Comment on Why is it that in every movie podcast, when they happen to mention actor RALPH Fiennes, always say RAY Fiennes?

lewdian69@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• lurch@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  wow, that is easy to get wrong

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• nick@midwest.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  This is the answer.

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• niktemadur@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Well fuck me gently with a chainsaw, I am flabbergasted and illustrated, simultaneously and at the same time.

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• prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Holy shit, I truly thought he had a brother named “Ray.” Lol

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• ianhclark510@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Ahhh, so the I in RaIph is like the second l in Aluminum, what wiII those crafty brits think up next

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• codapine@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Same for composer Ralph Vaughan-Williams. Since the last name starts with a ‘f’ sound, people think it’s ‘Ray Fiennes’ or ‘Ray Vaughan-Williams’. Granted Vaughan-Williams is a very niche example that most people would not have heard of.

  I hope I’m not wrong in hyphenating his surname.

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• Thavron@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Holy shit that site is abysmal, at least on mobile.

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