Most confusing names of 2024: Public speakers keep getting these wrong
Language experts picked out words that gave US public speakers the most trouble this year. From politicians to pop-stars names got twisted on live TV and public events
A new study shows how news-anchors and public figures keep messing-up names in live broadcasts. Babbel (a well-known language app) teamed up with The Captioning Group to track hard-to-say words throughout the year
The research picked out some high-profile names that got mangled on-air: Kamala Harris our vice-president and rising pop-star Chappell Roan made it to the top of this years list. Its interesting to see how even experienced speakers struggle with these pronunciations; some news anchors tried their best but still got them wrong
The list works as a kind of time-capsule showing what people talked about most in twenty-twenty-four. From entertainment to politics — the collection shows which topics made headlines and gave speakers the most trouble on live TV. Public figures had to deal with these tongue-twisters during speeches press conferences and live broadcasts
