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El Supremo

(20,365 posts) Sun Sep 4, 2016, 07:29 PM Sep 2016

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The Weather Channel has a solution for the debatable pronunciation of Hurricane Hermine.

They just don't say it. They call it "the storm" most of the time.

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The Weather Channel has a solution for the debatable pronunciation of Hurricane Hermine. (Original Post) El Supremo Sep 2016 OP

Until the movies came out... yallerdawg Sep 2016 #1

Harry Potter's friend in the stories is Hermione, not Hermine. backscatter712 Sep 2016 #3

Easy for you to say! yallerdawg Sep 2016 #4

Rename her Heloise. n/t malthaussen Sep 2016 #2

yallerdawg

(16,104 posts)

1. Until the movies came out...

Reply to El Supremo (Original post)

Sun Sep 4, 2016, 07:36 PM

Sep 2016

I always called her that "Harry Potter girl" - couldn't even guess how to pronounce that one!

backscatter712

(26,355 posts)

3. Harry Potter's friend in the stories is Hermione, not Hermine.

Reply to yallerdawg (Reply #1)

Mon Sep 5, 2016, 12:54 PM

Sep 2016

IIRC, Hermione is pronounced "Her-my-uh-nie".

Not sure how Hermine is supposed to be pronounced. I assumed it was "Her-mine".

yallerdawg

(16,104 posts)

4. Easy for you to say!

Reply to backscatter712 (Reply #3)

Mon Sep 5, 2016, 01:08 PM

Sep 2016

I think I got it right the first time!

malthaussen

(17,183 posts)

2. Rename her Heloise. n/t

Reply to El Supremo (Original post)

Mon Sep 5, 2016, 09:59 AM

Sep 2016

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