If you were one of those children who could never purchase personalised hairbands, key-rings or mugs because your name just wasn't "normal" enough, you'll know the unique pain of having your name constantly mispronounced. Certainly, the "Sarah's", "
James's", "
Emma's" and "John's" of the world probably haven't had their names pronounced incorrectly or misspelt, because they're just so common. I mean, do we even live in the same planet if you don't know at least five "Sarah's" and half a dozen "John's"?
Now, while people with decidedly
interesting names can never hope to purchase anything personalised, they can, however, sleep tight with the knowledge that they are at least somewhat unique, and that half of the universe doesn't share their name. That is, if they don't spend all night tossing and turning, vexed about the fact that yet another person was unable to pronounce it right.
That's probably how these 7 celebrity's spend their nighttimes. Take a gander below:
1. Bjork
Contrary to popular belief, "Bjork" is not pronounced "Bee-YORK", it's " Bee-YERK"
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2. J.K Rowling
The first syllable of the renowned Harry Potter author doesn't rhyme with "pow" or brow", it actually rhymes with "Poe" or "Jo".
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3. Dr. Seuss
"Seuss" isn't intended to rhyme with "loose" or "juice", but it does rhyme with "Joyce". Huh.
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4. Matt Groening
As he created The Simpsons and Futurama, you may have expected his name to rhyme with "D'oh!", but really, it's pronounced more like "graining".
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5. Steve Buscemi
Though the majority of us pronounce Buscemi as "boo-shemm-me", the man himself says "boo-semm-mee".
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6. Shia LaBeouf
Shia LaBeouf really wants people to stop pronouncing his surname like "Luh-booof", it's actually "Luh-buff".
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7. Maya Angelou
Angelou is pronounced like "ann-jell-oh", not "ann-jell-ooo".
Well, there you have it. You've probably discovered that you've been getting the names of some very influential celebrities wrong this whole time. It's ok, though, they're most probably used to it.
