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Andy Mokler
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I still recall the time I thought I'd stumbled onto something no one else knew about. Cinco de Mayo(more like Cincodemayo in my head) was on May 5th every year. Granted, I was 10 at the time and didn't know too many spanish words.
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Brian Miller
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I never thought of Cain Marko or Arby's before now. Kinda feel like a doofus.
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Stephen Robinson
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JB: Not certain this is what you're looking for, but
when I was a kid I thought the name of Superman's city-
stealing foe was pronounced "Bran-ick." It wasn't until
years later that my brain focused and I realized it was
"Brain-ee-ack." That was more of an eye-roll than a
"duh," tho. When I got the correct pronunciation I
realized this was yet another villain who was basically
called "Mr. Badguy."
SER: I have a fondness for "Mr. Badguy" names, but as
much as I like "Sinestro," it seems inappropriate for a
villain who started off as a hero. What did the
Guardians expect?
("Judas" also sounds like someone you shouldn't trust
but I think that's more a case of the name retroactively
assuming a negative connotation -- same with "Delilah").
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Roy Johnson
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I'll admit my stupidity now, but I dont get how "Brainiac" is like "Mr. Badguy". What am I missing?
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Matt Hawes
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I didn't think about the names for "Arby's" or "Frank Einstein" before! Yet more "duh" moments for me!
Here's a couple others:
It took me some years before l realized "Ms. Tree" was supposed to be a play on "mystery". I also thought the Image comic titled "DV-8" was just a goofy title until I read the name aloud one day and realized it was a play on "deviate," which makes sense given the comic.
Duh!
One that I did get right away, but too many people I have come across did not because they did not recognize the pronunciation of a written word is "Hard Corps." I know a number of people that pronounced it "hard corpse" instead of "hardcore."
Edited by Matt Hawes on 16 February 2015 at 12:00pm
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Anthony J Lombardi
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This was a duh moment for the longest time growing up I would mispronounce JB's last name. I use to pronounce it Byron. It really was a duh moment for me the first time I went into a comic book store and was finally corrected. I was so glad It happened before I actually met John.It would have been so embarrassing to have addressed him wrong.
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Matt Hawes
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You probably wouldn't have been the first, Anthony. ;-)
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David Bensette
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America's roast beef...YES SIR!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3jx9eozrldk
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Peter Martin
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It was only in the last couple of years that I recognised the arrow in the middle of FedEx's logo.
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Leigh DJ Hunt
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I'll admit my stupidity now, but I dont get how "Brainiac" is like "Mr. Badguy". What am I missing?-------------------------------------------------- I guess coz it rhymes with Maniac which I admit I didn't think about as a kid either.
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Wallace Sellars
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I did not immediately realize the Amazon "smile" was also an arrow
positioned to reflect that the site had everything from A to Z.
Edited by Wallace Sellars on 16 February 2015 at 2:24pm
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John Byrne
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There's nothing intrinsically villainous about "Brainiac." With a lower case B it's just slang -- usually sarcastic in some fashion -- for a smart person. But when a badguy USES it, it becomes a badguy name. (And, yes, I am aware of Brainiac-5. He was yet another reason I didn't like the Legion.)
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