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How you’re actually supposed to pronounce Luigi Mangione’s name as people get it completely wrong

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Published 15:39 23 Dec 2024 GMT

How you’re actually supposed to pronounce Luigi Mangione’s name as people get it completely wrong

Luigi Mangione's name has caused quite a stir online

Britt Jones

Britt Jones

People are finally learning how to say Luigi Mangione after it was pointed out that even news anchors struggle to pronounce it.

The Ivy League graduate from Maryland was arrested on 9 December following reports that he had been identified as the assailant involved in the shooting of Brian Thompson, the CEO of a medical insurance firm.

The 26-year-old is currently being held on a murder charge, as well as possession of an unlicensed firearm, forgery, and providing false identification to police.

Mangione is alleged to have shot and killed Thompson, 50, who became the chief executive of UnitedHealthcare in 2021. Thompson was shot dead outside the Hilton Hotel on Sixth Avenue in Midtown Manhattan on 4 December.

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Luigi Mangione was arrested for the murder of Brian Thompson on 9 December (Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
Luigi Mangione was arrested for the murder of Brian Thompson on 9 December (Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

Police confirmed that he was shot at least once in the back and once in the calf before he was taken to hospital and died.

The words 'deny', 'depose', and 'defend' were engraved on the live rounds and shell casings left behind from the silent gun.

Mangione is said to have fled the scene of the crime with the help of an e-bike in Central Park, before abandoning it at approximately 7am near 85th Street.

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He was only apprehended when a McDonald's employee identified Mangione in Pennsylvania, and police found him with items linking him to the murder.

This included a gun, mask, and a handwritten document.

Since the suspected shooter was apprehended, many people have been talking about him and his alleged crime.

However, what they all have in common is that they’re just not saying it correctly. Even news anchors haven’t got the hang of pronouncing his Italian name.

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According to journalist Sophia Smith Galer, the pronunciation is falling flat.

He was caught with items linking him to the crime (Jeff Swensen/Getty Images)
He was caught with items linking him to the crime (Jeff Swensen/Getty Images)

She posted a clip to her Instagram channel which shows her ‘favourite’ ways people have butchered his name, which included Richard Madeley’s attempt along with UK and US news presenters.

She said that ‘this man’s surname is so challenging that for the general non-Italian speaking public, that this is what people were searching after watching that video’.

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Smith Galer then threw up the variety of ways that people failed at spelling Mangione.

She then went on to give a demonstration as how you should be pronouncing it and it’s a little like ‘Man-gohn-eh’ with a very soft eh at the end.

Take a peek:

According to her, the Italian vowels are pronounced differently than ours, and so an Italian surname should be spoken accordingly- to which Italians in the comments confirmed and people were happy to learn more about the language.

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Since his arrest, there has been a lot that’s come out about his alleged crime, specifically his long note.

The reported 262-word handwritten note was found in his bag.

A law enforcement official shared that the note stated: "To save you a lengthy investigation, I state plainly that I wasn’t working with anyone.”

It then continued that companies 'continue to abuse our country for immense profit because the American public has allowed them to get away with it'.

Mangione then allegedly wrote that 'these parasites had it coming' and 'I do apologise for any strife and trauma, but it had to be done'.

Featured Image Credit: Spencer Platt/Getty Images/Gene J. Puskar-Pool/Getty Images

Topics: Social Media, Luigi Mangione, Crime, US News

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