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question about the pronunciation of his first name

posted 9 years ago by screenwriter824
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yes im aware its spelled Liev...

but ive always pronounced it Lev

have I been pronouncing it wrong? is it really pronounced like Leave or Lyev?

just wanna kno... im a huge fan of this dude n I love Ray Donovan

[–] gdw298 9 years ago

It's in his bio on here. Pronounced Leee-Ev

[–] ellanegri 8 years ago

It's Lee-ev (the Americanized spelling of the Russian "Leo"). I always pronounced it "leave" until I looked it up.

[–] screenwriter824 8 years ago

always thought it was pronounced Lev

[–] HelloMyNameIsMrBurns 8 years ago

I thought it was pronounced like it rhymed with Kiev. But then I heard it pronounced like leave on American Dad and I thought WTF!!!!!!!!!!!!!! But I guess I was right and Roger was wrong. Stupid *beep* alien.