IYC: Lindsay Lohan sets the record straight

[Bob Jersey]

Her surname rhymes with, f'rinstance, the first name of Owen Wilson.

I'm dang sure some people in media have gotten it right.

https://metro.co.uk/2022/02/23/lindsay-lohan-joins-tiktok-and-reveals-weve-been-saying-name-wrong-16154650/ (link)

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[Brad Beam]

From: 'Bob Jersey' via TVorNotTV [mailto:tvor...@googlegroups.com]

>Her surname rhymes with, f'rinstance, the first name of Owen Wilson.

 

GW graduate Jennifer Garner (c/o 90) would have to verify, but I believe it was “Principal L[owen]” on The Hill.

https://www.wvgazettemail.com/obituaries/larry-w-lohan/article_c49cd0c0-d529-55ae-8048-1bd662900da3.html

 

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[two...@gmail.com]

How long has she had a publicist? I know from hockey and soccer broadcasts that announcers have phonetic lists of how the players want their names pronounced. If there is a certain way Lohan wants her surname pronounced her publicist should have been emphasizing that years ago.

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[Brad Beam]

See also Chrissy [tie]gen from 2018, who admitted at the time that she’d given up on correcting people.

https://www.insider.com/chrissy-teigen-name-pronunciation-2018-9?amp

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[Kevin M.]

Her last name is the least of her struggles. 

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[Diner]

I'm surprised this is a big thing all of a sudden, since I thought it was common knowledge. 

In fact, I remember the crew on the Preston & Steve Show (WMMR radio in Philly) having a discussion five or ten years ago about how to pronounce her name.

In any event... "LO-en" is the original Irish pronunciation, and "LO-han" is the Americanized pronunciation. 

Think of George M. Cohan, whose name is pronounced "CO-en" in Ireland, but "CO-han" in America. (And it's pronounced "CO-han" in that Jimmy Cagney movie too.)

Lots of Irish names are pronounced in this manner - Sheehan, Meehan, Behan, etc. - where the H is basically silent.

Also think of English place names like Birmingham, Buckingham, Tottenham and Oldham which abridge the H sound in the same way.

To be fair, though, I do remember her hosting SNL 15 or 20 years ago and starting her monologue by introducing herself with the American pronunciation. So I guess it's pronounced however she wants it to be pronounced at the time.

[Brad Beam]

From: tvor...@googlegroups.com [mailto:tvor...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Diner

>In any event... "LO-en" is the original Irish pronunciation, and "LO-han" is the Americanized pronunciation. 

 

Reaching out to CBS News' Conor Knighton (GW c/o 99) - "[Lowen]":

https://twitter.com/conorknighton/status/1497103785172242434

[Dave Sikula]

See also "CoHAN, George M."

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[Bob Jersey]

Well, whoever she is, she has a two-picture deal with the 'Flix:

https://deadline.com/2022/03/lindsay-lohan-netflix-strike-two-picture-deal-1234968173/ (link)     B

Dave Sikula, to Brad Beam, Feb 26th: