Have you been saying Roald Dahl's name wrong?
- Publish date
- Thursday, 6 Apr 2017, 1:04PM

He is one of the most well-known kid's authors of all time. He's famous for Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, The BFG, Matilda, but it turns out a LOT of us have been pronouncing Roald Dahl's name wrong!
If you've been pronouncing the Norwegian name as "Rolled Dahl", then you are wrong. Â
Footage from an episode of 1960s sci-fi TV show, Way Out, features the praised author introduced at the very start, with his name pronounced as:Â "Roo-all Dahl." - watch at 15s.