Fun & Famous

Blogger names we mispronounce

Next Thursday May-Britt and I are headed to New York to kick off the start of fashion month. Awful, I know. But someone’s got to do it. Nah, just kidding, obviously you all know that it’s going to be a lot of fun but it’s also going to be a lot of (to keep in line with Rihanna) work work work work work work. While May-Britt attends the shows, my ass is going to be hauling all over the city because anything that’s going on on the streets that’s fashion related, that’s where I want to be. With a camera in hand. But how awkward would it be if I walk up to an infamous fashion mogul or muse and I mispronounce their name? And admit it, I’m sure you’ve struggled with the following too. So here you go, how to pronounce blogger names for dummies.

Chiara Ferragni (Kee-arah Fair-ah-knee)

I know for a fact that I’m still going to be asking May-Britt to help me out with this one. But it’s pronounced  Kee-arah Fair-ah-knee. Bellissima!

Aimee Song (Ahh-mee Song)

It’s not pronounced as Amy, but Ahh-mee. She had this written in her Instagram bio for a long time. Presumably because she was sick of people always mispronouncing it.

Pernille Teisbaek (Per-nill Tease-beck)

Yup, those Danes sure do have hard names. But still, I’m sure they’d say the same thing about me. So incase you bump into this blonde, the last name is Tease-beck.

Camille Charrierre (Ca-meel Sharry-air)

Think of the French word for booty (derrière), rhymes with Charrierre, and you’ll never forget it. Very fitting too, because she’s French.

Caroline de Maigret (Caro-leen de May-grey)

Let’s stick to the French one more time, because everything the Parisians have, we want. A lot of people make the mistake of pronouncing the ’t’ in her last name. Try to avoid saying May-gret. C’est May-grey, d’accord?

Julie Sariñana (Julie Sari-nja-na)

This one shouldn’t be too hard. Just pretend like there’s a ‘j’ after the ‘n’. Easy peasy, ladies.

Anya Ziourova (On-ya Zee-oh-ro-vah)

I have yet to master the correct pronunciation of this one. But if you ever hope to land a spot in a Russian magazine, make sure you say Zee-oh-ro-vah.

And incase you bump into myself or May-Britt, it’s pronounce May-Britt Mo-Ba-ugh and Elle-key Why-nands. Good luck.