Have you ever wondered how those funny-looking glassmaker names are pronounced?
This list has been drawn up by the nice folks on the Glass Messages Board to help you get it right.
| How it Looks | How it Sounds |
| Åfors | oh-fors |
| Argy-Rousseau | arzhy-rousso |
| Åseda | oh-sayda |
| Bernsdorf | barns dorf |
| Brockwitz | brockwits |
| Cenedese | che ne daise |
| Chřibská | Krib-ska |
| Daum | dome |
| Ekenäs | aikenose |
| Fenne | fan ne (ne like never) |
| Flygfors | flyxfors or flicksfors or fleex fors |
| Gullaskruf | goola skroof |
| Hadeland | hah delond |
| Holmegaard | holl may gord |
| Iittala | eat tallah |
| Inwald | invuld |
| Lednické Rovné | led nitshke rovne |
| Leerdam | layer damn |
| Lobmeyer | lobe mahyer |
| Loetz | luts |
| Meisenthal | misen tul |
| Mülhaus | m[kiss]ee[kiss]l house - the most difficult for transcription: with your lips not as broad as in ee, but forward circle round, as if you would kiss a friend's cheek |
| Muller Frères | mule air frairs or m[kiss]ee[kiss]ller frair (silent 's' at the end) - the [kiss] you apply in Mülhaus - ü also applies here |
| Nuutajärvi | noo-oo ta jair vee |
| Peill & Pützler | pile oond putsler |
| Portieux | porciö (ö sounds like u in burn) |
| Pukeberg | pooka berg |
| Riedel | reedle |
| Riihimäki - Riihimäen Lasi O.Y | ree mah kee - ree may hen la si oi! |
| Schneider | shni dair |
| Schwepnitz | shvapnits |
| Škrdlovice | shhh! kurd low vitse |
| Streit | strite |
| Transjö Hytta | Tran-sher Hoota |
| Vallérysthal | vullaireestul (long end) |
| Val St. Lambert | vul sayn lambair |
| Walther | vulter |
| WMF | way em eff |
| Ysart | ees art |
| Zwiesel | tsweezel |