People whose names are pronounced differently to how you originally thought

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Joaquin Phoenix
Ralph Fiennes

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Sufjan Stevens

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Tokyo Sexwale

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Watching Welcome to Wrexham I found out McElhenney is said like ‘macellanny’. I’d always figured you pronounced the aitch.

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ma0sm

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Hyacinth Bucket

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I know a Kezia that’s said like cesha.

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directed by ken loach

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The CCH of CCH Pounder is actually her initials but ER (I think) printed it in a way that made me wonder how you would actually say it for years.

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Sean Bean

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Was surprised to find out loads of people don’t know how to pronounce Flo P’s name. I guess maybe I only do thanks to the Trumpton opening or something.

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David Bowie

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Homer Nixon

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Thought @anotherevilbadguy was ‘another vile bad guy’.

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Roast the Mona spit forever

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Know someone called Mihaela pronounced similarly to Mia, but for weeks I kept saying it rhyming with Michaela. Wanted to bury myself in the garden when I figured it out.

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Guy Housername

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@aboynamedgoo

Steve Coogan Shrug GIF

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Its not really much better, i.e. ‘another evil bad guy’.

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I can’t think of an alternative effort that wouldn’t have me laughing into my hand