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Those troublesome names. You see them in the credits at the end of movies and TV shows; on CD covers; in magazines and newspapers; even on maps — but when you try to utter them aloud: disaster. Herein, a primer on some of the most frequently mispronounced celebrity, newsmaker, and place names in the world. Pictured: Steve "boo-SHEM-ee" Buscemi at the Screen Actors Guild Awards. (Jordan Strauss/WireImage/LIFE.com)
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Ralph Fiennes ('...
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Matt Groening ('...
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Jared Leto ('LEH...
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Patrick Roy ('wa...
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Ayn Rand ('ine r...
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Nevada ('nev-ADD...
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Sade ('shah-DAY ...
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John Boehner ('B...
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Ryan Phillippe (...
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W.E.B. Dubois ('...
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Brett Favre ('Fa...
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