If you mispronounce Barbra Steisand’s last name, she is going to let you know in not the nicest of ways. However, Zoe Saldana is OK with it.
This morning on Good Morning America the actress explained why. “I am a crossbreed [Puerto Rican and Dominican],” she said. “I was born and raised here in America. So it is whatever way people can pronounce it. We are just a melting pot of so many cultures. I don’t hold it against anybody.”
Do you hear that Katherine Heigl? We are Americans, and we are trying our best to understand everyone, their cultures, and how they say their names. Give them an A for effort. I have a common last name, and people still say it incorrectly. The way they say it makes it sound sexy. So I am OK with it.
Back to the Center Stage (because that is one of my favorite movies) star, how do people pronounce it? They either say Sal-dan-ah or Sal-don-ya.
To hear how she pronounces it, then
Is that how you say her surname? It is how I’ve been saying it since Center Stage.
