When her name is announced at award shows and such…
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jalotz — 21 years ago(February 18, 2005 05:02 AM)
Wow .. aren't you lucky to have the same last name as one of the greatest actresses who ever lived?! Unfortunately, I have never seen Di accept any of her awards (I'm a late career fan). However, I first heard her last name pronounced on the Director's Commentary to "Little Man Tate". Jodie Foster pronounced it 'Weest', as in rhyming with 'niece'. John Larroquette also pronounced it 'Weest' in "The Making of the 10th Kingdom". Before I saw both of those, I thought it was pronounced 'Wise-t', as in rhyming with 'ice'.
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Woosty — 21 years ago(April 03, 2005 03:14 PM)
Oops, I completely forgot about this thread!
Heh, I'm surprised they pronounce it that way since a lot of people tend to butcher it! Weest is the way my family says it as well. The true pronunciation (according to my grandfather, who is from Germany and speaks German) is something along the lines of Veescht, but Weest is the simplified Americanized version many with the last name use. It didn't help much, as people still get it wrong and pronouce it like you said (Wise-t) but I'd probably do the same thing if I didn't have it as a last name so it's nothing I get upset over. Only time I get annoyed is if people completely disregard the i altogether and say West! Heh heh. -
Kryssi — 18 years ago(April 22, 2007 11:24 PM)
"West"? That is severely retarded. Are people (Americans.) nowadays too ADHD to notice the other letter there that completely changes the pronunciation? That's almost as bad as when people pronounce Sarah McLachlan's last name as though it has three or four extra letters to add a completely nonexistent F sound - "MacLaughlin" - pretentious dumbasses.
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Kryssi — 18 years ago(May 28, 2007 11:41 PM)
I do. And I know. Thanks! Better nuts than stupid.
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Gus-69 — 15 years ago(September 19, 2010 06:47 PM)
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