Is there a correct way to say Lin-Manuel?
Is there a correct way to say Lin-Manuel?
#1Is there a correct way to say Lin-Manuel?
Posted: 6/3/16 at 6:46pm
I was watching Patti LuPone's webcast episode about her Ham4Ham appearance, and she called LMM Lin- MAN-YOU-EL. Also, on the Tony broadcast when he won for In the Heights, Whoopi Goldberg said MAN-YOU-EL.
Just curious--does he go by both, or did the pronunciation change in recent years? MAN-WELL does roll off the tongue better.
TIA!
@z5
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/30/15
#2Is there a correct way to say Lin-Manuel?
Posted: 6/3/16 at 6:53pm
Life changing thread right here, and totally necessary.
#4Is there a correct way to say Lin-Manuel?
Posted: 6/3/16 at 6:56pm
"Man-WELL" is how it should be pronounced in Spanish. "Man-You-ELL" is an Americanized pronounciation.
aaaaaa15
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/31/15
#5Is there a correct way to say Lin-Manuel?
Posted: 6/3/16 at 6:57pm
Lin Man-well is correct. He has said that Man-you-ell is incorrect.
#6Is there a correct way to say Lin-Manuel?
Posted: 6/3/16 at 7:01pm
I think the real question here is. Can Patti lupone get a way with anything? Yes.
#7Is there a correct way to say Lin-Manuel?
Posted: 6/3/16 at 7:14pm
technically the correct Spanish pronunciation is Leen Mahn-well Mee-rahn-dah. But I'm sure he goes by Lin Man-well.
#8Is there a correct way to say Lin-Manuel?
Posted: 6/3/16 at 7:19pm
Call_me_jorge said: "I think the real question hear is. Can Patti lupone get a way with anything? Yes.
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The real question here is...homophones?
#9Is there a correct way to say Lin-Manuel?
Posted: 6/3/16 at 7:24pm
Thanks backwoodsbarbie. I guess I new that I had to here that.
Plannietink08
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/2/11
#10Is there a correct way to say Lin-Manuel?
Posted: 6/4/16 at 7:21am
Jesus. I'm sick of hearing his name on the best of days but now I'm being taught how to be sick of his properly pronounced name.
Back Row
Leading Actor Joined: 4/14/12
#11Is there a correct way to say Lin-Manuel?
Posted: 6/4/16 at 11:17am
If his name was Lin-Manuel Benanti, the odds are that nobody would ever pronounce his name correctly.
#12Is there a correct way to say Lin-Manuel?
Posted: 6/4/16 at 11:31am
Back Row said: "If his name was Lin-Manuel Benanti, the odds are that nobody would ever pronounce his name correctly."
or Lin-Manuel Benanti Ralph Fiennes Ashmanskas
carnzee
Broadway Star Joined: 9/2/11
#13Is there a correct way to say Lin-Manuel?
Posted: 6/4/16 at 12:50pm
It's spelled "Lin-Manuel" but pronounced "GOD."
#14Is there a correct way to say Lin-Manuel?
Posted: 6/4/16 at 1:31pm
The only correct way to say it is with respect, admiration, gratitude and LOVE.
#15Is there a correct way to say Lin-Manuel?
Posted: 6/4/16 at 3:15pm
Back Row said: "If his name was Lin-Manuel Benanti, the odds are that nobody would ever pronounce his name correctly.
Is there more than one way to say "Benanti"?
#16Is there a correct way to say Lin-Manuel?
Posted: 6/4/16 at 3:17pm
hork said: "Is there more than one way to say "Benanti"?"
several people give it the Italian pronunciation with an "ah" in the middle (I believe Andrew Rannells said it this way when they announced Tony nominations)
dramamama611
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/4/07
#17Is there a correct way to say Lin-Manuel?
Posted: 6/4/16 at 3:30pm
Plannietink08 said: "Jesus. I'm sick of hearing his name on the best of days but now I'm being taught how to be sick of his properly pronounced name.
"
Or you could just stop opening threads that blatantly tell you it's about him or his wonderful show.
Plannietink08
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/2/11
#18Is there a correct way to say Lin-Manuel?
Posted: 6/4/16 at 10:53pm
dramamama611 said: "Or you could just stop opening threads that blatantly tell you it's about him or his wonderful show"
And miss all you bitter queens show off their razor sharp wit? No, thank you.
Seriously though. If i was to ignore threads that are about Lin-Man-YOU-el/MAN-you-el/Man-you-EL then it seriously limits my options on this board.
#19Is there a correct way to say Lin-Manuel?
Posted: 6/4/16 at 10:55pm
you obviously didn't read very closely since its Man-WELL.
also dramamama isn't a bitter queen, she's a mother.
After Eight
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/5/09
#20Is there a correct way to say Lin-Manuel?
Posted: 6/4/16 at 11:02pm
"Jesus. I'm sick of hearing his name on the best of days but now I'm being taught how to be sick of his properly pronounced name."
Brace yourself. This is just the beginning. Sondheim's name has been trumpeted day in day out for over 40 years now, with no surcease in sight. Now we have a new king of the hill, Mr. Miranda. With the gargantuan expansion of mega-media hype capacity, you can just imagine how it will serve him in the upcoming decades.
The solution? Put on your Sunday clothes, and then your CDs of Can-Can, Tovarich, Ben Franklin in Paris,, etc., and try to forget the whole last half century ever happened!
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