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[–] Trickloss@lemmy.world 18 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (3 children)

Some names would also throw me for a loop. When I first heard how they said "Hermione", I was quite flabbergasted.

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 5 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Oh man, I loved Her-mi-own-ee. She was my favorite character

[–] Mr_Dr_Oink@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago

Same. I think the official pronunciation was just JK trolling.

[–] helpImTrappedOnline@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago

Do you pronounce Ginny like gif or gif?

It took a long time for me to realize its basically Jenny prounced a bit different.

[–] Starb3an@sh.itjust.works 1 points 5 months ago

This one floored me.