AE 1036 - How To Say Italian Brand Names | Australian Accent

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Hey you guys! I went around YouTube and found a video I know you'd be interested in!

I got here a video from YouTube creator Superholly English titled Do You Pronounce These Brands Wrong? where she got several people to pronounce brand names.

In particular, I am going to focus on Luca Lampariello, a famous Italian polyglot.

Listen in as he pronounces Italian brand names and I give you the Australian pronunciation version.

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Transcript of AE 1036 - How To Say Italian Brand Names Australian Accent

So, I was going down a YouTube rabbit hole the other day looking for safe places to swim in the Northern Territory.

Nope.

And YouTube recommended this video from Superholly English Channel, do you pronounce these brands wrong? And I discovered a bunch of Italian brands that Italians say wrong. So, let's check it out.

My name is Luca, Luca Lampariello, and my channel's pretty easy, LucaLampariello.com. And I also have a YouTube channel which goes by the name of Luca Lampariello, a lot of fantasy there. And although you speak many, many languages, what is your first language?

Luca Lampariello for you guys who don't know is an incredible polyglot on YouTube, so you can go and check him out. Obviously, his channel is right there. I definitely recommend it if you're learning languages.

Italian, I'm Italian. My name is Maha, and I have a YouTube channel called LearnArabicwithMaha, where I teach about the language, the culture and I do some recipes also. (everyone talking) And are you going to help us with Italian brands as well? Yeah, because I live in Italy, and I've been speaking Italian for the past 15 years. I don't...

Oh man, this is an easy one. Gucci, Gucci.

Gucci.

Nah, it's Gucci, Gucci.

Oh, I can say that. Gucci. I think I would have gotten that right. Okay, perfect. What about the second...?

I love how it looks like it's spelt, Gucci, Gucci. This one's an easy one. Maserati, a Maserati. My mates got a Maserati.

Maserati. Maserati.

No, it's Maserati, mate. Maserati.

Maserati. No. Is my T... Maserati.

Maserati. Oh, okay. This one's a good one. Ducati, Ducati or Ducati.

Ducati. I agree.

Ducati. No, it's Ducati, Ducati.

Ferrari.

Ferrari. No. This one's Ferrari, mate. Ferrari. Ferrari. I've never owned a Ferrari.

Ferrari. Very good. I just love the way it's like... (mimics sounding of word)

Ooh, shots fired.

Nutella. Nutella.

What? This is Italian? I totally thought this was Australian. Nutella, Nutella.

Wait, do all words have like a stressed second to last syllable? No. No.

Second to last. Second last. Ooh, Versace, Versace.

Versace. Versace.

It is funny with Italian that it always seems to go down. Versace, whereas with English, it's just Versace. I guess we do go down a little bit, but it's not as dramatic. Versace, Versace.

Versace. Versace. Oh, Versace, Maserati.

Oh, Prada. Prada, mate. Prada.

Prada. Prada. In Spanish we would say...

Look at the Italians nail that one, they sound just like us.

Prada. It doesn't have as much attitude like Prada.

Dolce and Gabbana. And you know what? I thought this was cabbana for a long time. I don't know why, but yeah. Dolce or Dolce and Gabbana.

Dolce Gabbana. Dolce Gabbana. What about the "and"?

It's so funny, she said "and" but it sounded like she was saying, "end". What about the "and"?

What about the "and"? Dolce and Gabbana...

Dolce and Gabbana. Nah, its Dolce and Gabbana.

Dolce Gabbana. Dolce Gabbana. (everyone talking) Oh, I'm feeling the flavour.

Oof. Pirelli, Pirelli.

Pirelli. Pirelli. Pirelli.

Pirelli. Oh man, these are everywhere. You'll get these in Woollies, Ferrero Rocher or Ferrero Rocher. In fact, I think we'd say Ferrero Rocher. I don't know why it's "che" at the end, but Ferrero Rocher.

Ferrero. Ferrero Rocher. Ferrero Rocher.

Ferrero Rocher.

(speaking in Italian), Ferrero Rocher. There are so many popular Italian brands. All right, let's go quickly through these ones.

Valentino, Valentino.

Valentino. Valentino.

They got that one right.

Easy. Fendi. Fendi.

Fendi, Fendi.

Bulgari. Bulgari.

Oh, I think this would be Bulgari, Bulgari.

Oh, we call it Bulgari. Its so bad.

Americans say it as well. Bulgari.

Bulgari. So, there's one that doesn't have a second to last stressed syllable because it's Bulgari.

Jesus. Okay. Salvatore Ferragamo. I don't even know this brand. Salvatore. Probably Salvatore Ferra-game. I can't even. I can't even do it. Ferragamo, Salvatore Ferragamo.

Salvatore Ferragamo.

There you go, Salvatore Ferragamo.

Salvatore Ferragamo. Oh, so you can say Salvatore Ferragamo or Salvatore Ferragamo. Exactly. That's beautiful. I just dropped my phone over that.

Barilla. Don't know this one. Barilla.

Barilla. Barilla. Barilla Pasta.

Oh, it's the pasta brand. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Barilla, Barilla. Okay. La Pasta Barilla. Oh, I'm having so much...

It's so funny when you hear Westerners try and do an Italian accent because it sounds like they're being patronising and nasty when they're doing this like, you know, pasta Barilla. It sounds almost like they're teasing them. I don't know why that is. That just tends to be something that if someone's putting on an Italian accent and they're not Italian, it's a bit of a stereotype.

...Fun with this. Can we go to Italy soon? All right.

Ah, Peroni, Peroni. So, you got to do that schwa at the start. Peroni. And this is a beer. Peroni. You'll see this all over Lygon Street if you go to any of the Italian restaurants. Peroni.

Peroni. Oh, okay, that one's not hard. Peroni. And then you have to say voglio una Peroni. What is that? Voglio quero la peroni. Voglio la peroni. Voglio pero-

Voglio una peroni.

Bravo. Bellissimo.

Bravo. Bellissimo. Bellissimo. Oh, I don't even know how to pronounce this. I think I would say Moschino or Moschino, Moschino, Moschino. I'm sure I've nailed that.

Moschino. Moschino.

Ooh, Moschino.

Moschino. (speaking Italian and Spanish)

Oh, Bottega and Veneta. Bottega and Veneta.

Bottega Veneta.

Bottega Veneta. I'd say Bottega Veneta. I'm probably absolutely butchering that as well.

What? Bottega Veneta. Bottega Veneta.

My God, it's so interesting too. So, superholly here speaks both Spanish and English, I think she's actually of Mexican heritage, and so she speaks both as effectively her L1, right, her first language. It's so funny for me as a foreigner, how much more I find her attractive as a Spanish speaker when she's speaking Spanish than when she's speaking English.

It's so funny how the language and the accent, the pronunciation completely changes that sort of attractiveness that you have towards someone. So, yeah. It's so funny when that happens.

Bottega Veneta. Sounds great. Sounds terrible. Bottega Veneta. Bottega Veneta. Wow. Okay. Bottega Veneta. (speaking Spanish).

Oh man, this is easy. Jacuzzi, Jacuzzi. Another schwa at the start. Jacuzzi.

(Speaking Spanish)

Jacuzzi. Nah. Jacuzzi, mate. Jacuzzi.

(speaking Spanish) I think you can say both Jacuzzi or Jacuzzi. (speaking Spanish)

So, that's it, guys. Obviously, this was a bit tongue in cheek. It's really interesting to see how Italians actually pronounce these brands. Go and check out Superholly's English Channel, as well as these two. If you want to see more Australian English, check this out. See ya.