Willem Dafoe explains why he pronounces his name differently

What BBN said about it

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   Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentOver to the internet, where a video called How To Pronounce Willem Dafoe is number two on YouTube's U.S. trending chart with more than seven million views.

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   Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorSeven million people watched a man explain how to say a name. I'm concerned about all of us.

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   Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentThe channel is CrispyTheory, and it has old footage of a young Dafoe saying his last name the original way, which later came up on Conan O'Brien's show.

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   Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentPeople call the explanation funny and smart.

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   Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorFunny and smart. I've been saying Dah-foe since before your parents met, and nobody sent me a video.

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   Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentDale, you've been saying it wrong.

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   Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorThen every time I ordered tea as a young man, I was wrong too, and I'll be taking that up with the kettle.

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   Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentTry it with the video's version, Dale, just the once. Hashtag, say it right.

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   Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorFine. Dah-foe. Oh no, it worked, and I hate it.

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    Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentChip, tell me somebody in a strip mall has a better name story than that. Hashtag, Pronounce.