Made me laugh, or wait maybe cringe...

kittymom56 · ‎07-25-2010

I was just popping through the channels and landed on QVC2, Denim & Co show. Showing an empire waisted dress. I know this has been going on for a couple of years now, but how in the world did they get the pronunciation of ahm-pier?? I wore this waist linge back in the 70's, it was Empire as in Empire State Building!

I also had to laugh that they suggested wearing this dress to garden in! Really??? Who is going to wear a $50 dress to do gardening in.

My oh my!!!

ECBG · ‎01-08-2011

I believe the ones that will garden in the dress will be sending the $50.00+ gifts to the hairdresser, postman, and everyone else for Christmas!!! LOL!

QVCkitty1 · ‎05-23-2015

I believe that is the French pronunciation, they are just being fancy. I don't think I could garden in any dress, regardless of price.

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Trix · ‎03-16-2010

Who gardens in a dress? The restriction of trying to bend, stoop and crawl, lift and manuever around a garden to peform tasks wearing a dress makes that pitch ridiculous. I suppose if one is only watering plants on a balcony a dress is fine.

meallen616 · ‎01-10-2013

For me this is a definite,

Scooby Doo · ‎03-14-2010

@QVCkitty1 wrote:
I believe that is the French pronunciation, they are just being fancy. I don't think I could garden in any dress, regardless of price.

So when you bend over is it

I see London, I see France, I see someone's underpants.............

Krimpette · ‎03-09-2010

I have almost always pronounced it "ahm-pier". Guess I heard it that way, as pertains to the waist line, and it just stuck!

Magny · ‎10-18-2011

It has been pronounced the French way for many, many years. Only recently has anyone said" empire".

Kachina624 · ‎03-10-2010

First time I've heard someone ridiculed for using the correct pronunciation.

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NYC Susan · ‎03-13-2010

@Magny wrote:
It has been pronounced the French way for many, many years. Only recently has anyone said" empire".

I've heard both pronunciations since I was a teenager, "empire" much more often than the French pronunication. It's most definitely not something that has just started recently.

I wouldn't wear a dress to garden. I think maybe my grandmother did a very long time ago, but I find it pretty unlikely that most women would do that now.