You've Been Mispronouncing Gal Gadot's Name Wrong This Whole Time

In a popular video series for Vogue entitled "73 questions," Gal Gadot was asked "Can you please, once and for all, resolve the debate on how to pronounce your last name?" Her answer included a hardened "o" and a definite "t".

As Vox stated, Gadot is Israeli, not French, and most people pronounce her last name as if it had a long "O" and silent "T". Instead, her name should be pronounced with an "AU" sound instead of a long "O," with a noticeable "T" sound at the end. As Vox explains, the "T" sound requires an 'unaspirated' or 'dental' pronunciation. That means by placing your tongue against the back of your front teeth to create the proper "T"  sound, like in this video, you avoid, as the outlet describes, the common hard "T" sound like in the word "dot."

When the actress discussed the topic with GQ, she said that, when people speak her name, she is still "probably 60 percent of the time ... Gadoh" and that she "appreciates that everyone is trying their best".