Hi, hello, and welcome to another edition of “the internet is fighting about who’s right and who’s wrong”. The topic of conversation today? Ms Robyn Rihanna Fenty.
The argument all started when the queen of blinking instead of winking did an interview with Vogue to promote her new luxury fashion house, Fenty.
At the beginning of the interview, Rihanna introduces herself, and that’s where the debate began. Watch it for yourself and then we can reconvene.
First look at @Rihanna's Fenty collection at her pop-up in Paris: https://t.co/KU0Uqg8Vlt
So, as you probably just heard, Rihanna pronounces her own name as so: REE-ANNA.
However, if you’re from America, you probably pronounce Rihanna like this: REE-AH-NA.
And now some people are in an existential crisis as they realise they’ve been pronouncing Rihanna’s name wrong this whole time.
so we've been pronouncing Rihanna's name wrong this whole time
A lot of people were like: “Who’s we?”
@boopyape Who's we? How have y'all been pronouncing it?
@boopyape WE’VE ????
Which is when the UK vs. US war began.
@boopyape us brits we BEEN pronouncing her name right since dayyy
see this is why she moved to the UK we’re the only ones that have been saying her name right https://t.co/FHJmYBXEO2
@CalumMcSwiggan @boopyape Americans say Ree-ah-na
Some knew full well how to say Rihanna’s name but chose to stick to their own version anyway.
@boopyape I knew how to pronounce her name, but my brain doesn't want to do it that way.
@boopyape I been knew I just still say Ri- ah-nah
There was a little confusion when people began pulling up receipts, claiming Rihanna was pronouncing her name differently in various songs.
@boopyape She’s been trying to tell yall...
@boopyape So uh...what are we gonna do about this tho
There was even a poll, which was almost too close to call.
At the end of the day though, Rihanna probably knows how to say her own name better than any of us.
BUT I’M NOT DONE YET! The whole debate got me wondering how people say Ariana Grande’s name.
Is it A-REE-AH-NA?
Or do you pronounce it AH-REE-AH-NA?
