These Were The Most Mispronounced Words Of 2024 !

President Kamala Harris and rising pop star Chappell Roan were two of the most talked-about people this year, but their names were also often mispronounced.

On Wednesday, Babbel, a language-learning company, and The Captioning Group, which focuses on closed captions, shared a list of words that were the hardest for US news anchors, politicians, and public figures to pronounce in 2024. The list highlights the year's most talked-about topics and people, covering everything from pop culture to politics.

Roan, known for her hit song "Good Luck, Babe!", became a star this year and is nominated for Grammy awards. The list explains her name is pronounced CHAP-uhl ROHN, not SHA-pel ROW-an.

During Harris' unsuccessful presidential campaign this year, her great-nieces spoke at the Democratic National Convention to explain how to pronounce her first name, COM-a-la. Also on the list is U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, whose last name continues to confuse people. During his 2020 presidential campaign, he even made posters and T-shirts with the pronunciation "Boot-Edge-Edge" to help.

The actress Zendaya, who starred in Challengers, often has her name mispronounced as "zen-DIE-uh," but it’s actually "zen-DAY-a." The online fashion brand Shein is pronounced "SHE-in," not "SHEEN." The newly discovered exoplanet Speculoos-3b is pronounced "SPEK-yuh-lohs three bee."

Phryge, the Paris Olympics mascot, is pronounced "FREE-je." It’s inspired by the Phrygian cap, a symbol of the French revolution. Semaglutide, the drug used in weight-loss treatments like Ozempic and Wegovy, is pronounced "sem-ah-GLOO-tide," not "SEE-mah-gloo-tide."

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