I used to have a problem with real names: I initially read Anne (I'd only come across it without the E) as Annie - my excuse was being five. It took me a while to get used to the other way. I had a series of books with a character called Simone, who I pronounced Sim-on-ee for ages. No idea where I got that from.
When I read Game of Thrones I pronounced Jaime as Zhame rather than Jamie, and I remember Jacon, a character in the Star Wars novels who I thought of as Jackon rather than Jason. With the former I changed my mental pronunciation when I watched the series, but the latter is still Jackon in my mind (although it must be 20 years since I read the books), mainly because there is little to reinforce the alternative.
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Date: 2015-02-11 01:28 pm (UTC)When I read Game of Thrones I pronounced Jaime as Zhame rather than Jamie, and I remember Jacon, a character in the Star Wars novels who I thought of as Jackon rather than Jason. With the former I changed my mental pronunciation when I watched the series, but the latter is still Jackon in my mind (although it must be 20 years since I read the books), mainly because there is little to reinforce the alternative.