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Sartre. Theron. Dumas. Chloë Sevigny. Goethe. Descartes. Lupita Nyong'o.

Who are some historical figures and/or modern-day famous people whose names you mispronounce or find difficult to pronounce? They may be real or fictional.

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Posted - March 2, 2022
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  • 16763
    Polish philosopher Kazimierz Ajdukiewicz.
      March 3, 2022 1:00 AM MST
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  • 44603
    I heard it takes three years for many Poles to be able to pronounce their own names. Here is our mayor, Wade Kapszukiewicz.



      March 3, 2022 1:48 PM MST
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  • 44603
    Spock (full name S'chn T'gai Spock)

      March 3, 2022 8:34 AM MST
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  • 6023
    Nobody knew who I was talking about, when I told them "{Shawn} said it wasn't logical".  LOL
      March 3, 2022 11:40 AM MST
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  • 13277
    But Spock was a TV character, not a historical figure or a famous person. Leonard Nimoy is simple to pronounce.
      July 1, 2022 7:21 PM MDT
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  • 44603
    Excuse me...but Spock was a part of my history. And Jewish.
      July 1, 2022 7:36 PM MDT
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  • 13277
    That was Leonard Nimoy. 
      July 1, 2022 8:06 PM MDT
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  • 44603
    OK, den...he was Canadian, too, OK, eh.
      July 1, 2022 8:13 PM MDT
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  • 13277
    OK den, eh.
      July 1, 2022 8:20 PM MDT
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  • 53504

     

      The parameters of the question clearly state that real or fictional persons may be named in this, so why the hubbub, Bub?


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      July 1, 2022 9:27 PM MDT
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  • 13277
    Didn't read through to the last sentence before. My bad, dad!
      July 1, 2022 9:50 PM MDT
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  • 6023
    Sacajawea

    I always pronounce it "Sak-Ah-Jah-We-Ah" ... though last I heard, it was supposed to be pronounced "Sah-Cog-Ah-We-Ah"
      March 3, 2022 11:41 AM MST
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  • 23576

    Heck, though I like all of their music, I still question myself on how to pronounce the group "ABBA."
      July 1, 2022 7:10 PM MDT
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  • 13277
    Former MLB player Doug Mientkiewicz.
      July 1, 2022 7:25 PM MDT
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  • 16763
    I've been pronouncing at least one of those correctly all my life.
      July 2, 2022 3:37 AM MDT
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  • 53504

     

      I’m going to go way out on a limb here and venture to guess that it’s not Lupita Nyong’o to whom you‘re referring. Given your age and the fact that you said you’ve been pronouncing it correctly all your life; she didn’t rise to relative fame until a few years ago.
    :)

     


    Signed, Sherlock Homey
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      July 2, 2022 6:30 AM MDT
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