mispronouncing

Love Island’s Yewande Biala claims ‘mispronouncing names is another form of racism’

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Love Island star Yewande Biala has penned a piece claiming that ‘mispronouncing names is another form of racism’ following her spat with former co-star Lucie Donlan. The Love Island star, 25, detailed her experience of fearing others attempting to pronounce her name from a young age before being reminded by her family to own her … Read more

I’m A Celebrity 2020 Victoria Derbyshire reflects on mispronouncing Jeremy Hunt’s name

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She made an embarrassing blunder when presenting her BBC Two news show back in June 2019, accidentally saying Jeremy Hunt’s surname was C***. And Victoria Derbyshire, 52, reflected on the ‘awful’ time she mispronounced the politician’s name live on air during Thursday’s I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here.  The journalist spoke about the incident … Read more