How to cause a riot in a Korean high school girls’ classroom. Declare that the word is pronounced “Her-my-oh-ne” and that all of Korea is wrong and it is not “Her-me-own.” Threats of bodily harm.
“NO. THAT’S NOT WHAT IT IS.”
“TEACHER WRONG. WRONG! HER-ME-OWN!”
Tears of rage on both sides.
edit @lifeandlove: haha me too! Book 4 set me right. I wonder how the translation handled it. And that it’s pronounced “Her-my-oh-ne” in the movies?? Denial is not just a river in Egypt!!! x) entertainment. I can’t pretend it’s just them though. I was reciting a poem in class today and I go “Noli me tangere” tang like tangle, and my prof interrupts me and goes “It’s a g like a j, not like a gg.” and I’m like “NO. I have seen documentaries that said tangere like tanggeray and…” and he was like “… WRONG.”
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lauralikes said:
hahaha my roommates and i were just talking about mispronouncing her name in our heads for so long before we realized we were totally wrong :(
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lifeandloveincanada said:
this is where you whip out book 4 where heromine is teaching krum how to pronounce her name properly. myself and all my friends thought it was her-me-own until that book set us straight.
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