Screwed By Elaine Benes Pronunciation Mishap!

Publish date: 2020-11-18

A Jeopardy contestant was flat-out hosed this week because of his accent, specifically the way he pronounced "Elaine" as in Elaine Benes from Seinfeld.

The question in the "Name TV Role" category was essentially "Julia Louis-Dreyfus’ character on Seinfeld," and Fidelito Cortes responded, "Elaine."

Host Alex Trebek said this was incorrect, however, and moved on to another contestant who guessed "Benes." The other contestant was deemed correct.

Trebek then corrected Cortes on his pronunciation. Check it out:


Viewers took to Twitter to bash the show. Some choice Tweets:

 

As that last one indicates, Fidelito went on to win, so it was a moot point. The poor kid who lost on an Emancipation Proclamation misspelling, however? Not so much.

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