To prevent more mix-ups, Hargitay said she's changed her name on her “Law & Order" call sheets to emphasize the "h" sound.

Florence Pugh has been making sure people are correctly pronouncing her last name. “Pew, pew, pew, pew, pew, pew,” she immediately said as she made finger guns to imitate where the sound was coming ...

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10) — It’s no secret that Upstate New York is known for having difficult to pronounce names for its cities, towns, and even bodies of water. This isn’t a new conversation as I’ve ...

The 20-year-old basketball star and rapper got a kick out of the creative pronunciations people had for her name. Mar 10, 2024; Greensville, SC, USA; LSU Lady Tigers guard Flau'jae Johnson (4) during ...

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Democrats are falling in line to support Vice President Kamala Harris as the party's next presidential nominee after Joe Biden dropped out of the race Sunday. It means you will hear her name said more ...

“What’s in a name?” Shakespeare asked in Romeo and Juliet. “That which we call a rose by any other name would smell just as ...

For months Donald Trump has been agonizing over whether he should call 2024 rival Ron DeSantis “Meatball Ron,” “Ron DeSanctimonious,” or some other nasty nickname. But goofy monikers aren’t the only ...

“It doesn't bother me ... I just kindly correct people,” the ‘Scouting for Christmas’ star told PEOPLE of mispronunciations Brian Anthony Hernandez, who has nearly 20 years of journalism experience, ...

Katie Garapic made a TikTok looking for advice about how to accurately say her Croatian surname Zoey Lyttle is a Society & Culture Writer-Reporter at PEOPLE. She covers influencers and viral, trending ...

Decades into his Academy Award-winning career, Denzel Washington is setting the record straight on how to pronounce his name. During a Sept. 2 appearance on "Jimmy Kimmel Live!," "The Equalizer" actor ...

We might need to get used to the name "Beryl." Though the name may look strange to American eyes, it's simple to pronounce: BER-uhl. It rhymes with the more common Cheryl. Fans of 1990s anime — that's ...