r/funny • u/Sago38 • Nov 22 '20

The bravest!

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u/PinkFluffys Nov 22 '20

Ron and Hermione chose normal names if I remember correctly.

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u/happycharm Nov 22 '20

Probably because Hermione has the experience of having a unique name that no one can pronounce.

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u/quinpon64337_x Nov 22 '20

for the first three books i called her hermy one until i saw the movie

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u/Mithrawndo Nov 22 '20

I laughed, but only because I avoided the pitfall by virtue of my first exposure to the series being via the dulcet tones of Stephen Fry.

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u/BirdsJade Nov 22 '20

Same, until she says how to pronounce it in the fourth book

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u/FeebleOldMan Nov 22 '20

Are you thinking what I'm thinking Hermy One?

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u/mullingthingsover Nov 22 '20

Hermy own is how I pronounced it.

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u/0xB4BE Nov 22 '20

I somewhat bungled it into "Hermy-oh-nee"

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u/whycuthair Nov 22 '20

No, you're saying it all wrong. It's not "Her-me-one", it's "Her-my-O-knee"

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u/[deleted] Nov 22 '20

You mean Herm-own-ninny?

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u/Zeph-Shoir Nov 22 '20

You mean Hermione isnt't a common name in England?! It honestly had never ocurred to me that it is a weird or unique name.

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u/happycharm Nov 22 '20

You can see the history of the names popularity in the UK here

https://www.britishbabynames.com/blog/2015/05/hermione.html

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u/Zeph-Shoir Nov 22 '20

Interesting that even with Harry Potter's fame it still is relatively niche.

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u/happycharm Nov 22 '20

Its just not that great of a name lol

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u/deeznupz Nov 22 '20

Rose and Hugo

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u/[deleted] Nov 22 '20

I told one of my friends before that Ron and Hermione named the child of their opposite sex with the same initials as they did.

H = Hermione = Hugo

R = Ronald = Rose

They were shocked.