# Tiny errors that drive you insane **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 29, 2016, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tiny-errors-that-drive-you-insane/747557 "2016-02-29T19:58:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 7
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2016, 10:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tiny-errors-that-drive-you-insane/747557/121 "2016-03-03T10:34:30Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > Speaking of bad pronounciating, it bugs me when someone gets introduced as “here is Dr. Heincles” and he says it “hine culs”, and then someone responds “glad to meet you, Dr Hen clees”. Obviously there was no pronunciation guide with the script, and each actor just read it their own way. This is usually in sci-fi shows with their weird alien names. I generally see it more with regular names with multiple pronunciations. (Ahn-dray-ah vs An-dree-ah vs Ahn-dree-ah, for Andrea, frex.) It does drive me nuts. Especially because the victims never get tired of having their names constantly mispronounced at them and correct people. ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2016, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tiny-errors-that-drive-you-insane/747557/122 "2016-03-03T13:33:22Z")
I understand it’s an easy typo to make, but there’s a big difference between _in_patient and _im_patient. ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2016, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tiny-errors-that-drive-you-insane/747557/123 "2016-03-03T14:25:12Z")
> [@desertmonk](#): > > But how do you feel about the scientific accuracy of Futurama? It’s all right on target, as far as I’m concerned. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2016, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tiny-errors-that-drive-you-insane/747557/124 "2016-03-03T14:30:42Z")
It’s all right on target, as far as I’m concerned. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2016, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tiny-errors-that-drive-you-insane/747557/125 "2016-03-03T14:51:59Z")
All hail Hypno-Toad. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2016, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tiny-errors-that-drive-you-insane/747557/126 "2016-03-03T16:10:40Z")
> [@thelurkinghorror](#): > > You need to reign in your objections. And hone in on what the real problem is. ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2016, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tiny-errors-that-drive-you-insane/747557/127 "2016-03-03T16:19:26Z")
> [@Beware\_of\_Doug](#): > > Anytime there’s a story (online or not!) about someone whose name ends in _-ski_ or -_sky_, the chances are 50/50 the name will, at some point, be spelled _-ksi_ or -_ksy_. There’s a character in the Ring of Fire series whose name is probably Magda. Probably, I say, because it gets spelled Madga half the freaking time. ---
**Author:** ![Abner\_Ravenwood](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c4cdca/32.png) [@Abner\_Ravenwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Abner_Ravenwood)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2016, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tiny-errors-that-drive-you-insane/747557/128 "2016-03-03T18:38:33Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > Speaking of bad pronounciating, it bugs me when someone gets introduced as “here is Dr. Heincles” and he says it “hine culs”, and then someone responds “glad to meet you, Dr Hen clees”. Obviously there was no pronunciation guide with the script, and each actor just read it their own way. This is usually in sci-fi shows with their weird alien names. > > Real people would actually hear the name, and get the same pronunciation. But, even so, you’d think in the first rehearsal they’d get on the same page, but nope. I’ve seen this in finished episodes. My last name gets mispronounced pretty much by everybody I meet, even right after I say it to them. But it doesn’t bother me that much, seeing as how there are at least three different ways it’s pronounced within the family, and I use one of the “wrong” pronunciations myself. ---
**Author:** ![Abner\_Ravenwood](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c4cdca/32.png) [@Abner\_Ravenwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Abner_Ravenwood)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2016, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tiny-errors-that-drive-you-insane/747557/129 "2016-03-03T18:43:30Z")
> [@Kamino\_Neko](#): > > I generally see it more with regular names with multiple pronunciations. (Ahn-dray-ah vs An-dree-ah vs Ahn-dree-ah, for Andrea, frex.) It does drive me nuts. Especially because the victims never get tired of having their names constantly mispronounced at them and correct people. Speaking of Andrea, I learned the hard way in my college Italian class that Andrea is a men’s name in Italy, after the professor and the class had a good laugh at my expense. Another pro tip is to make sure you pronounce words with double consonants, such as “anno,” properly. Otherwise you might tell the class that you are expecting to graduate from college next anus. ---
**Author:** ![aldiboronti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9fc348/32.png) [@aldiboronti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aldiboronti)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2016, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tiny-errors-that-drive-you-insane/747557/130 "2016-03-03T19:29:25Z")
It alwys bugs me to hear Professor Xavier pronounced Gzavier in X-Men. Initial X in English is pronounced as Z, for God’s sake. We don’t play gzylophones. ---
**Author:** ![fachverwirrt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/94ad74/32.png) [@fachverwirrt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fachverwirrt)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2016, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tiny-errors-that-drive-you-insane/747557/131 "2016-03-03T20:21:25Z")
> [@aldiboronti](#): > > It alwys bugs me to hear Professor Xavier pronounced Gzavier in X-Men. Initial X in English is pronounced as Z, for God’s sake. We don’t play gzylophones. I have a student named Xavier who pronounces it that way. Even if English had phonemic consistency (it doesn’t), people can pronounce their names however the hell they want. (That said, I have no idea if there is a canonic pronunciation of Professor X.) ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2016, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tiny-errors-that-drive-you-insane/747557/132 "2016-03-03T20:42:33Z")
> [@fachverwirrt](#): > > (That said, I have no idea if there is a canonic pronunciation of Professor X.) “Professor Gz” ---
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2016, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tiny-errors-that-drive-you-insane/747557/133 "2016-03-03T20:45:26Z")
Stars. Is there any indication that in real life a star looks like a five- or six-pointed ‘star?’ I don’t think so. ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Bean](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_bean/32/1760_2.png) [@Green\_Bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Bean)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2016, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tiny-errors-that-drive-you-insane/747557/134 "2016-03-03T20:46:43Z")
> [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > In general. I will never forget a character on 21 Jump St saying “I grew up in mun-auch-ee, New Jersey.” How did you grow up there and not learn it is pronounced MOON-auck-ee? Couldn’t someone on the show call the borough hall and get the correct pronounciation. I read that and realized I didn’t actually know where Moonachie is. So I googled it. And one of the first hits directed me to the Moonachie Poilce Department. 😃 ETA: It’s in the green text on the Google resilts page. ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2016, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tiny-errors-that-drive-you-insane/747557/135 "2016-03-03T20:53:16Z")
> [@Green\_Bean](#): > > I read that and realized I didn’t actually know where Moonachie is. So I googled it. > > And one of the first hits directed me to the Moonachie Poilce Department. 😃 > ETA: It’s in the green text on the Google resilts page. Of course, because green is the ideal color to represent silt. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2016, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tiny-errors-that-drive-you-insane/747557/136 "2016-03-03T20:55:21Z")
> [@Rick](#): > > Sorry, but I have to nitpick your nitpick. My father who for 40 years after WWII was in charge of building some very large very famous concrete buildings here in Southern California always said pour. As in we are pouring on Friday, so I will be home late. Yeah, it’s common usage, even in the trade. Our guys always said “We’ve got a concrete pour tomorrow”. It’s shorthand and easier to say than ‘placement’. ---
**Author:** ![Velocity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/velocity/32/18006_2.png) [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2016, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tiny-errors-that-drive-you-insane/747557/137 "2016-03-03T20:58:36Z")
_This is a dire nuclear crisis! We’re going to DEFCON 5!_ ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2016, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tiny-errors-that-drive-you-insane/747557/138 "2016-03-03T21:05:03Z")
> [@](#): > > Quoth **Nava** : > > There’s a character in the Ring of Fire series whose name is probably Magda. Probably, I say, because it gets spelled Madga half the freaking time. Definitely “Magda”, because it’s short for “Magdalena”. I didn’t notice the misspellings, though. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2016, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tiny-errors-that-drive-you-insane/747557/139 "2016-03-03T21:10:28Z")
> [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](#): > > Stars. Is there any indication that in real life a star looks like a five- or six-pointed ‘star?’ Fun fact: In heraldry, stars are usually referred to as mullets, i.e., spurs. ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2016, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tiny-errors-that-drive-you-insane/747557/140 "2016-03-03T21:47:05Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > Fun fact: In heraldry, stars are usually referred to as mullets, i.e., spurs. When they’re not called etoiles. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tiny-errors-that-drive-you-insane/747557.md?page=6) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tiny-errors-that-drive-you-insane/747557.md?page=8)