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Youโ€™ve Probably Been Saying These Celebrity Names Wrong

Some stars have names that are recognizable all over the globe, so we assume we know how to say them correctly โ€ฆ but weโ€™re often wrong. It turns out, fans have been pronouncing many famous names incorrectly over the years, so much so that the celebrities themselves are stepping up to set us straight.

It happened just last week, whenย Raven-Symonรฉย took to TikTok to reveal that people have been mispronouncing her name wrong. Since her days as a childhood star on Disney, the actressโ€™ name has been said โ€œRaven Sim-moan,โ€ but herย videoย clarifies itโ€™s actually โ€œSee-mon-ye Like Yay.โ€

These are some of the other celeb names weโ€™ve been saying wrong all this time:

  • Adeleย - In a Q&A with fans, the singer let us know weโ€™ve been mispronouncing her name. Itโ€™s โ€œUh-dale,โ€ not โ€œAh-dell,โ€ she explained after complimenting a fan who nailed it, noting, โ€œShe said my name perfectly.โ€
  • Lindsay Lohanย - The actress also low-key corrected fans about her name when she made her debutย on TikTok, highlighting that weโ€™ve been stressing the wrong syllable of her last name. She pronounces it โ€œLo-hen,โ€ instead of โ€œLO-hanโ€
  • Chrissy Teigenย - Fans were shocked when the model and cookbook author tweeted a video about the real way to say her last name. Rather than โ€œtee-gen,โ€ like we thought, itโ€™s actually โ€œtie-gen.โ€ โ€œIโ€™m tired of living this lie,โ€ she says in theย clip. โ€œItโ€™s โ€˜tie-gen.โ€™โ€
  • Zendayaย - During an interview, the star let us know itโ€™s โ€œzen-day-ah,โ€ instead of โ€œzen-die-yah.โ€
  • Rihannaย - While talking to โ€œShowbiz Tonight,โ€ the singer set the record straight, explaining that while most people had been saying it โ€œree-ah-nah,โ€ itโ€™s actually โ€œree-ann-ah.โ€
  • Ariana Grandeย - This star threw us when she pronounced her own last name asย "grand-ee,"ย not "grand-ay" during an interview.
  • Taylor Lautnerย - We had no idea we were saying his name wrong until the actorย pronouncedย it โ€œLowt-ner,โ€ instead of โ€œLot-nerโ€ in a TikTok for โ€œE! Newsโ€
  • Amanda Seyfriedย - Think itโ€™s โ€œsay-fried?โ€ Nope, itโ€™s โ€œsigh-fred,โ€ according to the actress herself.
  • Jake Gyllenhaalย - This Swedish last name is a little tricky, but most folks say it โ€œjill-en-hal.โ€ However, on โ€œConan,โ€ the starย sharedย that itโ€™s actually โ€˜yeel-en-hall,โ€ joking that the only places itโ€™s pronounced correctly are Sweden and Ikea.

Source:ย People


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