POLL: Aveda: How do YOU say it?

[Sasha Fierce]

I have heard a couple of different pronunciations for Aveda.

Some say A-vee-duh (where 'vee' sounds like 'wee').

Some say A-vay-duh (where 'vay' sounds like 'bay' in "ay bay bay! ")

How do YOU say it?

 

[bablou00]

when i first said it to my girlfriend I said a-vee-da and she was like yeah i really like a-vay-da products too!!! I felt like an idiot but figured she was right since I just started using the product... But I say crazy stuff all the time so she probably didnt think twice about it....hahah

 

[Sasha Fierce]

LOL! I have been saying A-vee-duh too...but I have heard several hair stylist saying it as A-vay-duh which sounds more upscale. I think I will stick with saying A-vee-duh since I'm kinda country anyway!

 

[bablou00]

Yeah I say it both ways and I catch myself. I hope others chime in cause I have always wondered how people say it. I think when you go into the store they say welcome to avayda....

 

[locoabouthair]

I say AH VAY DAH.........My aunt use to take me with her when I was small to the store all the time, so I just mocked how the people in the store said it.

 

[balisi]

Ah-vay-da is the proper pronunciation, so that is how I say it.

 

[dream13]

I say A-vee-da...out of habit. But I was told by a sales rep that it's pronounced A-vay-da.

 

[Amber_moon]

A vay dah is how i say it. Simply because I was always told that was the proper pronunciation.

 

[Halana Malie]

Before I visited the store I pronounced it A-vee-dah but the sales associate pronounced it A-vay-dah so I figured that was the correct pronunciation.

 

[Tee]

Ah-vay-da is the proper pronunciation, so that is how I say it.

This is correct. I say Ah-vay-da also.

 

[Kari107]

I used to say a vee dah but I was watching Tyra's show and she was talking about how she uses some a vah dah product and I figured that was probably the right way to say it.

 

[Lioness]

I'm a Londoner (UK England) so I say it
A-Vee-Dah

 

[lisana]

On the website, they say it's pronounced a-vay-duh.

 

[BillyJay]

I wonder who named the company.
I knw they use ayurvedic principles but the meaning of aveda is : Against the Veda.

Still....That doesnt take away from the quality of the products

 

[Radianthealth]

This is good to know. Everytime I am in the store I am too embarrassed to ask and I never catch the sales rep saying it

 

[mrsjohnson75]

I WAS saying ah-vee-da but know I know that the correct way to say it is ah-vay-da...thank you...I learn something new everyday!

 

[MissMusic]

My best friend is a receptionist at an Aveda concept salon and she pronounces it Ah-vay-duh, so I've always said it that way. It has never occured to me that it looks totally different than that, will wonders never cease!

 

[Priss Pot]

I've always pronounced it as A-vee-dah.

Just like I pronounce Fotki, F-ot-ki (short "o") instead of F-oot-ki like everyone else

 

[BrownSkin2]

I used to say A-vee-dah, til I learned from a classmate, and later on Aveda reps that it's pronounced Ah-vah-day. Now I say it that way.

 

[alexstin]

Let's just say I've been saying it wrong. Thanks for the info.

 

[ajoyfuljoy]

I used to say a-vee-duh, but then one day I was listening to a conference call from the company that owns the product line (quarterly earnings report) and the CEO pronounced it a-vay-duh. I was like, "Oops, I"m salty!"

 

[janeemat]

This is correct. I say Ah-vay-da also.

That's what I say.

 

[Sistaslick]

Ah-vay-da is the proper pronunciation, so that is how I say it.

Yep! That's how I say it too. I've never heard anyone say Aveeda before.

 

[caribeandiva]

I've always said Ah-vee-da

 

[sareca]

I say it like they do in the salon. :wink2:

 

[hrtbndr21]

Shoot for those prices if I wanna call it "mac'n cheese" so be it . I usually say Av-ee-da I've heard the other pronunciationthough tomaayto...tomaaahto.

 

[ItsyBitsy]

Shoot for those prices if I wanna call it "mac'n cheese" so be it . I usually say Av-ee-da I've heard the othe pronouciation though tomaayto...tomaaahto.

LOL
Too funny...so true

 

[sareca]

Shoot for those prices if I wanna call it "mac'n cheese" so be it . I usually say Av-ee-da I've heard the othe pronouciation though tomaayto...tomaaahto.

You'll have a hard time reordering.

 

[Ms_Twana]

It's soo funny that you posted this because I was with group of ladies from the Natural Meet-up group and we started talking about Aveda. Three of them called it A-vay-da. And I call it A-vee-da. So, I started thinking, "damn, am I saying it wrong."

ETA: Damn, I just read the other threads. So I HAVE been saying it wrong!!!

 

[EMJazzy]

A-vee-duh........

ETA: I didn't know that I was saying it wrong til I read the rest of the answers.....learn something new everyday. Thanks ladies!