Psmith Psyndrome: Difference between revisions

 

[[Hollywood Spelling]] is the inverse of this trope to some extent. Compare [[It Is Pronounced "Tro-PAY"]]. Can overlap with [[Painting the Fourth Wall]] or [[Medium Awareness]].

 

== Anime & Manga ==

* This trope is infamously well-loved by manga creators. Because Japanese names can be drastically different despite using the same kanji, characters are often seen stating that they use a rare reading. It's a level up on reading Smith as either "smith" or "smythe". On the other side of this trope, in which the same name can be written with sometimes wildly differing kanji, even characters in manga not known for breaking the fourth wall can express an unusual writing of their name in speech bubbles, so it comes across as if other characters can actually read what they're describing.

** When a lecturer began his sentence with the word "Animal", the reader is left wondering if it was capitalized to indicate importance, or just because it was the first word in the sentence. Elphaba then wonders the same thing, due to his "unusual accent".

** A similar convention is used in [[Larry Niven]]'s ''The Ringworld Throne'', with sentient races' names receiving a capital letter. Justified by [[Translation Convention]], as a character remarks that one species "takes the prefix" for animals, not people.

 

== Live-Action TV ==