AlwaysBoooked t1_je0gyql wrote on March 28, 2023 at 3:06 PM

Different but similar issue… I read the Harry Potter books before the movies came out, and the name “Hermione” was not at all something I had heard of, so I made my best guess and moved on. I was so mad when the first movie came out because her name was “Her-mee-on” in my head, and they kept messing it up.

Exploding_Antelope t1_je0zyu6 wrote on March 28, 2023 at 5:07 PM

Well Goblet of Fire was out before the first movie (I think?) and had a scene specifically written for Hermione to explain how to pronounce her name. So that’s on you.

idrawonrocks t1_je133px wrote on March 28, 2023 at 5:27 PM

I remember actually laughing when I read that scene.

AlwaysBoooked t1_je1n7ck wrote on March 28, 2023 at 7:32 PM

I think by the time I got there, I just had it totally stuck in my head the wrong way. Also, it probably didn’t help that I read that whole book in one weekend because the only copy in my house technically “belonged to my brother,” so I had to wait until he went camping.

boysen_bean t1_je15jpf wrote on March 28, 2023 at 5:42 PM

I definitely flagged that scene and had to keep going back to remember how to pronounce it.