“Sheesha Ronan”.
In fairness, it’s not the easiest name in the world to pronounce when you’re not from these parts, but someone should really just write it down phonetically for people.
Dennis Quaid became the latest actor to struggle how to pronounce our very own Saoirse Ronan’s name when announcing the Golden Globe nominations.
We admire the poise he showed before going for it, but he’s come up spectacularly short here.
Take it away, Dennis.
Clip via TMI.BUZZ
Actually, Saoirse herself seems unsure at times, as seen when she was on Graham Norton’s couch earlier this year.
Clip via Zaphod Beeblebrox
Alright, so how are we pronouncing it now?
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