As an annual tradition, Babbel teamed up with two TV captioning organizations—The Captioning Group in the U.S. and the British Institute of Verbatim Reporters in the UK—to find out which terms gave people on TV the most pause in 2024. Half of the U.S.’s top 10 most mispronounced terms are people’s names, from Kamala Harris to Chappell Roan. Term Pronunciation Kamala Harris [KAH-muh-luh HAIR-iss]* Barry Keoghan [BARE-ee key-OH-gin]* (with a hard “g”) Kooikerhondje [COY-ker-HUND-che] Pete Buttigieg [peet BOOD-ih-judge] Shein [SHEE-in]* Speculoos-3b [SPEK-yuh-lohss three bee] Phryge [FREEZH]* Semaglutide [sem-uh-GLOO-tide]* Zendaya [zen-DAY-uh] Chappell Roan [CHAP-uhl ROHN]