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    Zosia? Timothée? How to say the names of Hollywood’s superstars

    A guide to pronouncing the trickiest names in Tinseltown - from Téa Leoni to Chloë Sevigny, Domhnall Gleeson and beyond
    by Gavin Haynes Jan 23, 2018 2 minutes
    Say my name... Hollywood celebs

    I am very Irish, and I have an extremely Irish name,” announced as she guest-hosted last year. “It means ‘freedom’. But I’ve got a little problem: it’s spelled wrong. It’s a full typo …” Ronan then went on to sing a ditty about how her name should be pronounced. Not Circei, not Sushi, but SIR-Sha. Since her charming turn as the lead

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