pronounce

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But my dad said to me, ‘If they can learn to pronounce Zbigniew Brzezinski, they can learn to pronounce your name.’

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026

The firm was previously called Terry, Slane & Ruohonen, but nobody could pronounce his name.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 11, 2026

Jessie Stride, another contestant on this series of The Traitors, has a stammer and spoke on the show about struggling to pronounce her own name.

From BBC • Jan. 22, 2026

Asked to pronounce “Dokoupil,” few of the commuters came close even though he had been co-host of “CBS Mornings” for several years.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 5, 2026

Lots of good fellows that Leslie would turn up her nose at and pronounce dull.

From "And Then There Were None" by Agatha Christie