Or do I just not have a cool accent???

I have always said it Mish-a-lun

Here I am watching the FIA World Endurance Championship Lone Star LeMans and they keep saying
Me-shay-lynn

Who is correct or is this just another Dutch/Deutsch kind of thing?

I've always pronounced "mish-a-lun", like you. But I just searched and apparently it's a French company, so "Mee-shay-lynn" would be fair.

My friend Fred, years ago: "Those danged French people! They have a different word for everything!!"

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Michelin

apparently there is a British and American pronunciation of the word, go figure LOL

Like Aluminum, Michelin has two pronunciations.

You can switch between the correct way and the British Version, slow it down and play through your speakers...

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Mish-a-lun. This is the United States. We speak American.

Mi shu lin, like Mi shu gan with a lin instead of a gan at the end.

Being from the Mid-West, I can pronounce Oconomowoc correctly as well.

The actual French pronounciation is “Me-Shel-Lan”

Just like the word for wine; Vin is pronounced “Van”

I've heard it MITCH-a-len as well. Especially in dining circles.

Those posting a French pronunciation, I assume the first syllable is hit?

Tars

Al-yoo-min-ee-um. Pondspeak for Pepsi can.

If you go the wrong way. it would be pronounced Hyai-un-dai.

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Originally posted by trapper189:
Mi shu lin, like Mi shu gan with a lin instead of a gan at the end.

Being from the Mid-West, I can pronounce Oconomowoc correctly as well.

yes but can you pronounce Kissimmee

I heard a little tidbit about Michelin the other day. However I have no clue if true or not.

But supposedly the reason Michelin started reviewing restaurants was they wanted people to drive more (to sell more tires) so they started reviewing places to eat way out in the country side so the rich folks would drive their cars further and more often to these places that were getting great reviews but were not near the main town.

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Originally posted by Black92LX:
Or do I just not have a cool accent???

I have always said it Mish-a-lun

Here I am watching the FIA World Endurance Championship Lone Star LeMans and they keep saying
Me-shay-lynn

Who is correct or is this just another Dutch/Deutsch kind of thing?

That is how their own commercials pronounce(d) it too.

Who cares.

Whether my motorcycles or cars, I never have cared for them much. I can either get something better for less money (motorcycles: Bridgestone or Metzeler/Pirelli) or get something that is 90-95% as good for $100 less a tire (cars: Contis).

I taught it wuz "meh-shuh-laa" (silent last consonant; a French thang).

Fer sheer, poody tat.

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Originally posted by HRK:
yes but can you pronounce Kissimmee

I’m not sure. I don’t pronounce the same way I did when I moved, that is for sure.

Then there’s Wewahitchka. Probably 2,074 people in the world that can pronounce it correctly and only then because they live there.

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Originally posted by V-Tail:
Tars

Yo! Gantz mamaloshen...
(...יא! גאנץ מאמע לשון)

Kissimmee, Around my area since before I moved here in 57 has always been pronounced Ka-sem-me . Likewise Michelin we changed the e to an and the c to a s , and it’s pronounced Mi-sha-Lin .

Another name that is affected by regional dialects - Jaguar.