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A Pronunciation Guide for Saoirse Ronan & Melissa Benoist

By The Late Late Show with James Corden

Summary

Topics Covered

  • Irish Names Defy English Spelling Logic

Full Transcript

SAOIRSE, YOUR NAME IS A MYSTERY TO ME.

BECAUSE IT IS SWELLED S-A-O-I-R-S-E -- SPELLED S-A-O-I-R-S-E WHICH IS A LOT OF THE VOWELS.

WHAT'S THE WORST BUTCHERING OF IT YOU HAVE EVER HEARD?

SAOIRSE: EVERYTHING EXCEPT FOR SAOIRSE.

ER IS SH-SHE. THE WORST ONE I HAD, THOUGH AND IT IS SO AMAZING. I WAS WALKING INTO AN AIRPORT AND I HAD SOMEONE PICKING ME UP AND THEY HAD THE NAME CARD AND I'M SCANNING EVERYONE AND I CAN'T SEE MY NAME AND ALL OF A SUDDEN I SEE SHELLEY ROANAN.

YES, THAT IS ME.

OLIVIA: THAT IS AN IRISH THING. YOU DO THAT TO PEOPLE.

LIKE SHEVONNE.

JAMES: SHELLEY RONAN IS STILL AT THE AIRPORT.

WHAT YOU DIDN'T SEE WAS SOMEONE HOLDING A SIGN THAT SAID PSORIASIS.

MELISSA, YOUR NAME IS BENOIST.

BUT IT HAS A T IN IT. SILENT T.

MELISSA: MY FAMILY PRONOUNCES THE T.

I GUESS SOME PEOPLE DON'T GET IT.

IT IS FRENCH. SO WE SHOULD SAY BENOIT.

JAMES: I LOVE BENOIT. I WOULD GO WITH BENOIT.

MELISSA BENOIT. SHE SOUNDS LIKE AN AWARD-WINNING ACTRESS.

HAS EVER SEEN THE NEW MELISSA BENOIT?

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