Amanda Seyfried Exclusive: My Name's Not 'Siegfried'
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 11 ก.ย. 2024
- Nobody likes hearing their name mispronounced, whether they're your friend or coworker - or a famous Hollywood celebrity. Amanda Seyfried is no exception. She constantly struggles with teaching people to say her last name correctly. After sitting down to chat about her upcoming films Gone and Lovelace, the actress opened up to our correspondent Thomas Leupp about the most common mispronunciations of her name.
Sigh - Fred, that's how she's pronouncing it. Just in case people like me watched this to see how she's pronounces her last name.
I have ancestors going back to 1750 that spell it anywhere from Cypret to Syphritt or Sigfriedt.
Who cares how she pronounces... We should care about how it's correctly pronounced and it's "Zyfreed" (in English spelling), because it's a German surname... but, of course, you can pronounce -- incorrectly -- anyway you want it... mind is free... you can say it "zeefroo" or even some nonsense like "qwertyuiop"...
@@dellamotta lol what
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2:19
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This is one of the most awkward and painful interviews I've ever watched.
It's not actually! they both have a deadpan humor so they were being funny yet serious at the same time.
Ur dumb.
@@a.siphrodias2867 ur rude
was thinking the same thing
People constantly complain about her interviews, it gets old and boring. Give me a fucking break. 🙄
she is just sooooooo beautiful...
You are beautiful too, Eliza :)
thank you kind soul :)
Erika Kelway I agree with you. I love her hair.
i mean she would be if her eyes were closer together
@@ravencce what? she's still beautiful either way.
i've always pronounced her last name as sea-fried lmao
well you aren't very smart then are you?
Richard Howle oh be quiet it was a joke
I was joking as well.
Richard Howle sorry
@@mariya23456 no problem, Kayla.
what a painfully tense interview.
No.
No.
No.
At least she is cute and more charismatic than Amber TURD.
Speaking as a Siegfried myself, I thought it was a variant, too. However, there were Siegfrieds in America as early as ~1720 and Seyfrieds at about the same time (per the Seyfried genealogy forums). So, if the Seyfrieds represent a variation or mispelling of Siegfried, the change happened in Germany. The first Siegfried in the US first wrote his own name Sigfridt...I suspect that spelling was not everyone's strong point back then.
I have that as well when I worked on my tree. My spelling is Sei and I have found the crossover in spelling back 6 generations back
Since her surname is an old-fashioned German name her sister pronounces it quite right
+herba Right? I really want an actual German speaking actor to point it out to her, that she pronounces it like if she were Swedish. It makes me giggle because she seems quite serious with the way she pronounces her own surname.
The Hamster Except a lot of names from countries all over the world can be pronounced differently by different people... A simple example is Harry Potter: in Britain people almost pronounce the 'a' and 'tt' the French way, whereas people in America pronounce the 'a' almost like they do the 'e' in 'men' and the 'tt' almost as if it were a 'd'. It's not the same thing, of course, but you can imagine that if there is already a difference in the pronunciation of certain words within countries which's official language is the same then surely there's gonna be a difference in pronunciation when that word is used by person from another country, especially when it comes to last names because the same last name might be pronounced differently from family to family.
Amanda still better
@@wonderlandisalanguage9646 Americans call him hairy podder instead of Harry Potter, nobody knows why!
@@AmyAberrant no tf we dont. We call him Harry Potter. And accentuate the t in potter. Come again. I dont know any other American that says his name with a random d. In it. Unless they have a lisp or something. But try again
Love her voice
Same
Her sister is right though! Seyfried is correctly pronounced Sigh-freed. And the interviewer's brother also is right, because Leupp is correctly pronounced Loyp. It's funny how they are both wrong, yet they make fun of their siblings for pronouncing it right, lol.
I think they're both wrong. They're trying to put forward a easy to pronounce pronunciation. However, it is a Germanic name, originally spelled Siegfried. It translates as "victory-peace."
it feels like the guy took her on a date and failed to entertain her =))
he seems shy that's all plus the ways she looks at him with those cat eyes can be intimidating xD
She's not that "warm" and is intimidatingly good-looking, so I don't blame the interviewer for his awkwardness.
she seems 'cold' like a german sometimes lol.
She seems quite warm to me. The interviewer is an idiot.
Or at least much warmer than Amber TURD.
This was NOT an awkward interview as other have claimed. IMHO the interviewer knew what he was doing and Amanda knew too. They were both playing with each other in a semi-flirtatious way.
Agreed - and beyond that too people really need to chill out with overanalyzing interviews and the dynamics of chemistry. It's stupid. It's a thing people have been chiming in on a lot with interviews in general - this wasn't hard to watch. It was not cringy.
Shut the fuck up.
Definitely not flirty on any level. LOL
This must be satire, and they both played it great
lolol that was SO awk, with the manipulation talk :P
No it wasnt. You commented 9 years ago. How Are you today?
I would pay to watch Amanda read the phone book
the way she says 'so fun' in that cute little voice......sigh
Hi. You commented 8 years ago. How Are you today
I'm not kidding when I'm saying she was the only reason I kept watching the movie. The film itself was pretty meh but my God, this girl is trying her best to pull something off! She's the only thing I liked(Even liked a lot) about "Gone" because she seemed like the only person who TRIED to make something good here and I wanted to see her make it through.
In a sense, I guess she carried the entire film on her back. If it was written better, it could have been a great film.
Gotta like Amanda. And not just because she looks like an anime character.
Hi. You commented 8 years ago. How Are you today
@@kevingloppen2364 Just fine.
The topic in the title is addressed at about 2:48
she's so perfect.
Even when they become movie stars, Seyfrieds apparently still have a chip on their shoulders about the (apparenly more awesome) Siegfrieds.
Shes so awkward I love it lmao
funny how americans with european origins (like...everybody over there) have european names and mispronounce them constantly. when corrected, they get an attitude lol ;)
Aww a decent interview!! Great job. :D
I thought it was obvious that her last name is pronounced the way she said her sister says it.
I’ve always called her Amanda Seefreed
But the brother of the interviewer is right about their last name. It's a German name, so his brother pronounces it correctly
Okay so me and her sister think the same. I always pronounced it "sigh-freed." Nice to know she prefers "sigh-frid."
but it's not "sigh-frid", it's "sei-frid"
Amanda: sigh-fred
Her sister: sigh-freed
This whole time I’ve been pronouncing it as say-frid 🤷🏻♀️ why? I truly don’t know 🙈
i have been saying say-freed
I'm not german but I'm quite sure "Seyfried" apropriately sounds closer to how her sister pronounces it.
Google translate agrees. :)
Yeah her sister is closer she is just arrogant
+avada You are correct I´m German. Her name is correctly pronouced like her sister does it and also the name of the interviewer is correctly pronouced like his brother does it.
+FrancisJoa
How is the guy's last name spelled? Leup?
Nevermind, it's in the description: "Leupp"
Her sister says it correctly if she is of German descent. Though how she pronounces it sounds more Swedish.
@@gboldero1 She is not arrogant, she has OCD and anxiety.
He couldn't even muster a laugh for her, "Oh really? Thank God" comment at the end? Goodness.
she's so lovable
Apparently she had initially auditioned to play regina as well and tbh I kinda see it.
I love her
Sigh-freed and loyp are the correct German pronunciations, however anglicized pronunciations and spellings are common in America
why r people saying this was awkward... they were funny together.. i feel like their humour was on a similar wavelength and the ppl watching just dont get deadpan style humour
" Did you say SIEGFRIIIED!?"
My boss says it 'say-fried' I tried to correct him and he still says it this way.. I even showed him this video 🤦♀️🤦♀️
Sigh-freed is How ive pronounced it
don't mention it. Not a problem. Best of luck
he is possibly the worst interviewer EVER! I give Amanda props for bearing with him
"tell him to stop." LOL
I briefly said her name as "sigh-freed." But I'm glad i listened to how its actually said. "Sigh-fred."
:) but it's wrong,it is Zy-freed,it's a common name in franconia,Germany and thar's the way we pronounce it...her sister is right
love her
Amanda seyfried you are SOOOOOOOOOOO AMAZING & TALENTED. NEVER SELL YOUR SELF SHORT AMANDA. YOU ARE BETTER THEN THEM. you are such a beautiful & adorable person. You are are a amazing & wonderful & awesome & talented ( person & actress & singer & model & movie star & celebrity ☆ ♡ ). You are my only #1 favorite ( PERSON & ACTRESS & SINGER & MODEL & MOVIE STAR & CELEBRITY ☆ ♡ ) FOREVER IN THE WORLD & LIFE NOMATTER WHAT ☆ ♡. THAT'S NO LIE EITHER. SHE IS. WILL BE FOREVER TOO ☆ ♡. YOU ROCK FOREVER GIRL ☆ ♡.
I'll let him know. Thanks
i always knew it was pronounced 'Sigh-Fred'
SERIOUSLY?? I HAD TO WATCH 3:10 JUST TO SEE A 10 SECOND PART THAT'S ABOUT THE TITLE?
Amanda looks so good. 😍
Probably only German people (definitely) pronounce her name correct, since the correct way to pronounce it is the same way how you pronounce Siegfried in German, based on watching the opera of the same name (I don't speak German). I would have been pronouncing if incorrectly without Wagner's intervention.
2:19 for the point of this video
You can skip to 2:50
Pretentious? Moi...???
As the report comes right out and claims he takes joy in manipulating people in his everyday life. He seemed pretty nervous, so I'm going to think it was a gaffe.
Sometimes they get new reporters that get so nervous that the interview basically implodes. I remember seeing one once where they star ended up feeling bad enough that they were pretty much feeding them questions and then answering them just so the interview would get made.
why is it so tense? what's with the interviewer
It's Sexfreud!
I just found out that ive been pronouncing it correctly this whole time
Strange interview... painful to watch
I always said see-freed idk how to deal w this🤧
Her last name sounds like Seinfeld. People misspell my last name but I can't really blame them. "Osborn" has so many spellings.
You have the same name as Harry/Norman Osborn omg!
Yep! Cousin Harry and Uncle Norman are a great pair. They make family reunions interesting ...
Matt Osborn You're funny lmao
+Leeya Tomlinson Thanks! Lol
Matt Osborn btw, I pronounce your last name as the "French way" haha (as "Ozborn" bc english people tends to pronounce it "Azborn")
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I always pronounced it as Sigh-Freed
lol i used to pronounce it like sayfreed or sayfried instead of syfred :P (for the record, ik thats it spelled seyfried, i was just using the letters to show the literal way of how i said it) :]
AWKWAAAARD! poor Amanda
what's wrong with my "like" button? It's been vibrating for days!
i'am from germany and she sey she has german root and seyfried is from german ..she don't know what seyfried mean and i think it's from "siegfried" an old german name and it changed a littlebit ..
@GNoodle thank you =)
I always said sea-freed 🤣
I used to pronounce the way she first said it
I thought it was pronounced see freed.
It's "zy-freed" actually, a soft "s" in the beginning (sounds like your z in "zero"),not like the s in "sigh",and ie is a long "ee"-and in Germany the r letter is pronounced differently as well,not like your american r 😉
The pronunciation 2:48
Her sister is almost right... It's "Zyfreed" and not "Syfred"... It's German... and not some invented language in her mind (of course, for the mind, it can be everything... madness knows no limits...).
I'm sorry Amanda, I've been saying it wrong
2:48 sigh-fred
Why is the pronunciation "-fred" anyway? Her name looks like German, and as far as I know, "ie" in German is pronounced like a long /i:/ like the English "ee".
It's pronounced like "Zy-freed".....it's a long "e", and the s-sounds is soft like "zero" not like the s in "sigh",and of course we don't pronounce the letter r like Americans do ....
wow i've been pronouncing it say-freed. now i feel dumb lol.
Interviewer looks like Fox Mulder.
Her sister is right, though - the 'ie' is pronounced like in 'freed', not like 'fret'. IPA for standard German: /ˈzaifʁiːd/
"ey" isn't pronnounced as "ai" in german, just when it is "ei" so it would be as "zeifrid"
@@ali199665 but it is pronounced as "ai" in this case (zy-freed"),it's an oldfashioned way of writing it,originating from medieval times
i've always said say-freed
I've been pronouncing her name Se-frid 😅
Her sister and his brother are right and Saoirse Ronan Also pronounces Saoirse Wrong but still better than Americans pronounce it 😂😂😂
you're cute amanda hahah. the interviewer is stiff :(
Took forever to get to the point.
why?
I hear there are classes for that.
SAY freed sounds the nicest and is correct
lol I have been pronouncing her last name like her sister for forever! Who is correct?? I don't know. BTW this interview is a little odd. I'm not sure what it is but at times she looks a little dazed and as if she is thinking about other things besides the interviewers questions. Oh well she is human she doesn't have to be perfect maybe it's her personality.
Nothing interesting has been asked or said in this interview
Amandas surname is not Sigh-Freed its Seyfried it does not have 2 E’s in it,
:) but it's how we pronounce it in Germany,like "Zy-frred",it's a soft s in the beginning,not like the s in "sigh" and it's a long "ee" sound and of course no "american r" ;)
Sorry,Zy-freed....
Shoot, I always said sea-freed. :-0
She's cute & nice
She played the role of Golem better than anyone could have
Christ, one of the most awkward interviews ever
shes sweet :)
yes! I've been pronouncing it right! phew!
Loosen up buddy ! Omg that sucked , has to be the worst interview ever 1 out 10 stars , he's so bad she doesn't know he's name lol
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She's fine but he's an AWFUL interviewer.