Ten Literary Characters We Mispronounce Most

As you know, you don't have to read books to look smart, you just have to talk about books as if you read them. But mispronouncing a key character's name will undo your entire web of lies.

A new survey by Audible.com found the top 10 book characters whose names we mispronounce. Check 'em out:

1. Don Quixote. (Pronounced Don Kee-ho-tee.)
2. Daenerys Targaryen from "Game of Thrones". (Duh-nair-is Tar-gair-ee-in.)
3. Oedipus. (Eh-dih-pus.)
4. Hermione from "Harry Potter". (Her-my-oh-nee.)
5. Beowulf. (Bay-oh-wulf.)
6. Poirot from Agatha Christie's mystery novels. (Pwa-roh.)
7. Smaug from "The Hobbit". (It's Smowg, not "smog.")
8. Voldemort from "Harry Potter". (Vol-de-more. The "t" was supposed to be silent. But they changed it for the movies.)
9. Violet Beauregarde from "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory". (Vie-ah-let bore-ar-garr.)
10. Piscine Patel from "Life of Pi". (Piss-een Pat-el.)

Read more at BT.com.