What Do Zohran Mamdani and the Louvre Have in Common? You’re Probably Pronouncing Their Names Wrong, Says a New List

Those paying attention to New York politics this fall (basically everyone, it seemed) couldn’t help but notice that Mayor-Elect Zohran Mamdani often saw his name mispronounced, misspelled, and generally mangled. All the same, he went from one percent name recognition to the winning candidate, beating by a wide margin former governor Andrew Cuomo. It got so bad that the mayor-elect even scolded the former governor during a debate, saying, “The name is Mamdani. M-A-M-D-A-N-I.” (E