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in reply to a message by brianne21481
Replying to this zombie thread because I just saw Brianne Leary as a CONTESTANT on the game show Match Game. She told Gene Rayburn that her name was Irish and was properly pronounced BREE-in, and Gene pronounced it that way throughout her run.
BUT: When she came back later as a celebrity panelist while she was on CHIPS,Johnny Olson pronounced it bree-ANN in the credits and Gene pronounced it that way throughout the show. I think when she became a celebrity, she got tired of correcting pronunciation and just accepted the way people read it. Maybe her agent told her to do that.
But she definitely pronounced it BREE-in before she was famous and it changed to bree-ANN after she was famous.
BUT: When she came back later as a celebrity panelist while she was on CHIPS,Johnny Olson pronounced it bree-ANN in the credits and Gene pronounced it that way throughout the show. I think when she became a celebrity, she got tired of correcting pronunciation and just accepted the way people read it. Maybe her agent told her to do that.
But she definitely pronounced it BREE-in before she was famous and it changed to bree-ANN after she was famous.
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