How To Pronounce Authors’ Names Correctly
You probably mispronounce your favourite author’s name. This handy chart includes the mispronunciation and gives you the correction.
How To Pronounce Authors’ Names Correctly
We found other common mistakes (not included in the chart) in a Reader’s Digest article. We have shared them below:
Roald Dahl
Don’t say: Rolled Dahl, or Role Dahl
Correct pronunciation: ROO-all Dahl
J.K. Rowling
Don’t say: Row-ling, or Raw-ling
Correct pronunciation: “rolling”
Diana Gabaldon
Don’t say: Gabble-don, or Guh-BALL-don
Correct pronunciation: GAB-uhl-dohn (last syllable rhymes with “stone”)
Louis Sachar
Don’t say: Satcher, or Suh-kar
Correct pronunciation: Sacker
Goethe
Don’t say: GOH-thee, or GO-thuh
Correct pronunciation: GUR-tuh
Junot Diaz
Don’t say: HOO-note Diaz
Correct pronunciation: JOO-no DEE-as
Rick Riordan
Don’t say: REAR-din, or Ree-OHR-din
Correct pronunciation: RYE-ohr-din
Albert Camus
Don’t say: Al-bert Kam-muss
Correct pronunciation: ahl-BEHR kah-MOO
Jorge Luis Borges
Don’t say: bor-GESS
Correct pronunciation: BOR-hays
Rainer Maria Rilke
Don’t say: RILL-kee
Correct pronunciation: RILL-kuh
Annie Proulx
Don’t say: Prool, or Prooks
Correct pronunciation: Proo
Here is the chart:
Source for chart: Buzzfeed
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