“Idina Menzel, which is pronounced exactly as it’s spelled.” @joshgad just made me laugh out loud. #Oscars

Look up Great Vowel Shift. In most IE languages it's what in current EN is ee-dee-nah (or ee-deen-ah). I'd say the z as ts, which is what it was (as "tz", i.e. "ts"). MT @janewells "Idina Menzel, which is pronounced exactly as it’s spelled." @joshgad just made me laugh out loud