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What is the correct pronunciation of "HERMES"?

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  • #21
    Iron Horse, here's a link for a horsey enamel bracelet that I couldn't refuse:

    http://usa.hermes.com/webapp/wcs/sto...40662&nbItem=0

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    • #22
      we say air mez here in frenchified Canukistan and also when I went to school in France, - but as Chanda said, the saddles have always been called Hermeez.

      I do love those bracelets, but don't have one - I do however, have a number of the scarves, and when I scrape the horse goo off myself, I wear them with jeans, a good bag - it does tend to dress up the outfit a tad.
      Every once in a while I look at the Kelly bags on ebay, but I could NEVER justify that kind of money for a handbag. A Coach will have to do for me.
      I like the perfume too. Caleche?

      I've also found that carrying one of those distinctive orange bags with the brown ribbon in any other snooty shop gets one INSTANT and polite service.:

      The Hermes story that absolutely kills me? A friend of mine was shopping in a thrift shop in LI - and found a Kelly bag.. inside the Kelly bag, was an Hermes scarf.
      I live in hope.
      A Fine Romance. April 1991 - June 2016. Loved forever.

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      • #23
        In France at least, it is pronounced the same way as Agnès..

        Of course, in the US, you must invent your own pronunciation!!

        I did like their saddles and some purses, but the scarves have never done anything for me! If you ever go to the store on the Faubourg St Honoré, you will think you are in Japan!! The Japanese are buying up all the luxury labels (same goes for the Vuiton store).

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        • #24
          A few years ago we had a thread on this. Someone posted the toll-free number to Hermes, and we all called up and listened to how the chick on the recording pronounced it.

          It was like "ehr meh" but with very little emphasis on the second syllable.
          I'm not ignoring the rules. I'm interpreting the rules. Tamal, The Great British Baking Show

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          • #25
            Originally posted by pAin't_Misbehavin' View Post
            A few years ago we had a thread on this. Someone posted the toll-free number to Hermes, and we all called up and listened to how the chick on the recording pronounced it.

            It was like "ehr meh" but with very little emphasis on the second syllable.
            3:30 am there now, perfect time to call. Frenchie is camping for the weekend but will be back tomorrow! He will think I've lost it for sure...

            Hi honey! How do YOU say Hermes? Can you say that again? One more time? What about a zzzzzzzzzzz noise?

            The poor man.
            "Kindness is free" ~ Eurofoal
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            • #26
              I like the perfume too. Caleche?
              Their best is 24 Faubourg. About the only perfume I ever wear.

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              • #27
                It's air-mez, or so says the accent grave over the second e as well as Meryl Streep in The Devil Wears Prada. I didn't even realize they were still making saddles.
                MelanieC * Canis soloensis

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                • #28
                  Well being born and raised in Paris, I have always heard and said "airmess" in French. However when I speak English I say airmezz.
                  One of my favorite store to go to when I go home. I love their saddles! Even considered briefly to buy a €200 brush just bc it was Hermes!

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                  • #29
                    The outside of the Hermes shop in Paris:http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pi...81&id=52002560 and http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pi...ae&id=52002560 how cool is that??
                    "Choose to chance the rapids, and dare to dance the tides" - Garth Brooks
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                    • #30
                      If you can afford it, then you can pronounce it however the heck you like!

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                      • #31
                        Air-mess. NEVER air-may. BLECH!!
                        http://www.forvo.com/word/hermes/

                        "If you have the time, spend it. If you have a hand, lend it. If you have the money, give it. If you have a heart, share it." by me

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                        • #32
                          I am glad EqTrainer's Hubby is available for the correct info! On someone asking about whether final s is silent (I have a BA in French from Indiana University, and all the spoken French courses above first year are/were taught by French natives) depends on if there is an 'accent aigu' like this ' or an 'accent grave' (the backwards quote) mark. The h definitely is silent, but if there were an accent grave, then one would pronounce the second syllable as mez to rhyme with pez. I actually thought that the brand name did have an accent grave so I have been saying airmez, but if EqT hubby thinks there is an accent aigu, I certainly defer to his knowledge on that (the airmay with no vocalization or very faint vocalization of s is how one would pronounce it if it has the accent aigu over the final e).
                          Jeanie
                          RIP Sasha, best dog ever, pictured shortly before she died, Death either by euthanasia or natural causes is only the end of the animal inhabiting its body; I believe the spirit lives on.

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                          • #33
                            aihr-mez, more or less.
                            The armchair saddler
                            Politically Pro-Cat

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                            • #34
                              Soon! LOL

                              He is from the South of France so I bet he has some commentary on that influence also...
                              "Kindness is free" ~ Eurofoal
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                              • #35
                                I am from France and Hermès is pronounced air-mess, just like in the helpful link AnyPlaceFarm posted.

                                In french you never hear the "h" (it's as if it weren't here, really) and the accents on the [e] change the pronunciation:

                                è and ê = open, as in "air"
                                é = closed, as in "café"

                                Final -s are usually NOT pronounced unless there is a vowel in the next word and you make a "liaison" (as in, "nous avons" - [nuzavõ]). You do pronounce it in a few words such as tennis, Hermès...

                                Then of course you have the obnoxious [r] sound...almost as hard to pronounce for English speakers, as it is for French speakers to pronounce the english [th] !!!

                                Think of saying GRRRR and then drop the G without moving your tongue and you have the French R.

                                (sorry - linguist speaking here!)

                                MTA the only thing I regularly buy from Hermès is my perfume. It's not a well-known one and so far I have never smelled it on anyone else, Hurray! Their scarves are nice but just not my style.
                                And the rest is just way too expensive!
                                Last edited by sophie; Oct. 24, 2010, 10:11 AM.
                                Ottbs - The finish line is only the beginning!

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                                  #36
                                  I am so glad I asked the question...this has been a most interesting as well as academic discussion!!!

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                                  • #37
                                    I have a funny Hermes story...

                                    My mom has a VERY well-off friend who was involved in horses for the longest time. My mom mentioned that she and I were going to Chicago, and our friend told us to go to Hermes because they had cool horse stuff

                                    So my mom and I wander up there, having no idea what "Her-mes" was, and go into the store. This snotty little woman comes up and asks if we need help, I ask if they had any horse stuff. She turns on her heels and goes into the back room. By this time my mom and I realized that we were in WAY over our heads. The security guard started talking to us, he was actually really funny, we talked about how expensive everything was and then the sales lady came back. She had "saddle milk" (WTF is that?) glycerine soap, and a riding crop. The crop was the most gorgeous thing, wooden with a leather handle. My mom and I looked nervously at each other, and she took the saddle soap and bought it. So now I have a $25 bar of Hermes saddle soap.

                                    My mom told our friend about this, she laughed and said that the thing she wanted us to see was the store window. Apparantly when she was up there there was a really neat display of saddles and horse pictures.
                                    Mel

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                                    • #38
                                      Hermès is a wonderful sponser of equestrain events. Winning, and getting a gift bag from them, is a lovley treat!
                                      FMO:OMG I almost put my eye out hunting clique.

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                                      • #39
                                        Side note,

                                        If you ever want to have a ton of fun.... go to a Hermes boutique store in NY or Beverly Hills, casually walk by the saddles and when the salesperson comes over to answer your question smile. Look at the nearest saddle and ask, "What size tree is that one?"

                                        Never will such an obvious sales question fluster a salesperson with eyes already glistening with the thoughts of a $4000 commission. It's priceless.

                                        And if you want more fun, ask if its a springtree or not.

                                        ~Emily
                                        "Courage is not the absence of fear but rather the judgment that something is more important than fear. The brave may not live forever but the cautious do not live at all." ~2001 The Princess Diaries

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                                        • #40
                                          Originally posted by Fred View Post
                                          The Hermes story that absolutely kills me? A friend of mine was shopping in a thrift shop in LI - and found a Kelly bag.. inside the Kelly bag, was an Hermes scarf.
                                          And *bedbugs*!!! (At least that's what I'd be telling myself in consolation. )

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