We did a little detective work, and based on the company's phone operator, here's what we've got: This one is throwing it back to those high school Spanish classes. RELATED: You may love the hazelnut spread Nutella, but you're pronouncing it all wrong Desigual Desigual
Clinique Cliniqueįoreign languages, like French, will get you! For this beauty giant, it's two syllables like, "clee-neeque." We know that's an "i" in there, but in French, it sounds a bit more like a long "e," according to a brand rep. According to bebe's corporate offices, it is indeed "bee bee." Well, go figure. Is it "bee bee," "beh beh," or "bay bay"? Let us settle this debate that you must've had with your besties at least a million times.
That's why the emphasis is on first syllable "AH" not the middle "dee." The beauty of a German accent. Instead, it's named after founder Adolf "Adi" Dassler, according to one employee of the company.
Potato, potahto.Īnd as an added fun fact, the brand is not named after the acronym "all day I dream about soccer," as rumor has it. Is it like, "AH-dee-dahs," or is it actually the more common "a-DID-das"? It seems that the brand, which is based in Germany, goes by the former in Europe while Americans normally say the latter. We're kicking off the alphabet with one of the most hotly debated brand pronunciations.
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