How do you pronounce kidichic?

amother

↑ Oldlace

Sun, Jul 07 2024, 8:56 pm

amother Birch wrote:

I'm a born and bred New Yorker, Flatbush til I was an adult, and I say kit-tin and mit-tin, but fidding, gedding, hurdding, etc.
I pronounce it kiddy-sheek.

Now I want to know how to pronounce Tottini Very Happy

Is it toe-teeny, or tot-teeny?
Don't even think of telling me it's tot-tiny. LOL

I'm almost assuming Americans say To-dd-ini
What happened to your soft Ts? 🙃

Teacher_EW

Sun, Jul 07 2024, 9:02 pm

amother Crocus wrote:

Chic is a common word in the English language. I'm surprised some people don't know how to pronounce it.

Now naming businesses Celuette or Certo. Now that's another story. I'm still trying to figure out why a clothing store would name their shop something so close to cellulite. Even when you Google, that's all that comes up. And Certo? I really want to know who this supermarket's marketing genius was.

In terms of Celuette I've heard it's a frenchified spelling of "silhouette"

amother

↑ Acacia ↓

Sun, Jul 07 2024, 9:04 pm

amother Birch wrote:

Is it toe-teeny, or tot-teeny?
Don't even think of telling me it's tot-tiny. LOL

Toe teeny. Please tell me no one tell me that you make a d sound.

amother

Grape

Sun, Jul 07 2024, 9:05 pm

I just called kidichic store to hear the correct pronunciation on their message.. you're all invited to copy me and hear its:
KEEDEESHEEK!
and its a great store imo, lol

kenz ↓

Sun, Jul 07 2024, 9:13 pm

amother Acacia wrote:

Toe teeny. Please tell me no one tell me that you make a d sound.

Why not tot? I always assumed it was that, clothing for tots.

↑ Busybee5

Mon, Jul 08 2024, 2:28 am

kenz wrote:

Why not tot? I always assumed it was that, clothing for tots.

Yes it's Tot Teeny! Smile

gold2 ↓

Mon, Jul 08 2024, 2:29 am

amother Grape wrote:

I just called kidichic store to hear the correct pronunciation on their message.. you're all invited to copy me and hear its:
KEEDEESHEEK!
and its a great store imo, lol

Well they're saying it wrong then! Chic is pronounced shik in french and that's where it comes from
Israelis would say keedeesheek because that's how they talk

ittsamother ↓

Mon, Jul 08 2024, 2:35 am

gold2 wrote:

Well they're saying it wrong then! Chic is pronounced shik in french and that's where it comes from
Israelis would say keedeesheek because that's how they talk

I'm pretty sure that even in French it's pronounced sheek.

↑ gold2

Mon, Jul 08 2024, 2:48 am

ittsamother wrote:

I'm pretty sure that even in French it's pronounced sheek.

you're right I stand corrected it has a bit of a ee to it

Bnei Berak 10

Mon, Jul 08 2024, 3:25 am

ittsamother wrote:

I'm pretty sure that even in French it's pronounced sheek.

On this one you are wrong. It's shik.

amother

Orange

Mon, Jul 08 2024, 5:02 am

Bnei Berak 10 wrote:

On this one you are wrong. It's shik.

No it'd definitely sheek in French. Although their ee is slightly shorter than the American ee. A good way to compare is to use the British pronunciation, where shik and sheek sound very different.

amother

Mocha

Mon, Jul 08 2024, 5:08 am

Teacher_EW wrote:

In terms of Celuette I've heard it's a frenchified spelling of "silhouette"

Silhouette *is* French.

amother

DarkOrange

Mon, Jul 08 2024, 5:53 am

Regarding the supposed “d” sound in words like “kitten”, it actually isn’t a “d” sound. Americans do use what you all are calling a soft d, in words like “water” - we don’t say wahter, we say wadder. But words like “kitten” don’t have a “d” sound (we don’t say kidden).

Words like kitten actually have a glottal stop, where the glottis (the open part of the larynx aka the voicebox in your throat) fully closes, then opens. So what you’re hearing in kitten/mitten is actually a full stopping of airflow briefly, followed by a vocalic “n” sound (meaning an “n” preceded by a brief vowel sound). Ki + glottal stop + vocalic n.

Signed, an SLP who loves phonetics.

amother

↑ Bronze

Mon, Jul 08 2024, 6:12 am

Teacher_EW wrote:

In terms of Celuette I've heard it's a frenchified spelling of "silhouette"

They were trying to pretend they knew how to spell it in French. Celuette isn’t French. It’s awful. When I see the sign my brain yells CELLULITE.
Kidichic is a cute name. The I’s are pronounced ee but a shorter ee than Americans use. Chic is a French word that’s become an international word. Ch in French is sh like a shin. Think of drinking champagne in Lake Champlain with your friend Charlotte.

↑ kenz ↓

Mon, Jul 08 2024, 6:14 am

Busybee5 wrote:

Yes it's Tot Teeny! Smile

Thank you. Thought I was really off base there and it didn’t make sense!

amother

↑ Acacia ↓

Mon, Jul 08 2024, 7:16 am

I just called their number and it clearly says “thank you for calling TOE TEENY” you can all call if you don’t believe me. It’s not tot teeny

↑ Amelia Bedelia

Mon, Jul 08 2024, 7:59 am

amother Grape wrote:

I just called kidichic store to hear the correct pronunciation on their message.. you're all invited to copy me and hear its:
KEEDEESHEEK!
and its a great store imo, lol

.
I just called. It's Kiddy-sheek

And actually when I called Tottini, the recording seems to pronounce it as Tot-teeny. I'm surprised because I never even considered any pronunciation other than Toe -teeny.

amother

↑ Acacia

Mon, Jul 08 2024, 8:05 am

Amelia Bedelia wrote:

I listened 3 times it’s definitely toe.