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Post by willywonka666 on Oct 31, 2019 14:23:05 GMT -5
According to Gary Owens, announcer and voice artist, he was friends with Theodore Geisel aka Dr. Seuss and he said Seuss which is also his actual middle name is pronounced “Soice” like “Voice” since it’s a German name.
I recently discovers that Dr. Jekyll’s names was intended to be pronounced “Jee-kill” according to Robert Louis Stevenson himself.
I have one more, but I can’t remember. I’m still having trouble convincing people of these two.
How about you?
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DragonMasterP
King Koopa
Wait, I turned 30? How'd that happen?
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Post by DragonMasterP on Oct 31, 2019 14:34:40 GMT -5
I didn't learn until fairly recently that New Orleans is supposed to be pronounced as New Or-le-ans, rather than New Or-leens.
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Post by YAKMAN is ICHIBAN on Oct 31, 2019 14:35:23 GMT -5
I can't think of too many examples but there are definitely times where I have only read words in a book and not heard them out loud, and had a wrong idea about how to pronounce them.
One example is the name Arkady. I was pronouncing it Arcade-y. When it is more like Ark-a-dee.
I had jokingly kept it on a list of potential baby names, luckily it wasn't something I had really liked or my kid might have ended up with a mispronounced name.
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Post by YAKMAN is ICHIBAN on Oct 31, 2019 14:35:53 GMT -5
I didn't learn until fairly recently that New Orleans is supposed to be pronounced as New Or-le-ans, rather than New Or-leens. No no, it's N'awlins. |
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Post by Sponsored by Groose Wipes on Oct 31, 2019 14:49:18 GMT -5
 Frankenstein |
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Post by I'm Team Bayley and Indi on Oct 31, 2019 14:52:52 GMT -5
Americans need to correctly start pronouncing aluminum the right way, when it's clear you pronounce it aluminum
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Push R Truth
Patti Mayonnaise
Unique and Special Snowflake, and a pants-less heathen.
Perpetually Constipated
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Post by Push R Truth on Oct 31, 2019 14:58:46 GMT -5
About 3/4's of everything in the Lord of the Rings
But I somehow got Eomer (I think I lucked into that one)
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Post by YAKMAN is ICHIBAN on Oct 31, 2019 15:24:14 GMT -5
Americans need to correctly start pronouncing aluminum the right way, when it's clear you pronounce it aluminum The original spelling and pronunciation was aluminum. And it is so correct you did it that way twice. More efficient, one less syllable. |
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Post by Z-A Sandbaggin' Son of a b!%@h on Oct 31, 2019 15:52:54 GMT -5
Kitiara from the Dragonlance series. I pronounced it Kee-Sha-rs for a long time. Then found out it’s actually Kitty Aura. Which still sounds weird to me. As I’ve been a huge fan of those books for years.
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MiLB Fan
Fry's dog Seymour
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Post by MiLB Fan on Oct 31, 2019 16:15:40 GMT -5
Chalk this up to not understanding how another language works: When the former Kana signed with WWE, I had no idea her new name was pronounced as “aw-ska” until her first appearance in NXT. Similarly, the correct pronunciation of Nakamura’s first name being “shin-skay.”
I suppose it’s because my earliest experience with wrestlers from Japan was through WCW, and the announcers always pronounced their names phonetically. For instance, Kensuke Sasaki’s first name being announced as “ken-soo-kay” and Akira Hokuto being announced as “ho-koo-to.”
I remember Lance Storm and Eric Bischoff discussing these mispronunciations on their respective podcasts.
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Post by Cyno on Oct 31, 2019 16:48:13 GMT -5
I've been mispronouncing Kevin Feige's last name until like 2 weeks ago.
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Post by Tenshigure on Oct 31, 2019 17:01:37 GMT -5
My friend decided to name his daughter Aoife. He lives in Iowa. Kid's going to be called Ayy-wife til she either legally changes it or moves to Ireland.
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Post by The Summer of Muskrat XVII on Oct 31, 2019 17:33:06 GMT -5
I've been mispronouncing Kevin Feige's last name until like 2 weeks ago. I’m honestly still not sure |
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Bo Rida
Fry's dog Seymour
Pulled one over on everyone.
Got away with it, this time.
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Post by Bo Rida on Oct 31, 2019 17:51:23 GMT -5
Millions of words I see written more than spoken. Like hyperbole. I thought it was like a the super bowl but more hype based.
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Cranjis McBasketball
Crow T. Robot
Knew what the hell that thing was supposed to be
Peace Love and Nothing But
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Post by Cranjis McBasketball on Oct 31, 2019 18:09:12 GMT -5
Millions of words I see written more than spoken. Like hyperbole. I thought it was like a the super bowl but more hype based. Not sure if fantastic post or you’re serious.... |
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Post by Joe Neglia on Oct 31, 2019 18:09:33 GMT -5
When I was a kid, I pronounced the Marvel character Annihilus' name as "ann-ee-hill-us" before I realized it was supposed to be "uh-nie-il-us"
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Post by Beebs is the Final Girl on Oct 31, 2019 20:08:09 GMT -5
I learned from Game of Thrones that I had been saying "dynasty" incorrectly all these years.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 31, 2019 20:28:40 GMT -5
I have been reading comics almost all my life, and until he showed up in the movies I was pronouncing Thanos wrong.
Also, Babel as in the tower. I always thought it was Bah-bell, but my mom recently corrected me that it's actually pronounced like babble.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 31, 2019 21:47:24 GMT -5
I always read the word "facade" as fake-aid. Also "segue" as seeg.
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El Pollo Guerrera
Grimlock
His name has chicken in it, and he is good at makin' .gifs, so that's cool.
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Post by El Pollo Guerrera on Oct 31, 2019 22:00:04 GMT -5
"Never make fun of people who mispronounce words, it means they learned it by reading."
When I was 5, my sister laughed at me because I thought the Archie character Reggie's name was pronounced with a hard g-sound (like "golf") and not a soft g-sound (like "George"). It didn't make sense to me, the way they said almost made it sound like it had a d-sound in it (Red-gie).
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