From Nike to Nutella: Company names you have probably been mispronouncing your whole life

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Global company names often get Americanized or Anglicized to the point where they're unrecognizable.

Givenchy was founded in France in 1952 by Hubert de Givenchy and came under the luxury behemoth

umbrella in 1988. LVMH became Europe's first company to hit a market capitalization of 400 billion euros on Jan. 17.This French designer is named after its founder, Thierry Hermès. It isn't pronounced like the ancient Greek herald of the gods, Hermes, unlike the U.K. delivery company of similar spelling.

 

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Typical Americans butchering other culture's language. Lol

Nutella, if “Nut” exactly means and says nut 🌰 and 🌰 inside, it do make sense to pronounce as “nut”, NOT “newt”.

What about Nissan KanePitman

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