.

Omfg they are so cute when they act🤣 I love it big sis🥰😂

The Christmas is coming , you guys , and i hope a video about Christmas in different countries and continents , like in America 🇨🇦🇺🇲 , Europe🇩🇪🇬🇧 , Asia🇰🇷🇯🇵 and Oceania 🇭🇲🇳🇿 , i love your videos

We brahs are here for the British girl. Isn't it brahs 😄😄 ??

Lauren and Christina are my favorite combo couple.

Those two are so adorable 🥰

I speak English and Spanish and in Spanish the word for pants is pantalones👖 and used the same way as in the US as in it isn’t confined to underwear. Now in the US some people do say underpants for underwear. In the US, we understand the word trousers but it’s not as commonly used just like rubbish vs trash/garbage.,My family does say “trouser socks” to refer to a type of socks that we wear with dress pants that are typically thinner and often made out of nylon.

Finally it happened, our beautiful girls Christina & Laruen, played a dialogue from the video !! It was awesome !! Now we are waiting for a scene from the video about When Americans try British Accents. It will be real heat !!

2:47 Lol I think the person translating had a hard time trying to translate him acting American when he said "Chewks get ya mans bruh" 😂

I like the way he told “you in England now, not in America” 😂😂😂

That's amazing. Warm greetings from Uzbekistan

3:15 Nike is taken from the Greek goddess of victory. Therefore the name is pronounced 'ni-key' not 'nyke' due to its origin being pronounced as 'ni-key'

Worked for Nike back in the day and it is definitely Nigh-key. Oddly, we knew that our rival pronounced their name as Ah-dee-das, but we thought it just an odd thing Europeans did and went on calling them Ah-dee-dis. And their US commercials do, too. Americans are stubborn.

I was also looking for the pants when i was watching a tv show, it took time to get that it's trousers 😅😅

ooh, the Porsche a fail for both ;P. interesting, that for the german brands, UK is more often using the real name, whereas USA changes it (t-mobile, is said like the british way correctly)

They seem really close and it's so nice that they could be building a friendship 🥺

Much love this and funny damn

Best duo Lauren & Christina.

More of this please

Love your hair Lauren i'm Indonesia 🇲🇨 still learning British English,😉

The British pronunciation for Nike is definitely not correct. The shoe brand was named for the Greek goddess which would never be pronounced Nyk. Americans may change the last vowel into more of a diphthong than an aught to be but it should definitely be pronounced. I have never ever in my life pronounce Burberry the way Christina did. I am however guilty of the Adidas mispronunciation. It’s so ingrained in American culture that voice recognition didn’t even recognize the word when I pronounced it correctly. My guess on that one is that it was a foreign word that no one had heard and someone applied the default rule of stress the second syllable and there we have it. And since Porsche is a German brand we’re all saying it wrong because the final E should be pronounced.

Nike-E is correct because it is named after an ancient Greek goddess (of victory) and the Greek pronunciation is the same as the American.

2:16 It's pretty simple actually. The company was named after the ancient Greek goddess of victory, Nike, which is pronounced ni-key.

Hi Laurenkatemassey British pronunciation v.nice

we say it "JAGwar" because our pronunciation comes from the Portuguese word that was, in turn, borrowed from the Indigenous American language Tupi (specifically the variety spoken during the early colonial period), where the word was îaûara, pronounced "yaWAra" I don't know why you Brits added all those extra syllables

The word "Adidas" is derived from the name of its founder, Adolf "Adi" Dassler. In 1924, Dassler and his brother Rudolf Dassler founded a shoe company together. After a falling out, Adi Dassler founded Adidas in 1949, while Rudolf went on to create Puma.

As French 🇫🇷 seeing those 🇺🇸🇬🇧 memes 🤣🤣. Good to see Christina and Lauren back together for more reactions. "Nike" means also something in French 🟦⬜🟥, something really dirty like "nicker" . It's okay Christina we all mistake 🤣

i really like Christina and Lauren they're so funny 😭😭🥂

Written: Porsche Christina: Porsh Lauren: Posh Me: Por-shuh

Actually, i really like when see Lauren lol. She's really pretty 😍😍

As for a non-English speaker, I often find American pronunciation more understandable. While Americans seem to change letters, Englishmen and women simply omit them making it way harder to determine what they say. The only version of English that beats Americans in terms of clearness of pronunciation is BBC-English. But most of the English people don't speak it. So American "Bottle of Wadur" is easier for my ear compared to the English "bo'ah o' wo'ah". Of course, I mean mostly East and West coast American, while Southern pronunciation is on par with English in terms of difficulty for me. And yes, African-American pronunciation is also kinda hard until you get used to it. Surprisingly, it's way easier to understand Arabs, Germans, Russians and Indians speaking English - while having ferocious unspeakably hard accents, they tend to pronounce every single letter, so even if you don't understand initially, you see what word they tried to say.

I like the American accent but I decided to learn the British one cos of the blonde British girl with u😍😍

Well they were both adorable

They're both so cute 😂

the skit is too lovely lol

4:16 as an American I've never heard someone say "bur-berry" like Christina. I've only ever heard it pronounced the way Lauren pronounces it.

Wonderful

I love Lauren's 'Burry Brie' scarf

I think those of us over thirty and with midwestern parents in the US have used the word underpants. My mom used that term for underwear quite often.

Oh it's Lauren finally

i’m in love

As an American, I've always heard "Naik-ee." Also, I've never heard anyone who isn't American say Adidas until watching this video so I have no comment on that. I saw an interview once with Phil Knight who is one of the founders and creators of Nike. I heard him say "Naik-ee." I can't argue with him on his pronunciation of his brand. I pronounce it the way he pronounces it.

Jaguar for every nation on earth is the same as the American pronunciation. Where Brits get "jaggy you are" from is just bizarre.

This is a fun video

they should try some famous japanese and korean brand like samsung and sony and mitsubishi.

MORE PLZ

Adidas wasn’t created by brothers. The brothers created Dassler Brothers Shoe Factory (Gebrüder Dassler Schuhfabrik) but then had a falling out. Rudolph created Puma and Adolf created Adidas. Adolf’s nickname was Adi.

aaaa i miss these two...

My two crushes

I really like them 😄👍

As an American , I pronounce Adidas , the German way, I asked Aunt Irene, my uncle's German wife ,how to pronounce it, the German way.

These two should be trade marked on what a real friendship should be like ☯️💯

3:51 In Germany we say Porsche with an e like in “her” c:

In the Caribbean we mix both UK and US pronunciation, spelling and words haha

I expected Lauren to say T-"Mobill". In school (so like 20 years ago, in Germany) we used to say Nike as Lauren does. But suddenly it changed to the Christine way. I was quite confused for quite some time and didn't know what's correct so I didn't use the name at all for some time. Now everybody uses the American pronounciation.

Ooooh you are both so funnyand beautiful

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nobody gonna hate you Christina. we love u.

I am in love with these two gorgeous ladies 🌹💐❤️

This is very nice

Talking about the pronunciation of T-Mobile remind me about the confusion that some Americans had over that T-Mobile royal wedding advert 😆😆😂😂🤣🤣

I like your contents

instead of video, Lots of people come here just to watch these beauties.

Fun fact, NAIKIIIII, like that wonderful gorgeous american lady said, in my coutry means, "Climb uuuuuup." It's fit her hand movement.

i like it when christina get nervous, her accent come out somehow 😅