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Goofee Oct 2020 2:56pm, 14 Oct 2020 3,200 posts	Quote Pin Goofee Similar to HappyG but muuuuch older - I read the entire first Harry Potter book out loud to my daughter pronouncing Hermione 'Her-me-own-ee'.
Albert O Balsam Oct 2020 3:46pm, 14 Oct 2020 709 posts	Quote Pin Albert O Balsam franceisbacon.com not mine, I hasten to add !
GregP Oct 2020 3:52pm, 14 Oct 2020 123,079 posts	Quote Pin GregP +1 with Hermione and also Rocinante (from the Expanse novels) - I mentally pronounced ROCKYnanty not rossiNARNTeh
McGoohan Oct 2020 3:58pm, 14 Oct 2020 47,059 posts	Quote Pin McGoohan I'd never heard of the name Lois when I was a kid. Didn't even see the O and the I in the right order. So when I read Superman comics, I saw his girlfriend as Lee-os Lane.
um Oct 2020 3:58pm, 14 Oct 2020 3,513 posts	Quote Pin um That the triangle on a car fuel gauge is actually an arrow to the side the fuel cap is on.
Paul N Oct 2020 3:59pm, 14 Oct 2020 1,749 posts	Quote Pin Paul N I used to work in commercial property lending, and developed an unfortunate habit of referring to Knight Frank (global property consultancy) as Frank Knight (geezer from the boozer - probably). Chagrin ensued.
GregP Oct 2020 4:00pm, 14 Oct 2020 123,080 posts	Quote Pin GregP Good effort um. That's an odd one - I remember being gobsmacked when someone pointed it out (certainly within the last 15 years) - and I'm still finding it isn't that well known.
Goofee Oct 2020 4:00pm, 14 Oct 2020 3,201 posts	Quote Pin Goofee um, I only realised the petrol cap thing last year!
um Oct 2020 4:01pm, 14 Oct 2020 3,514 posts	Quote Pin um That the latin-American called Jesus (in mails) was 'Hay-zu' on concalls. Same for Jorge, who was 'Hor-hay'. (no disrespect intended to anyone, just my blinkered assumptions)
um Oct 2020 4:04pm, 14 Oct 2020 3,515 posts	Quote Pin um (Triangles & fuel gauges - I only found out about 10 years ago - but after 100s of car rentals in many countries. Unfortunately it was my bosss who took great delight in explaining. Fortunately there were a whole group of us in the same situation, so his delight was well spread out)