Apr 25, 2024 Noelle MontesCelebrity Names You're Pronouncing WrongEven if you’re not quite at John Travolta levels when pronouncing celebrity names (yup, we’re still stuck on Adele Dazeem-gate), odds are you’ve still butchered a few—even if you don’t know it.In the interest of never embarrassing yourself again, here’s a guide to 25 celebrity names you’re pronouncing wrong—and how to say ’em the right way.RihannaYou’re saying: Ree-AHHHH-nahHow it’s pronounced: Ree-AN-uh”Rhymes with Banana, folks.Martin ScorseseYou’re saying: Scor-SAY-seeHow it’s pronounced: “Scor-SEZ-ee”“Tell Paramount Martin sez it’s DiCaprio or nobody!”Related Stories Zosia MametYou’re saying: ZOH-see-ah; ZOH-sigh-ugh-; ZOO-shaHow it’s prounced: ZA-sha (like Sasha)“Like it rhymes with Sasha, only slightly more ‘o’ sounding. It’s easy once you know,” the “Girls” star explained to Metro. Now you know.Rachel WeiszYou’re saying: WHY-sss; WhitesHow it’s pronounced: VI-ceThe actress has said that Americans can’t properly say her surname, but everyone in London gets it right. Unless the “everyone” she’s referring to is a skilled group of linguists specializing in Eastern European dialects, we highly doubt that.Kaley CuocoYou’re saying: CAL-ey Ko-KoHow it’s pronounced: KAY-lee Kwo-koAs in: “Have the people on ‘The Big Bang Theory’ joked about anything besides ‘Star Trek’ lately?“Nope, the jokes are still status kwo.”Charlize TheronWhat you may have been saying: “THER-on”How it’s pronounced: “Ther-RONE”“Wait, she dated Sean Penn after he was such a douche to his ex Robin Wright?
Oh well, to each THER-RONE.”Ryan PhillippeYou’re saying: “Phillipe” with a fancy French accentHow it’s pronounced: FIL-Lip-eeeTrès pedestrian, non?Eva MendesYou’re saying: EE-Va MendezHow it’s pronounced: AVA MendezWhatever, she had Ryan Gosling’s baby. Moving on …Lindsay LohanYou’re saying: Lo-HANHow it’s pronounced: LOW-ENGirl has bigger problems than how the public says her name, but knowledge is power.Amanda SeyfriedYou’re saying: Say-freed, Say-friedHow it’s pronounced: “SIGH-frid”“I really wanted to like her as Cosette in “Les Mis,” but I just didn’t. SIGH.Steve BuscemiYou’re saying: Boo-SHEM-eeHow it’s pronounced: BOO-semiThe silent C is actually a nod to his crazy eyes.Joe ManganielloYou’re saying: Man-jan-nelloHow it’s pronounced: Man-GUH-nelloHard G. Like his abs.Lupita Nyong’oYou’re saying: EN-knee-on-goHow it’s really pronounced: En-YON-goThough if you pronounced it as the Lupita the Most Beautiful Woman in the World-o, you wouldn’t be wrong.Nikolaj Coster-WaldauYou’re saying: Jaime Lannister from “Game of Thrones.”How it’s really pronounced: Nee-ko-Lie KO-ster Wall-DOWRalph FiennesYou’re saying: RALPH because, well, you can read.How it’s pronounced: RAY-ff Fine-zPretty sure he could have changed the spelling when he got his Actors Equity card.
Raf is a cool way to spell it too, dude.Chiwetel EjioforYou’re saying: The awesome dude from “12 Years a Slave.”How it’s pronounced: CHEW-i-tel Ej-i-oh-forFun fact: He’s the same guy who married Keira Knightley in “Love, Actually.”Will FerrellYou’re saying: Will FArrel, Will PharRELLHow it’s pronounced: FER-alAs in mangy feline.Mariska HargitayYou say: Maris-ka Harg-i-tayHow it’s pronounced: “Mah-ri-SH-ka Harg-i-taySh, Detective Benson is about to catch the perp.Saoirse RonanYou’re saying: Say-oar-seHow it’s pronounced Seer-sha Row-ninIt’s Irish folks.Hayden PanettiereYou’re saying: PAN-eh-tierHow it’s pronounced: PAN-eh-TEE-airLong name, short girl.Ioan GruffuddYou say: Eye-oh-an GRUF-FUDHow it’s pronounced: YO-an GRIFF-ithWhy didn’t he just spell it the way it sounds? “I’m determined not to lose my name. It’s who I am. It has neither aided my progress nor hampered it.
My culture and heritage is a very rich one. So what if it’s difficult for people to pronounce? We all learned how to say Schwarzenegger,” the Welsh actor has said. If you’re reading this Ioan, can you pleasssssse bring back “Ringer”?
Thanks, bye.Zooey DeschanelYou’re Saying: Deh-ChanelCorrect: Day-shuh-NELLWe kinda wish we had the word “Chanel” in our last name.Queen LatifahYou’re saying: LUH-tifaHow its pronounced: LA-tifahAs in “My name’s Queen Latifah and I was nominated for an Oscar in 2003, la la la.”Photos: Getty ImagesncG1vNJzZmirpK65pq%2FArKueql6YvK57xKernqqklravucSnq2iblaGyo77IrbBmppWswHB%2BlG5rbmxfmLKtscGroK2xXaOurrHSZrCorV2Wv6Z5z6ump6elo7CqusZmrqunnpx8←Zoe Kravitz's parents were once terrified for her health after drastic change for film Las gafas de sol maxi estn de moda esta primavera y estas 7 son las ms bonitas y favorecedoras→