Hermione, waas Pronunciation Police!

[Amanda Lewanski]

meboriqua at aol.com wrote:

> I could not for the life of me say 'Hermione', even after
> reading Hermione's pronunciation lesson for Krum in GoF.  It was my
> mother who told me when she said "Hermione.  That is how the name is
> always pronounced", quite smugly (as if Hermione is a common name here
> in New York).

I made the mistake of telling my husband about a JKR appearance I caught
on Rosie, where JKR related meeting an American girl who pronounced it
/HER-me-one/ (as if Her-me-two would be next). JKR said she had
corrected the girl, and fretted a bit whether she should have; if she'd
interfered with the girl's enjoyment of the books.

Jan knows very well how to pronounce Hermione (it *is* a common name, at
least in "older" literature), but he makes a point now of calling her
Hermy-One just to yank my chain.

Men.

> --jenny from ravenclaw, whose mother is unbeatable at Jeopardy,
> Trivial Pursuit, Scrabble, Boggle and the Sunday Times crossword
> puzzles

Here's my husband against your mom, with a copy of Book 5 riding on the
outcome....

--Amanda


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