Daniel Craig schooled Stephen Colbert on the correct pronunciation of his last name…and you might have been saying it wrong this whole time, too!
During the 56-year-old Queer star’s appearance on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert on Monday (December 2), he shared that Stephen had been saying his last name wrong.
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“I’ve a bone to pick with you. Six shows. Say my name,” Daniel said to Stephen, before telling him the big difference is in the , before demonstrating the diphthong (which is the pronunciation of two vowel sounds that are next to each other in the same syllable.)
Daniel shared that his last name is actually phonetically pronounced “crayg,” not “cregg.”
Stephen responded, joking about the way he’s been pronouncing his name, “That is a subtle difference, and I apologize. I don’t want you ‘Daniel Craig’-mad at me. Daniel Cregg? F-ck that guy. Daniel Craig, I’m so sorry.”
In fact, there are a lot of celebrity names you might be pronouncing incorrectly!
