Pronunciation of Blenheim Bouquet

[MichaelG]

I hope this is the right forum - I could have posted it in the AS, Cologne, Shaving Soap, Shaving Cream forums

Specifically, what's the correct pronunciation of "Blenheim?" I've always pronounced it (in my head) as something like "blen-hyme." I watched a program on the BBC about Blenheim Palace, the country home of the Duke of Marlborough and it was pronounced something like "blen-um."

 

[ouch]

The owner of the old Manhattan Penhaligons store on Madison used to pronounce it BLEN-umm.

 

[rtb178]

Or, per the colognes forum, L-A-W-Y-E-R.

 

[MichaelG]

Or, per the colognes forum, L-A-W-Y-E-R.

 

[galopede]

Blenim is the British way. Blenum would do.

Just don't come over here and say BirmingHAM!

Gareth

 

[pauls51]

All this time and I've been calling it Blen-hyme.. No wonder sales staff look at me funny!

 

[Mickdaman]

I believe it should be pronounced 'Bucket'.

 

[evandood]

We should really consult our German friends on this board. The Blenheim estate was the the estate of John Churchill, first Duke of Marlborough. He named this estate after his most famous victory which occurred in Blindheim, Bavaria. In this battle the French Army under Duc de Tallard was defeated by an allied army of England, Prussia the Netherlands and Austria which thwarted Louis XIV's attempt to destroy the old Holy Roman Empire. And yes, John Churchill's an ancestor of Winston Churchill.

 

[mdunn]

blen-am bow-kay

Kinda similarly, i like the edinburgh/pittsburgh thing. Do you think anyone in the US would know what I was speaking about if I told them I was from pits-brah

 

[apino]

All this time and I've been calling it Blen-hyme

That's how it's supposed to be pronounced in German anyway. But then again, as so many people seem to think there once lived a composer by the name of "Baak", it hardly matters how you pronounce the name of a perfume!

 

[MichaelG]

CheltenHAM?

Blenim is the British way. Blenum would do.

Just don't come over here and say BirmingHAM!

Gareth

 

[Doc4]

Blenim is the British way. Blenum would do.

Just don't come over here and say BirmingHAM!

Gareth

I love to ask the waiter to bring me some Wor-KES-ter-SHIRE sauce with my meal, whenever I'm in BirmingHAM.

 

[galopede]

Yes, Blenheim is a German name but you asked how it's pronounced. We're British here and we don't pronounce foreign words as they should be!

I've often wondered how the name spelled Featherstonehaugh is pronounced Fanshaw!

The BirmingHAM, CheltenhHAM thing is an immediate American giveaway! I live in Chelt'NUM.

A colleague of mine is married to a Frenchman from near Lyon. His late mother always called my town Sheltenheim!

Wouldn't it be boring if we all pronounced things the same? We'd have nothing to talk about.

Several years ago I lived in a little village near Cheltenham. I was in a row of four old cottages next to a junction in the lanes. There was a signpost there which was correct but due to the winding lanes, people often stopped to consult their maps as it seemed wrong. They'd be driving from the old town of Cirencester nearby towards Cheltenham when they got lost.

Anyway, one summer's evening, I was sat on the wall with with my neighbour Simon who was Jewish (bear with me!). A car pulls up and looks at the signpost for a while then the window rolls down and a broad American accent says to us "Excuse me Sir, can you tell me the way to CIRCUMSISTER?"

At that point, Simon fell off the wall laughing and wincing at the same time...

Gareth

 

[Shangas]

Bleheim Bouquet?

I think of the birthplace of Winston Churchill. Blenheim Palace.

If that's the case and they're pronounced the same, then it's "Blen-nim" or "Blen-nem" and "boo-kay" for 'bouquet'.

 

[ateace]

I believe it should be pronounced 'Bucket'.

Noice!

 

[Shavely Manden]

Blenim is the British way. Blenum would do.

Just don't come over here and say BirmingHAM!

Gareth

Way down South, in BirmingHAM,
I said South, in Alabam's
an old place where people go
to dance the night away.

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[johnmrson]

Being a great fan of Sir Winston Churchill and having visited Blenheim Palace, in Britain, they pronounce it as Blen num.

 

[Ceri]

Being a great fan of Sir Winston Churchill and having visited Blenheim Palace, in Britain, they pronounce it as Blen num.

This week in Tonypandy they've had a parade to commemorate the centenary of my great grandfather upsetting Winnie so much he ended up in gaol

 

[Ceri]

That's how it's supposed to be pronounced in German anyway. But then again, as so many people seem to think there once lived a composer by the name of "Baak", it hardly matters how you pronounce the name of a perfume!

'anglo-saxons' must be the only people in the world who can't pronounce 'ch' properly - every other language seems to have no problem

 

[ProphetNoir]

I believe it should be pronounced 'Bucket'.

Yes. Quite.