Chrissy Teigen reveals we've been saying her name wrong this entire time
Remember when J.K. Rowling casually dropped that bombshell about us all getting Voldemort's name wrong?
Well, brace yourselves, because it's not the only name you've been mispronouncing.
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On Sunday night, Chrissy Teigen posted the following tweet.
word! gave up a long time ago. last name is tie-gen not tee-gen https://t.co/M9EvS9pTrW
— christine teigen (@chrissyteigen) September 17, 2018
Yep, you read that right. The surname of everyone's favourite Twitter badass is actually pronounced "Tie-gen".
But wait...when you say it YOU say tee-gen!
— elissa🍍🍹🏝 (@smwhereonabeach) September 17, 2018
I know. I even correct people when they say it correctly. it’s all v effed up https://t.co/aJkweIiL7H
— christine teigen (@chrissyteigen) September 17, 2018
The reason for this continuing error? Well, sometimes it's simply easier to go with the tide.
I don’t correct people, ever. They can call me Janet and I won’t. Wrong order? I’ll eat it. Taxi going to the wrong airport? I’ll change my flight. https://t.co/eSZDvKRaRK
— christine teigen (@chrissyteigen) September 17, 2018
I don’t correct people but I do I don’t know im so tired please let me go
— christine teigen (@chrissyteigen) September 17, 2018
Here's first-hand audio of the correct pronunciation:
So, will this be the start of people finally saying Chrissy's name correctly?
Probably not. Like Voldemort, it seems that once people have said something a certain way for a certain length of time, there's pretty much no going back.
