#mispronouncing names

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Names

Written: Lidusis

Younger me: Li-dee-us

Slightly older me, after re-reading the series multiple times: omg I’ve been pronouncing his name incorrectly this whole time how embarrassing!!!

Me from the future: oh boy do I have a surprise for you

[macaroni-rascal]

i’m gonna fly to cali and murder the announcer woman who’s in?

[joeydaccord]

i hate national broadcasts solely bc the announcers are always so... uneducated

[fleeing-pancakes]

I just saw a video on youtube and the person there mispronounced jean Valjeans (les miserables) name wrong... pronounced it as jeans (pants, trousers ya know) not “zsjan” and I am horrified

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Names (part 2)

[A couple weeks ago]

Me, remembering the whole “Lidusis” fiasco that took place: Oh boy, am I glad that’s over!

My brain: You know what would be funny? If you did the same thing to another beloved character. Like Kielnode.

Me: haha yea—

Me:

My brain:

Me: wait—

no—

My brain: LOOK AT HIS NAME AND PRONOUNCE IT YOU COWARD

I’ve been pronouncing it as “Klein-node” this whole time, without every actually sounding his name out. My brain just read it like that.

Brains are crazy.

[euneirophrennia]

Please, tell me why is it such a big deal if someone doesn't know how to pronounce your name? Especially if it's foreign to them. You wouldn't be able to pronounce my last name at first and you wouldn't see me bitching about it.

People need to calm down.

[reverseracism]

When I first moved to Scotland people kept making up their own pronunciation of my (European!) given name instead of using my pronunciation but everyone got really angry when I didn't know how to say Edinburgh and McLoughlin and all that properly so uh what was that about European names being easier to say