I'm probably not alone in the Hermione (Her-me-OWN / Her-MY-o-nee)
mispronounciation.

In fact, when I had the time to read more novels than I do now (Harry
Potter aside ~8-) ), I'd sometimes realize after finishing a book that I
never really tried to figure out how to pronounce some characters' names.
I'd just engage in a bit of brain-mumbling whenever I came across that
name.  I'd only realize this when I later spoke to someone about the
character. 

Hmmm, I wonder if there is a phonetic/whole-word-reading equivalence here? 

-Max

On Fri, 14 Dec 2001, Beth Benoit wrote:

> Thanks, Tim.  I don't think I'll ever see "misled" without pronouncing it
> her way.  I love it.
SNIP
> There are a couple more that I only discovered recently while listening in
> my car to a Book on Tape.  (I meant to look them up when I got home, but
> subsequently forgot.  I'd pronounced them "my" way for so long, that I
> wondered if the reader were wrong.  But I doubt it.)
> 

Maxwell Gwynn, PhD                              [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Department of Psychology                        (519) 884-0710 ext 3854
Wilfrid Laurier University
Waterloo, Ontario  N2L 3C5 Canada



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