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== Literature ==

* [[Lampshade Hanging|Lampshaded]] in in [[Terry Pratchett]]'s ''[[Discworld]]'' novel ''[[~~Discworld/Hogfather|~~Hogfather]]'': [[Psycho for Hire]] Mr. Teatime keeps telling people that his name is pronounced "Te-ah-ti-meh". Fortunately, he only considers it ''slightly'' annoying when they get it wrong.

* [[Lampshade Hanging|Lampshaded]] in in [[Terry Pratchett]]'s ''[[Discworld]]'' novel ''[[Hogfather]]'': [[Psycho for Hire]] Mr. Teatime keeps telling people that his name is pronounced "Te-ah-ti-meh". Fortunately, he only considers it ''slightly'' annoying when they get it wrong.

** Amusingly, many of the cast in Sky One's ''Hogfather'' miniseries find more than one way to pronounce Te-ah-ti-meh" each, including Marc Warren (Mr. Teatime himself).

** This is brilliantly translated in French: Mr. Teatime is called M. Lheureduthé (which means exactly ''Teatime'') but wants people to pronounce it like "Le Redouté" -- ''The Feared''.

* Another ''[[Discworld]]'' one, from the ''[[~~Discworld/~~The Wee Free Men|Tiffany Aching]]'' subseries: "It's not 'Earwig', it's 'ah-WIJJ'." As the character is a self-important, etiquette-obsessed social climber, this may be a nod to ''[[Keeping Up Appearances]]''.

* Another ''[[Discworld]]'' one, from the ''[[The Wee Free Men|Tiffany Aching]]'' subseries: "It's not 'Earwig', it's 'ah-WIJJ'." As the character is a self-important, etiquette-obsessed social climber, this may be a nod to ''[[Keeping Up Appearances]]''.

** Also from the ''Tiffany Aching'' subseries: Roland de Chumsfanleigh, pronounced "Chuffley". Usually footnoted with, "It wasn't his fault."

* One more ''[[Discworld]]'' example: Edward d'Eath. This is a [[Real Life]] surname, though.

** And originally almost always spelled "Death". The surname derives from men who played the character of Death in the medieval mystery plays each English town put ~~on—the~~ roles were lifelong and hereditary. The "d'Eath" or "d'Ath" construction is meant to make the name sound Norman French (and therefore snooty).

** And originally almost always spelled "Death". The surname derives from men who played the character of Death in the medieval mystery plays each English town put on; the roles were lifelong and hereditary. The "d'Eath" or "d'Ath" construction is meant to make the name sound Norman French (and therefore snooty).

* [[Lord Peter Wimsey]] has two middle names: Death and Bredon. The first is supposed to be pronounced "deeth". This actually matters in one of the novels.

** In ''Murder Must Advertise'' (and in at least one other story: "A Matter of Taste" perhaps?){{verify}} he uses the pseudonym Death Bredon and remarks, more or less, "It's usually rhymed with teeth but I find it so much more fun to rhyme it with breath."

* Perhaps inspiring the Count de Money mentioned above, the novel ''[[The Red and The Black]]'' has a character named the Comte de Thaler (thaler as in [[Meaningful Name|the German word that became "dollar"]]) who is a [[Lawyer-Friendly Cameo]] of one of the Rothschilds and whose German name would be pronounced "Thalay" in France.