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How do you pronounce Gyllenhaal...
Katie77:
Just read an article on pronounciation of some celebrity names......and this is what Jake says......
Jake and Maggie Gyllenhaal
We're all getting it wrong! Jake has previously said the only places where people get his Swedish name right are "Sweden and IKEA". It's pronounced "Yill-uhn-hawl". No G!
http://celebrities.ninemsn.com.au/slideshowajax/441817/most-mispronounced-celebrity-names-and-how-to-say-them-right.slideshow
CellarDweller:
I never knew that!
Jeff Wrangler:
--- Quote from: Katie77 on September 26, 2014, 08:20:52 pm ---Just read an article on pronounciation of some celebrity names......and this is what Jake says......
Jake and Maggie Gyllenhaal
We're all getting it wrong! Jake has previously said the only places where people get his Swedish name right are "Sweden and IKEA". It's pronounced "Yill-uhn-hawl". No G!
--- End quote ---
Leave it to English-speaking Americans. ... :laugh:
So the "G" is pronounced like an English "Y," sort of like the "J" in German.
milomorris:
Oh its Swedish. I thought it was Dutch.
CellarDweller:
--- Quote from: Jeff Wrangler on September 27, 2014, 12:46:17 pm ---Leave it to English-speaking Americans. ... :laugh:
So the "G" is pronounced like an English "Y," sort of like the "J" in German.
--- End quote ---
Spanish is the opposite. I have a friend named Yahaira. For the longest time I've called her "yah Hi rah".....I later found the "y" is pronounced like a J, so it should be "Jah Hi Rah".
I once worked with a young woman who was Indian, and her name was Yojana and everyone pronounced it Yo Jah Nah. One day I picked up an office phone call, and it was her mother calling for her. When her mother said her name, was when I learned the correct pronunciation was "Yoj Nah".
People just need to correct someone when a mispronunciation is made.
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