Benedict Cumberbatch Has a Lovely New Way to Pronounce 'Penguin'

By Kelly Faircloth | September 26, 2014 | 5:20pm

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Just a little memo for everyone: We’ve got a couple new, improved pronunciations of “penguin,” courtesy of handsome alien otter man Benedict Cumberbatch.

This clip bubbled up via Reddit and we spotted it on The Mary Sue, but it’s originally from a BBC documentary. Some might suggest that Cumberbatch simply can’t manage the word, but I think it’s pretty clear he just saw an opportunity to liven up our lives and he took it. “Pengwing” is an objectively superior way to describe these animals. Adjust your dictionaries accordingly.