How Do You Pronounce.....

LOX se tan (like flan)

Carlin said:

LOX se tan (like flan)

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MMMMM.....Flan!

I wasn't even close.. And am not game enough to post how I thought it was pronounced!!!

rickboone1 said:

Luh ock i tan

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Greybeard said:

Actually it's lock see tan.

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Carlin said:

LOX se tan (like flan)

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I thought we covered this already.

thunderball said:

http://www.howjsay.com/index.php?word=l'occitane

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HoratioCaine said:

I thought we covered this already.

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Yup, Daves post above covered it in the first few responses of the first page.

The first two syllables are definitely LOX-EE.
The final syllable can fall somewhere between TAIN and TAWN, depending on the accent of the speaker. The stress is on the last syllable.

But remember, you're an English speaker, no-one expects you to pronounce the word exactly right. LOX-EE-TAIN is plenty fine. There's nothing like purposely overpronouncing a foreign word to mark one as a poseur. Think of Peggy Hill on King of the Hill ordering a Mexican restaurant.

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Just in case anyone missed it.

Once I buy something, I pronounce it however I want.

SlagleRock said:

..........http://www.howjsay.com/index.php?word=l'occitane
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Just in case anyone missed it.

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chainfire said:

Once I buy something, I pronounce it however I want.

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jakespoppy said:

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Only thing with the howjsay is everytime I go to the houston galleria store, they say it the way i tried to convey it.

Carlin said:

Only thing with the howjsay is everytime I go to the houston galleria store, they say it the way i tried to convey it.

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Give them the web address!

Go West Young Man said:

But remember, you're an English speaker, no-one expects you to pronounce the word exactly right. LOX-EE-TAIN is plenty fine. There's nothing like purposely overpronouncing a foreign word to mark one as a poseur. Think of Peggy Hill on King of the Hill ordering a Mexican restaurant.

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LOL. I always have a blast at Lucky Scent's Scent Bar with hundreds of long French names...Just when you get your faux French down, you run into an Italian frag.

When your wallet is out, they'll figure out whatever you call it. Quickly.

StylinLA said:

When your wallet is out, they'll figure out whatever you call it. Quickly.

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StylinLA said:

When your wallet is out, they'll figure out whatever you call it. Quickly.

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This site is rather helpful for lots of tricky words, not just L'Occitane

http://belabela.posterous.com/

Thanks for the thread.

I've be pronouncing it: "Low-Cee-Tain" all this time.

I can't believe I just read this whole thread...

Oh, that's right, I'm unemployed.

Maybe I can get a job at L'Occitane now...