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Khloe Kardashian attends a Good American event in September 2019.
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  • Andy Cohen told Jimmy Fallon that people have been pronouncing Khloé Kardashian's name incorrectly for years.
  • Since Khloé's name has an accent over the "e," it should be pronounced like "Khlo-ay."
  • Cohen said that even Kris Jenner admitted "that's actually really how it's pronounced."
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On Monday, Cohen revealed on "The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon" that Khloé Kardashian's name is pronounced "Khlo-ay."

During the interview, Fallon asked Cohen about his experience meeting Khloé, and how apparently everyone has been "pronouncing her name wrong this whole time."

Cohen then explained his experience interviewing the famous family at their Calabasas residence, where he sat down with Khloé, Kim Kardashian West, Kourtney Kardashian, and Kris Jenner to discuss the legacy of "Keeping Up With the Kardashians."

Not only had the 52-year-old Bravo host just learned the real pronunciation of "Khloé," but other women at the Kardashian's house were also caught off guard by the pronunciation.

"I walked in, I go, 'Khloé,' and the other women go, 'Excuse me?'" And Jenner said, "Yeah, that's actually really how it's pronounced."

Cohen continued, "'Cause there's a little thing on top of the name. Why am I the only one who got that?"

The "thing" Cohen is referring to is the accent above the "e" in her name, which is common in the French language.

The accent is an acute accent, which signifies that the "e" in Khloé should be pronounced as a long "a," or in other words, "ay." Similar to how the word "fiancé" is pronounced.

Khloé is just one of many celebrities whose names people might have been pronouncing wrong all these years.

Other incidences of mispronunciation include Ariana Grande and Chrissy Teigen.

During a Beats One interview in 2018, Grande revealed that the second syllable of her last name is constantly mispronounced.

"I grew up saying 'Grand-ee' and I think of my grandpa and I wish I said 'Grand-ee' more," Grande said.

That same year, Teigen also took to Twitter to explain how her last name is pronounced.

While she has given up trying to always correct people's pronunciation of her surname, she did want followers to know that her last name is actually pronounced "Tie-gen," not "Tee-gan."

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