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.  

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: "Roo-all Dahl." - watch at 15s.

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