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Post by dawnomite on May 9, 2007 13:46:17 GMT -5
Heh, at first I thought Janine was "Janie". Me too actually. When I found out how to pronounce Janine's name the title "Claudia and Mean Janine" was awesome. |
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Post by msstock87 on May 9, 2007 15:39:00 GMT -5
I always pronounced Janine Janie as well! Good to know I am not the only one. When I was younger I could never pronounce Mallory either.
Spier was always Spyer to me as well until I figured it out!
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Post by lilafowler on May 9, 2007 16:40:10 GMT -5
I'm pretty sure Papadakis is PAP-uh-dack-is, with the first syllable pronounced like, well, Pap smear (which was invented by a Greek dude!). I speak some Greek, but I'm definitely not fluent. When I was little, I had a friend who pronounced Prezzioso "pruh-SEE-zee-o" for no discernible reason, and it stuck in my head for quite awhile. I also had serious arguments with another friend over whether the A in Schafer was short or long  |
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Post by Deleted on May 9, 2007 23:11:26 GMT -5
When I was a kid, David Michael Thomas came out as "David Mitchell Thomas" because I didn't know that Michael was spelled like that. I thought there was a k in Michael or something. It was until I was 14 and fell in love with Michael Stipe of R.E.M. that i realized i was wrong.
Somewhere along the line I figured out that Shea was actually pronounced "Shay" instead of "she-a." However, I was reading a book the other day and my brain still makes the "she-a" noise when I read his name.
And who the hell names their kid Byron? He's still brian in my world... I guess some of these things are just so ingrained that I'll never get over 'em
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Post by liss31d on May 10, 2007 4:06:09 GMT -5
I was pretty good at pronouncing the names (clearly I was a strange child!) but for the first year of reading the books I pronounced Spier as Spyer and Schafer as Skaffer!
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Post by dawnomite on May 10, 2007 12:07:44 GMT -5
When I was a kid, David Michael Thomas came out as "David Mitchell Thomas" because I didn't know that Michael was spelled like that. Omg! Me too. I said "David Mitchell" and "Emily Mitchell" (I guess I didn't notice that Michael and Michelle where spelled differently...) When I read my first couple of BSC books I thought they where both adopted and that's why they had a different last name than everyone else. I can't believe I just admited that. |
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Post by lilafowler on May 10, 2007 14:14:41 GMT -5
For no real reason, I assumed he was named after Shea Stadium.
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Post by mckay on May 10, 2007 14:41:08 GMT -5
When I was a kid, David Michael Thomas came out as "David Mitchell Thomas" because I didn't know that Michael was spelled like that. Omg! Me too. I said "David Mitchell" and "Emily Mitchell" (I guess I didn't notice that Michael and Michelle where spelled differently...) When I read my first couple of BSC books I thought they where both adopted and that's why they had a different last name than everyone else. I can't believe I just admited that. I completely forgot, but I used to read it as Emily Mitchell too! Always thought it was a weird name for a little girl... |
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Post by booboobrewer on May 10, 2007 17:40:04 GMT -5
Byron named after Lord Byron? (Heh.) The Pikes did have English ancestry...
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Post by sparklymouse on May 10, 2007 20:10:52 GMT -5
The one I had the most trouble with was Karen's step-father, Seth. I pronounced it with a long e, Seeth. Now that would be a weird name.
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Post by ktag on May 10, 2007 20:26:51 GMT -5
Byron named after Lord Byron? (Heh.) The Pikes did have English ancestry... I think Byron was his grandfather's name or something. It was in SS15. |
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Post by hitzpink on May 11, 2007 19:13:16 GMT -5
LOL, Emily Mitchell is hilarious you guys.
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Post by mckay on May 11, 2007 20:32:35 GMT -5
^^^ the saddest part? My best friend when I was a little girl was named Michele. I had no problems pronouncing her name!
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Post by Amalia on May 12, 2007 1:11:36 GMT -5
^ When I was little, I giggled to myself because I thought that Emily Michelle and David Michael both had the same middle name. Now I know better. For some reason, I had thought for the longest time that Kristy's name was Kirsty like Kirsty Alley.
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Post by Deleted on May 12, 2007 15:28:54 GMT -5
^ When I was little, I giggled to myself because I thought that Emily Michelle and David Michael both had the same middle name. I was the same way. when i was younger I thought the two names were pronounced the same. |
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