Newsnight presenter Emily Maitlis, 50, has expressed regret for mispronouncing the Irish name Gráinne after one of her listeners admitted her mishap “killed” them.
Emily was called out for the mishap, which she suffered during the latest episode of her Americast podcast, on Twitter.The journalist, who hosts the podcast alongside fellow BBC presenter Jon Sopel, apologised profusely for her error and revealed she had practised pronouncing the name several times in the mirror.She said sorry in view of her 423,000 followers after a Twitter user penned: “Great episode Emily but you butchered the name Gráinne (Grah-nya) killed me!”Emily, who was covering the US inauguration during the episode, replied to the listener: “Well that’s unforgivable..
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