Egg-Lonted Man is the Worst and other mis-pronunciations.

[DevilBat66]

What names/words did you mispronounce/read only to find out later you were wrong.

Not things like Magnehto vs Magneeto but ones where YOU just totally blew it.

One of the biggest for me was The Elongated Man.

I pronounced that like "Egg-lonted" Man a little farther into my teens than I like to admit. Still have a hard time not reading it that way.

I contribute this to my dislike for the character over the years. What the hell is Egglonted anyway? ( I know now. Just saying.....)

[caj]

This probably doesn't count but for years I called Red Tornado 'Red Tomato' because of a joke Green Arrow made in JLofA #146.

[Mutant 77]

I used to pronunce "Doom Patrol" as "Dum Petrol".

Not only I just realized that it has to be pronunced: "Dum Patrol", but also: "Dum Pà --- trol".

[Güicho]

What names/words did you mispronounce/read only to find out later you were wrong.

Not things like Magnehto vs Magneeto but ones where YOU just totally blew it.

One of the biggest for me was The Elongated Man.

I pronounced that like "Egg-lonted" Man a little farther into my teens than I like to admit. Still have a hard time not reading it that way.

I contribute this to my dislike for the character over the years. What the hell is Egglonted anyway? ( I know now. Just saying.....)

You were so close.

[QUOTE][QUOTE]

At Marvel I used to think Namor wss pronounced like the word Submarine + err

[Pohzee]

I still don't know if I read Ra's Al Ghul right.

[caj]

Not to derail this thread, but since we're talking pronunciations, I have a question.

Different people pronounce Aunt differently. Some say 'ont' and others say 'ant'. So how do you pronounce Zatanna? is it 'Zatonna' or 'Zatanna'

[Lee Stone]

Not to derail this thread, but since we're talking pronunciations, I have a question.

Different people pronounce Aunt differently. Some say 'ont' and others say 'ant'. So how do you pronounce Zatanna? is it 'Zatonna' or 'Zatanna'

I do "Zatanna".

[The Darknight Detective]

I do "Zatanna".

Same here, Lee.

[The Darknight Detective]

Here's one: when I first discovered Chameleon Boy back in '74, I thought it was pronounced CHAM-a-lon Boy. Later on in the year, I was watching an episode of Wild Kingdom that featured a chameleon. I put 2 and 2 together immediately.

[caj]

I do "Zatanna".

See, I've been pronouncing it wrong for 40 years now.

[dancj]

Not to derail this thread, but since we're talking pronunciations, I have a question.

Different people pronounce Aunt differently. Some say 'ont' and others say 'ant'. So how do you pronounce Zatanna? is it 'Zatonna' or 'Zatanna'

I'm guessing you're american.

From here in England, it looks like Americans don't actually have an "o" sound at all - and either use "ah" or "aw" in it's place.

So to us, "aunt" is pronounced "ahnt" (the same as aren't) - never "ont" - but I think that's probably what you're talking about.

For me personally it's:
Zat-ann-a, not Zat-ah-na
A-qua-man not Ah-qua-man
Loo-thur not Loo-thor

Ones I got wrong:
I thought "Lois" was pronounced l-oy-ss
I thought Andy Helfer was Andy Hefler.
I just didn't heve a clue about Doug Moench (now know it's pronounced Mench)

[caj]

I'm guessing you're american.

From here in England, it looks like Americans don't actually have an "o" sound at all - and either use "ah" or "aw" in it's place.

So to us, "aunt" is pronounced "ahnt" (the same as aren't) - never "ont" - but I think that's probably what you're talking about.

Yeah, I probably should've used 'ahnt' in my example instead of 'ont'. I was trying to convey my pronunciation, but it's probably more accurate to use 'Zatahna'. Thanks.

[silly]

I still don't know if I read Ra's Al Ghul right.

Or his descendant in Kingdom Come. Ibx something.

[Güicho]

Or his descendant in Kingdom Come. Ibx something.

LOL! That would be Ibn al Xu'ffasch (means Son of the Bat), the son of Batman(Bruce Wayne) and Talia al Ghul.

Some suggestion for the House of al-Ghul pronunciation - http://varevare.tumblr.com/post/2048...nciation-guide

[The Darknight Detective]

What names/words did you mispronounce/read only to find out later you were wrong.

Not things like Magnehto vs Magneeto but ones where YOU just totally blew it.

One of the biggest for me was The Elongated Man.

I pronounced that like "Egg-lonted" Man a little farther into my teens than I like to admit. Still have a hard time not reading it that way.

I contribute this to my dislike for the character over the years. What the hell is Egglonted anyway? ( I know now. Just saying.....)

I actually pronounced his name right at first, but my best friend said it was supposed to be El-en-JAY-ted Man. It was years before I found out I was right all the time.