tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5447325112772188473.post5044192185313987735..comments2023-10-02T07:51:53.128-04:00Comments on Getting Kids Reading: "Reading" EnglishJoyce Granthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18039541576481018198noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5447325112772188473.post-31645928014759801352009-12-16T21:11:34.025-05:002009-12-16T21:11:34.025-05:00Lol!Lol!Joyce Granthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18039541576481018198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5447325112772188473.post-86643820826767197102009-12-12T19:46:48.240-05:002009-12-12T19:46:48.240-05:00I learnt many words alone as a reader which meant ...I learnt many words alone as a reader which meant I worked out meaning from the context, but pronunciation was hit and miss. <br /><br />So I remember adults laughing when I said <br />Coll O Nell (colonel), Lee O Pard (leopard). <br /><br />Even as a young adult reading PG Wodehouse, I had all sorts of fun with Cholmondley (Chumley, I think), Worcester (Wooster). And then I discovered I was actually reading Woodhouse!BookChookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06230711251425187241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5447325112772188473.post-24242768167563633162009-11-24T10:45:40.187-05:002009-11-24T10:45:40.187-05:00Yes - names are the best! My son and I still argue...Yes - names are the best! My son and I still argue about the pronunciation of some of the spells in Harry Potter. (If you say 'em wrong, they don't work, apparently.) Hee.Joycenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5447325112772188473.post-3523324366574663852009-11-23T16:46:36.556-05:002009-11-23T16:46:36.556-05:00I heard JK Rowling say one reader announced that &...I heard JK Rowling say one reader announced that "Hermy-One" (pronounced like the number one)and not "Heir-MY-oh-nee" was their favorite character in the Harry Potter series. I loved that one!dualorihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14710410528285805413noreply@blogger.com