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Teach your hosts correct LE Creuset Pronunciation

trenet — Mon, 27 Mar 2017 01:52:45 GMT

Please, please, please teach your hosts the correct pronunciation. Today, Rick Domeier is the culprit saying the feminine object pronoun "La" instead of the masculine "Le". Get a tutor for your hosts if necessary. There are also lots of language pronunciation guides online. There is no excuse for incorrect pronunciation.

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Day1128 — Mon, 27 Mar 2017 02:00:12 GMT

Agree. Do your homework before presenting a product.

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ValuSkr — Mon, 27 Mar 2017 02:04:02 GMT

Yes, of course, it's masculine in German too: Der Tiegel.

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kjae — Mon, 27 Mar 2017 02:28:24 GMT

Yes, was driving me crazy. Rick is not alone in the incorrect pronunciation. Several hosts say "la". What was driving me crazy several years ago was the mispronunciation of "voila" by Lisa Robertson, Amy. Courtney and even a few other hosts. They pronounced it "walla". Cringed every time and thought they should know better.

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happygolfcartrider — Mon, 27 Mar 2017 12:12:50 GMT

Oh My.

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hennypenny — Mon, 27 Mar 2017 20:01:39 GMT

I was very uncomfortable during the hour long presentation.

The vendor never once used the brand name in order to give a clue to the host. I am not sure he knew what to do about the situation.

I would think that someone in the control room would have corrected him, but it never happened.

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Vivian — Mon, 27 Mar 2017 20:11:43 GMT

Since Le Creuset is, or at least was, a French company, you'd think that QVC would want to capitalize on the connection between France and its reputation for fine cuisine. If hosts sound like middle schoolers on the first day of French class, QVC is missing an opportunity to promote Le Creuset products. There has to be SOMEONE who can teach correct pronunciation to hosts. Heck, I'll volunteer, free of charge parce que la prononciation chez QVC m'énerve.

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Group 5 minus 1 — Mon, 27 Mar 2017 20:09:24 GMT

Another one is Dooney and Bourke. It is not Burke, it is Bourke and rhymes w/ cork. Don't care what the vendor says.

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Qshopper1991 — Mon, 27 Mar 2017 20:11:44 GMT

Not the sharpest tool in the shed, unfortunately.

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AJW — Tue, 28 Mar 2017 01:25:09 GMT

Oh Im so glad Im not the only one that is affected by incorrect pronounciation! Yes, its a foreign language, but its easy to find out the correct way to say things. Voila was my absolute most cringeworthy too! Don't disrespect the language by making up your own version of a name. This has reminded me of the word caramel. Its pronounced car-a-mel, not Carmel, a lovely coastal town in California!

Re: Teach your hosts correct LE Creuset Pronunciation

CoG — Tue, 28 Mar 2017 02:32:35 GMT

@ajw wrote:
Oh Im so glad Im not the only one that is affected by incorrect pronounciation! Yes, its a foreign language, but its easy to find out the correct way to say things. Voila was my absolute most cringeworthy too! Don't disrespect the language by making up your own version of a name. This has reminded me of the word caramel. Its pronounced car-a-mel, not Carmel, a lovely coastal town in California!

Oh so accurate. It is disrespectful. I feel the same about a vendor for my favorite beauty brand who calls Alberti "Albertaaay" , can't for the life of her pronounce colloidal gold but insists on repeating her mispronounced version ad infinitum. The host who insists on "Eau daay Perfume" follows suit and repeats the mispronounced words she hears loudly and with emphasis as though certain her way is the right way--

Then there's the host who would not take gentle correction and insisted on an Ethianopian opal over and over again.

In most cases all that is needed is reading the written word and having enough respect for self and audience to slow down , enunciate!