«Breaking News» J.K. Rowling tells fan she had Hermione pronounce her name on purpose

Unless you were an expert in Greek mythology, you may have struggled to pronounce Hermione Granger's name correctly back when the first Harry Potter books hit shelves.

Quite a lot of fans of the series were saying her name as 'Hermy-own' or 'Hermy-one' as they tore through the early novels — until author J.K. Rowling helpfully wrote a passage in Goblet of Fire, having Hermione teach Viktor Krum the right way to say her name.

This week, a fan ventured on Twitter that Rowling likely included that bit on purpose to help readers out — and the writer tweeted back to confirm that it was true.

Correct! J.K. Rowling confirmed a Twitter fan's theory about the fourth book in the Harry Potter series this week

True: The fan wrote that she thought Rowling had Hermione teach Viktor Krum how to pronounce her name so readers would know the right way to say it

You've got it! Rowling fired off a quick reply to tell her she was right

In Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Hermione dates Viktor Krum, a visiting student from the Eastern European magic school of Durmstrang. 

'Hermione was now teaching Krum to say her name properly; he kept calling her "Hermy-own,"' the passage reads.

'"Her – my – oh – nee," she said, slowly and clearly.

'"Herm – own – ninny."

'"Close enough," she said, catching Harry’s eye and grinning.'

While it makes sense that Krum, who spoke limited English, would struggle with the name, plenty of English-speaking readers were also butchering it at home — something Rowling came to learn to well from interactions with her fans.

Huh? Before Goblet of Fire was released, there were three Harry Potter books — and no films to help guide people to say 'Hermione' the right way

In the fourth book, Hermione gives Viktor Krum a lesson in pronunciation

Winner: Rowling had heard a lot of people say it wrong, but one of her favorites was 'Hermy-won'

On a Monday, a woman from India who goes by Atulla wrote on Twitter: 'Theory: @jk_rowling included that passage on how to pronounce Hermione's name in Goblet of Fire just to school all of us who were saying HER-MY-OWN like Viktor Krum.'

Rowling happened to come across the tweet, replying: 'Theory correct.'  

Her reply has been liked 16,000 times, with many fans chiming in to share how they used to mispronounce her name.

'My favourite mispronunciation of 'Hermione' was "Hermy - won." It suited her!' Rowling wrote in 2017.

In fact, this isn't the first time that Rowling has said she included the passage to guide readers. 

In 2000 while promoting the release of Goblet of Fire, the author went on the Today show, where she was interviewed by Katie Couric.

Flashback: She's actually revealed that the passage was included for that purpose before (pictured in 2000)

Quote: She told Katie Couric in 2000, 'Erm, people will notice I put in how to pronounce Hermione in book four'

When Couric read a fan question about how to pronounce all the made-up names and words in her books, Rowling laughed.

'Erm, people will notice I put in how to pronounce Hermione in book four,' she said, confirming to Couric that a lot of people were asking about it.

'I introduced Hermione to a Bulgarian who couldn't say her name and so then she explains it, so that was my get-out-of-jail card on that one,' she added.

Though Rowling certainly came up with a few words of her own, most of the names are based in mythology — including Hermione.

In Greek mythology, Hermione was the daughter King Menelaus of Sparta and Helen of Troy. 

Hermione is also the name of the queen in Shakespeare's A Winter's Tale 

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Main photo article Unless you were an expert in Greek mythology, you may have struggled to pronounce Hermione Granger’s name correctly back when the first Harry Potter books hit shelves.
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