1. DLP Flash Christmas Competition + Writing Marathon 2024!

    Competition topic: Magical New Year!

    Marathon goal? Crank out words!

    Check the marathon thread or competition thread for details.

    Dismiss Notice
  2. Hi there, Guest

    Only registered users can really experience what DLP has to offer. Many forums are only accessible if you have an account. Why don't you register?
    Dismiss Notice
  3. Introducing for your Perusing Pleasure

    New Thread Thursday
    +
    Shit Post Sunday

    READ ME
    Dismiss Notice

Harry Potter Misconceptions

Discussion in 'General Discussion' started by Skeletaure, Jul 31, 2012.

  1. Striker

    Striker What's up demons?

    Joined:
    Aug 7, 2010
    Messages:
    1,500
    Gender:
    Male
    Location:
    In the Tesla
    It's... not Seam-Uss? :(
     
  2. Bill Door

    Bill Door The Chosen One DLP Supporter

    Joined:
    Dec 1, 2011
    Messages:
    2,145
    Location:
    Behind You
    Nope. It's pronounced Shame-uss.
     
  3. Pieman

    Pieman Seventh Year

    Joined:
    Jan 28, 2008
    Messages:
    254
    Hell, I thought the same until I was like 15 on account of being illiterate Australian swine. When I finally made the connection between the character and my racist hate-filled stereotypes (all of them being green drunks named shay-mus) about the Irish, I damn near shat a second Uluru.
     
  4. Nocturnesthesia

    Nocturnesthesia Fourth Year

    Joined:
    May 10, 2012
    Messages:
    137
    Location:
    Canada
    I pronounced 'Sirius' as 'Cyrus' for a while. Lucius was also 'Loo-shuss'.

    I also pictured Hagrid as Tony the Tiger. I still mentally read his lines with Tony the Tiger's voice. Snape had a neckbeard too.
     
  5. Striker

    Striker What's up demons?

    Joined:
    Aug 7, 2010
    Messages:
    1,500
    Gender:
    Male
    Location:
    In the Tesla
    It's not Loo-shuss!?
     
  6. Bill Door

    Bill Door The Chosen One DLP Supporter

    Joined:
    Dec 1, 2011
    Messages:
    2,145
    Location:
    Behind You
    I thought it was more like Loo-see-uss.
     
  7. KHAAAAAAAN!!

    KHAAAAAAAN!! Troll in the Dungeon –§ Prestigious §– DLP Supporter

    Joined:
    Apr 18, 2011
    Messages:
    1,079
    Gender:
    Male
    Location:
    Under your bed.
    High Score:
    4,507
    Depends on your accent. Both are technically correct.
     
  8. Aekiel

    Aekiel Angle of Mispeling ~ Prestige ~ DLP Supporter

    Joined:
    Mar 16, 2006
    Messages:
    1,511
    Location:
    One of the Shires
    High Score:
    9,373
    God damn you people need to learn to read.
     
  9. Wildfeather

    Wildfeather The Nidokaiser ~ Prestige ~

    Joined:
    Oct 18, 2007
    Messages:
    353
    Gender:
    Male
    Location:
    Florida
    High Score:
    2,011
    I was taught to read phonetically, which means that anything borrowed from a foreign language is going to be horribly mangled. For example: Akatsuki "Ah Cat Suki" and not " Ah Cut Ski".
     
    Last edited: Aug 19, 2012
  10. afrojack

    afrojack Chief Warlock DLP Supporter

    Joined:
    Dec 29, 2006
    Messages:
    1,592
    Gender:
    Male
    Location:
    Southron California
    I came in here to see what I'd been pronouncing wrong in Harry Potter, only to learn that I've been doing Naruto wrong for years as well.

    /facepalm
     
  11. Joe's Nemesis

    Joe's Nemesis High Score: 2,058 ~ Prestige ~

    Joined:
    Jan 29, 2012
    Messages:
    1,191
    High Score:
    2,058
    ???

    If they're able to post in a forum, reading obviously isn't the problem.
     
  12. Warlocke

    Warlocke Fourth Champion

    Joined:
    Sep 17, 2006
    Messages:
    3,051
    Gender:
    Male
    Location:
    The armpit of Ohio
    Right? Ginerva sounds like a deleterious condition.

    "He was suffering from a pernicious case of ginerva, but the doctor prescribed some antibiotics and a special shampoo; hopefully that will clear it up."


    There's lumbago, vertigo, and ginerva. God help you if you get all three at once.

    I know there are a lot of people out there who think Ginny is a disease but, really, 'Ginerva?' I've just never understood that one. It doesn't sound like something you'd name a human being... more like a classification for fungus. :facepalm
     
  13. Ched

    Ched Da Trek Moderator DLP Supporter ⭐⭐

    Joined:
    Jan 6, 2009
    Messages:
    8,379
    Location:
    The South
    Assume anyone with that many posts on this forum is being funny/sarcastic.
     
  14. Kyouzou

    Kyouzou First Year

    Joined:
    Jul 29, 2011
    Messages:
    46
    I used to pronounce it Lu-Key-Us, as in the latin name.
     
  15. MiLLo

    MiLLo Squib

    Joined:
    Aug 28, 2011
    Messages:
    12
    Wait what? FML...
     
    Last edited: Aug 19, 2012
  16. wolf550e

    wolf550e High Inquisitor DLP Supporter

    Joined:
    Nov 9, 2006
    Messages:
    585
    Gender:
    Male
  17. I, too, was under the belief that Ginny's full name was Ginerva. Well, live and learn. Seamus was 'Seam-uss' too, at least until the movies.
     
  18. Katricia

    Katricia DA Member

    Joined:
    Sep 11, 2009
    Messages:
    156
    Location:
    United States
    I don't know why, but I remember when I first read Harry Potter 7, I thought that the '19 years later' bit was a lot more than 19 years later. So I pictured Harry & co. as upper-middle aged, instead of in their 30s.

    Even once I figured out it was only 19 years later, I couldn't get rid of the mental image until the movie came out. xD
     
  19. Yeagen

    Yeagen First Year

    Joined:
    Oct 10, 2011
    Messages:
    43
    Location:
    A planet in the Milky Way Galaxy
    That Harry Potter was a wizard with magical powers who attended Hogwarts.

    http://imgur.com/gallery/wq8Xm

    In all seriousness, I also got the pronunciation wrong on Sirius. Also, I don't remember exactly if I thought this and this would be a fairly large misconception if so but I believe there was a strong chance I thought Tonks was a man when I first read OotP. :facepalm

    Yes, that's a fairly large reading fail but I was much younger then and was probably just gobbling down the book as fast as I could.

    Last misconception I had(and this is just my personal opinion here) that PoA (my favorite Hp book) would eventually be outclassed by a later book in the series. To me it never was, and remains my favorite. I'm not sure why I liked PoA so much but I just find that one to be particularly excellent. It was also a refreshing change that Voldemort really wasn't in the book at all and instead focused on characters like Lupin, Sirius, and Peter.
     
  20. Ched

    Ched Da Trek Moderator DLP Supporter ⭐⭐

    Joined:
    Jan 6, 2009
    Messages:
    8,379
    Location:
    The South
    PoA was my favorite as well.
     
Loading...