Hermes! How do you pronounce it

Nike is US I stand corrected. It’s Adidas which is Germsn, pronounced Adidas

If nike is German, (and I have no idea if it is )it would be neeker
If French Hermes might be er meh because in my experience the first and last letters are generally silent. Perhaps a . French speaker may be along shortly

Oh thank you *kittylester, I began to question myself then!

That's what those of us who still live here call it too, calistemon.

Sago

Nike as in bike.

The one that gets me is belvoir!
When I read out an address as “ beaver street” a colleague laughed her head off she had lived on the street for years and pronounced it bell vwar!

Nikie as in spiky, named after the Greek goddess.

Vale of Belvoir (Beever) is in Leicestershire, that's what we in the Midlands called it anyway.

Nike as in spiky. Never mispronounce a Goddess, they do indeed get spiky if offended.

lemsip

it usually has an apostrophe over the e so hermeeze
Hermès

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That accent should make it 'her- mez', shouldn't it, not 'hermeez'?

But I call the company 'hermeez'. When I'm being polite, that is.

Not that I have a problem with our local Hermes courier. Just with the company itself, following a shambolic experience where it was impossible to get it through to them that they were trying to deliver to a completely wrong address over a hundred miles away.

Ailidh

Herr Meez for the delivery company and the Greek god.

Err Mehz for the French fashion house.

Yes, I agree.

I know the latter from how the shop assistants in John Lewis Oxford Street say it!

Also the protector of merchants and thieves!!
If ever there was a more appropriately named company, this is it.

Nike as in bike.

The one that gets me is belvoir!
When I read out an address as “ beaver street” a colleague laughed her head off she had lived on the street for years and pronounced it bell vwar!

Ailidh

Herr Meez for the delivery company and the Greek god.

Err Mehz for the French fashion house.

If I was in France OK …
But living in Yorkshire I’d feel pretentious saying anything other hur meez

Peasblossom

Hermes was the messenger of the Gods in Greek mythology. Also the protector of merchants and thieves!!

So it should be pronounced like other Greek names with the es as eeze.

As in Aristophanes.

Yes.

How do posters pronounce Nike? The winged goddess of victory and trainers.

Herr Meez for the delivery company and the Greek god.

Err Mehz for the French fashion house.

lemsip

it usually has an apostrophe over the e so hermeeze
Hermès

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That is NOT an apostrophe!
It is a “grave”(pronounced grahv) accent

I had a tradesman here who told me that he previously worked for Hurms.

Blossoming

It depends wether I’m talking about the Greek god, the French fashion company or the parcel delivery company.

Exactly! Although for me the Greek god is also my courier
Hermes-Her-mees

Hermès- “Air-mes “”

I pronounce it Hermaize.

Notagran You are correct the French brand is pronounced “airmez”.

The courier company My Hermes is “Hermees “

It depends wether I’m talking about the Greek god, the French fashion company or the parcel delivery company.

Hermes was the messenger of the Gods in Greek mythology. Also the protector of merchants and thieves!!

So it should be pronounced like other Greek names with the es as eeze.

As in Aristophanes.

As it is a French brand I pronounce it with a silent H, so ‘air mays’ but it’s probably wrong!

it usually has an apostrophe over the e so hermeeze
Hermès

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I've always said 'her-mizz' but I stand to be corrected.

So you say hermes, like therms?

We always pronounce it HERMEEZE, but I guess it's a regional thing.