Just how do you pronounce Miele?

For years I always pronounced it, “mealy” and so did everyone else in my neck of the woods. As it’s extremely important to get names right I always worried I could be committing a faux pas so I allowed the last syllable to taper off in volume just in case. Fortunately no one ever laughed haughtily in my face and sneeringly showed off the correct pronunciation, but not being sure niggled away at me.

Eventually I sent an email to Miele. The reply advised it is pronounced, “meal-a”. Unfortunately the quality of this information didn’t live up to the high standards I expect from Miele because the letter “a” can of course be pronounced as it is in, “apple” or as in, “ape”. For a while I adopted, “Mealay” which is undoubtedly posher, but eventually I discovered the correct way to pronounce Miele (at least by Miele themselves in the UK) is, “meal-a” as in apple.

Written By - Washerhelp on May 16th, 2007 with 2 comments
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