History Main / PronouncingMyNameForYou

** In a ShoutOut to Creator/LizaMinnelli, Creator/SaoirseRonan's monologue has her sing the correct pronunciation of her first name to the audience. People still pronounce it like "[[Series/GameOfThrones Cersei]]."

* In ''Film/FreedomWriters'', The E of Eva's name is pronounced with a long a, not a long e[[note: This is the standard pronunciation in Spanish]] [[/note]]. She will not hesitate to correct someone who mispronounces her name.

This trope is useful out-of-universe because now the audience also knows the correct evapronunciation without having to guess or seek supplementary material.

* In ''WebVideo/AshensAndTheQuestForTheGameChild the character Nemesis has to constantly remind other characters that his name is pronounced "NEE-ma-SYE", and is (allegedly) Japanese. [[BlatantLies He is a white Briton like the rest of the cast]].

Other characters might react to the explanation with [[ItIsPronouncedTropay accusations of poshness]] ("You're saying your own name this way just to sound fancy") or with WhoNamesTheirKidDude. Someone who still gets it wrong might just be {{forgetful|Jones}} or [[TheDitz ditzy]]. However, the term might be genuinely difficult for them to say, if it uses phonemes that are rare or nonexistent in their native language. A malicious character [[MaliciousMisnaming will pronounce the name incorrectly despite the explanation]]. In comedic works, a character having to repeatedly correct others can become a RunningGag.

* An issue of ''ComicBook/TheBatmanAdventures'' had Commissioner Gordon seeking out a crime informant named "Wiesel". Gordon, like every other character this man had ever encountered, pronounces the name to rhyme with "weasel". He tries to tell Gordon that the accent is on the second syllable, but gets cut off.

* In "Fanfic/ShakedownShenanigans", a Bolian warrant officer mispronounce Captain Kanril Eleya's surname as "kan-rile", and she corrects him that it's "kan-rill".

Administrivia/InUniverseExamplesOnly. Also, examples are limited to personal names, clarified by the name's owner or someone close. Other proper nouns such as locations often have YouSayTomato in play, while someone should reasonably know their own name better than anyone else. This is not just about people's names being mispronounced -- the correct pronunciation has to be clarified on-screen. The audience's opinion of what is correct is irrelevant.

!!Examples:

* One instalment of ''Webcomic/ThreePanelSoul'' has Jes attempting to learn to correctly pronounce the surname of her roommate, [[http://www.threepanelsoul.com/comic/on-surnames Dominic Nguyen]] (AKA [[Webcomic/{{Megatokyo}} Shirt Guy Dom]]), with mixed success.

* In ''WesternAnimation/SofiaTheFirst'', In the first season, Sofia mispronounces Cedric's name as "Cee-dric", prompting him to correct her in annoyance. She grows out of it in later seasons.

* ''WesternAnimation/KryptoTheSuperdog'': Human character Andrea states to Kevin at least once that her name is pronounced "An-dray-ah".

* One instalment of ''Webcomic/ThreePanelSoul'' has Jes attempting to learn to correctly pronounce the surname of her roommate, [[http://www.threepanelsoul.com/comic/on-surnames Dominic Nguyen]] (AKA [[Webcomic/{{Megatokyo} Shirt Guy Dom]]), with mixed success.

* Inverted in one instalment of ''Webcomic/ThreePanelSoul'' has Jes attempting to learn to correctly pronounce the surname of her roommate, [[http://www.threepanelsoul.com/comic/on-surnames Dominic Nguyen]] (AKA [[Webcomic/Megatokyo Shirt Guy Dom]]), with mixed success.

** Davíd Rodriguez, a boy of Mexican origin, says that his name is pronounced as "dah-beed", as that is the Spanish pronunciation. Cartman insists on pronouncing Davíd's name the English way [[{{Jerkass}} just to be an asshole]].

This trope is useful out-of-universe because now the audience also knows the correct pronunciation without having to guess or seek supplementary material.

* In ''Film/FreedomWriters'', The E of Eva's name is pronounced with a long a, not a long e. She will not hesitate to correct someone who mispronounces her name.

* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Frozen|2013}}'', the Duke of Weselton insists it is pronounced "Wessel-ton" when everyone pronounces is "Weasel-town". Once his treachery is exposed, Kai relays a message from Queen Elsa: "Arendelle will henceforth and forever no longer do business of any sort with ''Weasel''town."

* In ''Anime/GhostInTheShellStandAloneComplex'', Gouda gives Chief Aramaki his business card when they first meet. After the chief mispronounces his name as "Hitori", Gouda tells him it's a pretty common mistake, but most people remember the correct pronunciation once they associate it with his quite memorable face.

[[folder:Web Comics]]

** In the first chapter, Seam explains to Kris that his name is pronounced "Shawm" (similarly to Sean). He follows that up with, "And this is my little Seap" ("Shop").

[[caption-width-right:350:"And this is my little Seap. Ha ha ha ha . . ."]]
->It's Liza with a "Z", not Lisa with an "S",
->'Cause Lisa with an "S" goes sss not zzz
->It's "Z" instead of "S", "Li" instead of "Lee"
->It's simple as could be -- see, Liza
-->-- Creator/LizaMinnelli, "Say Liza (Liza With a "Z")"

!! Examples:

* A UK advert for Tesco featured a Mrs. Belcher, who insists "It's pronounced 'Bell-SHARE', actually," though no one seems to believe her.

[[folder:Anime and Manga]]

* ''WesternAnimation/WreckItRalph'': At the Bad-Anon meeting, Ralph mispronounces a villain's name as "{{Satan}}", and he clarifies it's "Sa-TEEN". In the credits, his name is spelled Saitine.

* In ''Film/CaptainMarvel2019'', when Fury mispronounces the name of Carol's mentor, Mar-Vell, as "Marvel", Carol chides him, explaining, "It's two words: Mar. Vell." Fury responds that "Marvel" sounds better.

--> '''Django:''' The D is silent, hillbilly. ''[BoomHeadshot]''

* In ''Film/GoldenEye'', when Bond mispronounces Natalya Simonova's name, she points out, "Natalya Sim-''yon''-ova".

-->It's pronounced chas-OOHR! It's 18th century French Huguenot!
* In ''Film/ShangChiAndTheLegendOfTheTenRings'', there's a scene where Shang-Chi explains to Katy how to pronounce his name, saying it slowly multiple times with the correct tones, even doing the tonal hand gestures.

-->'''Martins:''' Could he, could he have been pushed, Dr. Winkle?
-->'''Dr. Winkel:''' '''V'''inkel. I cannot give an opinion.

* In ''Literature/{{Hogfather}}'', Jonathan Teatime pronounces his last name for someone ("Te-ah-tim-eh") in his first appearance. It gets mispronounced throughout the book, which he finds a bit annoying.

-->''It's Liza with a "Z", not Lisa with an "S",''
-->''[='=]Cause Lisa with an "S" goes sss not zzz''
-->'''It's Z instead of S, Li instead of Lee''
-->''It's simple as could be -- see, "Liza"!''
* The music video for Creator/LariWhite's "Take Me", opens with her trying to get a child to pronounce her name correctly (Lah-Ree).

* William Barfée from ''Theatre/TheTwentyFifthAnnualPutnamCountySpellingBee'' often has his name mispronounced as "Barfy", and he is always quick to correct such instances ("It's Bar-FAY").

-->''And "Co'burn", not "Cockburn";
-->Though for that you are excused.
-->'Tis spelled c-o-c-k
-->But only half the cock is used.''

* In ''VideoGame/TheCurseOfMonkeyIsland'', Guybrush misreads Madame Xima's name as "Madame X-ima" (like "eczema"). She corrects him, saying, "ZEE-mah", and he sticks to the correct pronunciation.

--> '''Carpaccio:''' "Car", as in "car", and I got a nice one. "Pac", as in "posh", which my mansion is. "Cio", which rhymes with "B.O.", which is what YOU got! Seriously bud, shower much?

[[folder:Webcomics]]

* 5er0 in ''Webcomic/SchlockMercenary'' gets annoyed when people call him "Zero". His name is pronounced "Vernon": the "5" replaces the Roman numeral "V", and the "0" is pronounced "none".

-->'''Trunks:''' So, you must be Fry-Zah.
-->'''Freeza:''' Actually, it's Lord Free-Zah.
-->'''Trunks:''' Really? Then why is there an "i" in it?
-->'''Freeza:''' There isn't.
-->'''Trunks:''' Huh. Gonna have to fix that when I get back then.

-->'''Kim:''' Miss... Guide?
-->'''Miss Guide:''' "Guh-DAY", dear.
-->'''Kim:''' Uh, [[WhosOnFirst g'day to you too.]]

-->It's Hom-ster-veel! Veal, like the delicious meat speck!

* In ''WesternAnimation/SofiaTheFirst'', In the first season, Sofia mispronounces Cedric's name as "Cee-dric", prompting him to correct her in annoyance. She grows out of it in later seasons.