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You Might Be Saying It Wrong: Baby Gear Pronunciation Guide
You might be saying it wrong: a pronunciation guide to popular baby brands.
Nothing says “new parents” more than gross mispronunciations of brands the rest of us have been living with since forever. I’m no corporate shill, don’t get me wrong. You’re free to stumble through a conversation on best car seats or most innovative strollers however you want.
But I tend to want to know how I’m supposed to pronounce things. Yet with some common baby product brands, you never hear them the same way twice.
So I’ve culled through lists of the popular and/or fancy baby products that are commonly pronounced at least two different ways. I contacted corporate offices and put it all in this handy pronunciation guide.
Print it out, pass it on, or look for that one brand you have avoided saying out loud since you tore off the gift wrapping at your first baby shower (Britax, I’m looking at you!).
Got a question about a brand I missed? Leave it in comments and I’ll work on a follow-up.
Now that you can pronounce them, check out our favorite stoller brands for baby!
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DaddyTips.com » Blog Archive » Baby Gear Pronunciation Guide [Tips] commented on Aug 23 11 at 11:34 am[...] The correct way to say ‘bjorn,’ and much more child gear pronunciations – Babble.com [...]
Around the Web… | commented on Aug 23 11 at 3:27 pmKelsey commented on Aug 22 11 at 1:21 pmBut is it ER-go baby or AIR-go baby?
Madeline Holler commented on Aug 22 11 at 1:28 pmAh ha! Will follow up with that, Kelsey! Good one.
Kate commented on Aug 22 11 at 1:50 pmGuilty of mispronouncing Britax (never would have guessed..), Medela (WTH? Nothing implies a long E sound there..) and Stokke. I learned about Aden + Anais a while ago, but of course said it wrong in the beginning. But really, people struggle with Joovy? It makes sense, a funky way of spelling juvie, slang for juvenile. Anyhow.
Alison commented on Aug 22 11 at 2:31 pmI’ve always heard ER-go (uhr go).
Swede commented on Aug 23 11 at 3:24 pmActually, the descriptions for both Baby Björn and Stokke are wrong. Björn is pronounced more like adding a b to the beginning of “yearn”. Stokke (which is Norwegian, not Swedish) is stock-uh.
ilaria commented on Aug 24 11 at 2:09 amChicco’s pron. is better written as keek – ko because of the double C in there, you have to kind of linger on that sound. key- ko would be spelled as chico in Italian :)
norwegian commented on Aug 24 11 at 2:27 amStokke is a hard one to translate phonetically.. While ‘stock-uh’ is fine, an english speaking person reading this out loud would still be pronouncing it wrong. Instead, think of the word ‘Stalk’. (pronounced in really posh english) Now take away the L. Add an extra K. Now say ‘eh’ like you don’t care. There you have it. ;)
Meme commented on Aug 24 11 at 8:13 amMutsy strollers are pronounced “moot-see” not “mutt-see”
Meme commented on Aug 24 11 at 8:13 amMutsy strollers are pronounced “moot-see” not “mutt-see.”.
Meme commented on Aug 24 11 at 8:14 amI learned this after having one and mispronouncing it for a year! Mutsy strollers are pronounced “moot-see” not “mutt-see”.
Laurie commented on Aug 24 11 at 10:38 amI have had some people correct me on some of these – glad to see I was right all along!! I must admit that I have been really mispronouncing Britax – totally guilty on that one.
Canuckmom commented on Aug 24 11 at 6:05 pmHa! I’m glad you put Robbeez on here because no one believes me! Now I have proof!!!
fuzzy commented on Aug 24 11 at 9:05 pmOr you can buy reasonably priced brands with normal names………
Happy commented on Aug 26 11 at 3:02 amHow do you pronounce Avent? It’s so awkward.
danyel commented on Sep 11 11 at 4:46 ammedela: i was way off… i always said it like mudella like mud ella
also guilty of aden + anais… always said ANN-eye-EESE
and ouch on the avent… i had it all wrong with aaaa-vent
Tera commented on Sep 12 11 at 3:28 pmanother one is baby k’tan – my friend say KAWTAWN and i say KAYTAN – or is it K-TAN?
elaine commented on Sep 12 11 at 4:01 pmok too funny – @tera I just got off the phone w Baby K’tan carriers b/c i had a sizing question.. asked them how to pronounce brand name – they said “K-TAWN” with the K sound sounding like the begginning of the word caboose
Madeline Holler commented on Sep 12 11 at 5:14 pmAwesome research, Elaine. I’ll confess, I’ve always said ka-TAN.
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