FWIW, Hermione Gingold was an occasional guest on the NBC Tonight Show when Jack Paar was doing it. She was a Brit and referred to herself as "Her-miney" (crude phonetics, I realize). That was probably from the very early 60s and things may've changed. David
David K. Hogberg, PhD Professor of Psychology, Emeritus Albion College, Albion MI 49224 [EMAIL PROTECTED] 517/629-4834 >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 12/14/01 15:58 PM >>> I do the same thing with reading- never bother trying to figure out the pronunciation of names. I think that only works when there are few words that you "brain-mumble" over (I like that). In reading Lord of the Rings, the first ~30 pages were pretty rough because of all the necessary mumbling. Two friends who are a couple read to each other the Harry Potter series which got a number of us in a debate about how to pronounce Hermione (yes, this was 5-7 26-30 year old PhDs reading Harry Potter last summer- summers are slow in St. Louis :). For what it was worth, it was the Scottish man who had it right (Her-MY-o-nee, right?). Patrick (who is just waiting for the papers to be turned in on Monday...) ************************ Patrick O. Dolan Department of Psychology Drew University Madison, NJ 07940 973-408-3558 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ************************ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Maxwell Gwynn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Teaching in the Psychological Sciences" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, December 14, 2001 3:41 PM Subject: Re: Blooper Season/Mispronounciations > > 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 > --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
