Monday 25 November, 2024

US TV exec struggles to comprehend Saoirse Ronan's name

Shur shur?

IT ALL STARTED with Girls writer and producer Jenni Konner and this tweet:

Finding out the correct pronunciation of Saoirse Ronan just now has been very upsetting.
— Jenni Konner (@JenniKonner) July 10, 2014

Jenni Konner / Twitter

It’s understandable, you know? If you look the name written down, and imagine you’ve never heard it spoken out loud…

saoi

… you might pronounce it something like:

Say-oh-arse.

And sure who could blame you?

Konner meanwhile had been thinking somewhere along the lines of:

@MaggieFurlong sore-see
— Jenni Konner (@JenniKonner) July 10, 2014

Jenni Konner / Twitter

Which is a far cry from:

Pronunciation / YouTube

Others supported Konner in her confusion:

@campsucks @AliAdler @MaggieFurlong SUR-SHUH correct?
— Larry Salz (@larrysalz) July 10, 2014

Larry Salz / Twitter

And it seems that she’s not alone in her plight:

I set aside a little time each day to figure out how to pronounce Saoirse Ronan.
— Tina Wargo (@tinawargz) March 25, 2014

Tina Wargo / Twitter

@kiva_jane I’m not even sure Saoirse Ronan knows how to pronounce her name.
— Sam Adams (@SamuelAAdams) March 17, 2014

Sam Adams / Twitter

Here at DailyEdge.ie we know how to pronounce it perfectly.

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