2015/02/13 - The Name Game

Post by **Obbl** » Fri Feb 13, 2015 1:03 am

[ The Name Game ]

Title Text: Well it made ME taller, but I won't get into that

It's because you're short, Bino

Gbr23 · Post by **Gbr23** » Fri Feb 13, 2015 1:05 am

I have been calling you Beano since I started reading HP, Im not going to change now

GameCobra · Post by **GameCobra** » Fri Feb 13, 2015 1:17 am

"I guess they take the G out of Bingo once they grow out from being a pup."

I always pictured Bino having a pup named Bingo. Just because of that one letter. X3

Welsh Halfwit · Post by **Welsh Halfwit** » Fri Feb 13, 2015 1:27 am

Daryl, stop having fun at Bayno's expense(!)

Daryl the handsome meets Bino the runt
and prepares to tell of what he'll confront
as he takes on a test meant for the pups
with nothing to lift for a win. No trophies, no cups.
Bino still tries his usual nonsense here,
verbal bluster with stupid beating fear.
Daryl mocks him quite without worry;
if Bino tries anything he'll leave in a hurry.
They're welcoming a little, green eyed, monster
without knowing they could be about to sponsor
the takeover of a major local group club
if Bino survives. Aye, there's the rub...

max7345 · Post by **max7345** » Fri Feb 13, 2015 1:37 am

xD I've been mispronouncing it this whole time. Ugh, it's going to take forever to start getting it right.

IdleCurator · Post by **IdleCurator** » Fri Feb 13, 2015 1:46 am

So that's the true way to say it. We were debating this on a previous forum for ages. Though knowing it doesn't mean I will start pronouncing correctly. Beano FOREVER!!!!!!
Technically he will still be a dog once initiated. How did he even convince them to initiate him. He's a complete stranger to most if not all of them.

Mickey the Luxray · Post by **Mickey the Luxray** » Fri Feb 13, 2015 2:34 am

Oh no, I clicked the link, then remembered that Saturn381 told me how to pronounce Bino's name! I think!

Whatever shall I do now?

ArcFlight · Post by **ArcFlight** » Fri Feb 13, 2015 2:49 am

"B-I-N-G—" "NO!"
"B-I-N-G—" "NO!"
"B-I-N-G—" "NO!"
"And Bingo was his name-o." "BYE-NO!"

I assumed that his name, Bino, was a play on the fact that Fido and Joey have eye patches but Bino has none... You know... Binoculars... Ha ha, no patches... Just me? Please, someone make me think I'm not that crazy...

pokeblue · Post by **pokeblue** » Fri Feb 13, 2015 3:06 am

That's how you pronounce it? Wow, I'm gonna have a bit of a difficult to pronouncing it right considering I've been pronouncing it "Bean-o" since I started reading at 5 years ago.

Post by **Dissension** » Fri Feb 13, 2015 3:11 am

I like that, even after Rick and I posted the correct pronunciation for years, and I made a video about it, most of the comments are "I didn't think Bino was pronounced that way."

Mickey · Post by **Mickey** » Fri Feb 13, 2015 3:23 am

Be-no. Bean-o. By-no. That's all the ways I've said his name, never knowing which was correct. Now I know! And knowing's half the battle!

B! I! (N) O!

RockstarRaccoon · Post by **RockstarRaccoon** » Fri Feb 13, 2015 3:37 am

Dissension wrote:I like that, even after Rick and I posted the correct pronunciation for years, and I made a video about it, most of the comments are "I didn't think Bino was pronounced that way."

I know, seriously. And the worst part is that no one ever believes me when I tell them that this is how it's pronounced...

Thanks Rick!

SuperStar · Post by **SuperStar** » Fri Feb 13, 2015 3:51 am

I've pronounced it as Bye-no since the beginning. Seriously.

ArcFlight · Post by **ArcFlight** » Fri Feb 13, 2015 3:53 am

I'm amazed at how many were pronouncing it wrong.

This will make up for nobody agreeing with my binocular logic.

Don'tcha know? Bea-no be no name!

Indagare · Post by **Indagare** » Fri Feb 13, 2015 4:45 am

I've always kind of assumed his name rhymed with 'Dino'. I know 'i' is occasionally said as a long 'e', but I've usually only seen it do that at the end of a name (like Toni).

CHAOKOCartoons · Post by **CHAOKOCartoons** » Fri Feb 13, 2015 5:12 am

Welp, theres Rick making a joke at our expense

. I will STILL never say it like that

SuperStar wrote:I've pronounced it as Bye-no since the beginning. Seriously.

Suuuuuuuuuuuuuuure you have.

Just kidding, I've seen others who have said it as its pronounced from the beginning, its not to hard to believe. I've always been surprised that I along with many others never thought to pronounce it like that until Rick or Diss told them.

Macsen · Post by **Macsen** » Fri Feb 13, 2015 5:33 am

I still call him Beano. I don't care. :v

gamepopper · Post by **gamepopper** » Fri Feb 13, 2015 5:44 am

YES! I WAS RIGHT THE WHOLE TIME!

I thought it was pronounced Bye-no for ages but felt like in the minority, now this confirms I was correct!

Cataloochee · Post by **Cataloochee** » Fri Feb 13, 2015 6:57 am

Bae-no

also i cant be the only one hoping that Rick names one the upcoming comic strips, "For Fox's Sake", am i?

TheOne · Post by **TheOne** » Fri Feb 13, 2015 7:04 am

Indagare wrote:I've always kind of assumed his name rhymed with 'Dino'. I know 'i' is occasionally said as a long 'e', but I've usually only seen it do that at the end of a name (like Toni).

Seriously though, now I'm going to have to correct my brain every time I see the name Bino...darn it!

Argent · Post by **Argent** » Fri Feb 13, 2015 7:48 am

I got his pronunciation right, hem hem.

So where DID his name come from, Mister Griffin?

Mickey · Post by **Mickey** » Fri Feb 13, 2015 8:51 am

Probably a family thing. Fy-doh. Bye-no. Joey's name might be pronounced different as well, who knows?

Argent · Post by **Argent** » Fri Feb 13, 2015 9:13 am

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tyQvjKqXA0Y

Perfesser_Bear · Post by **Perfesser_Bear** » Fri Feb 13, 2015 9:14 am

Maybe it's just me, but I always thought that since he didn't have a ring around one eye (Fido's right eye, Joey's left eye), he was Bino, short (* snerk *) for Binocular.

Douglas Collier · Post by **Douglas Collier** » Fri Feb 13, 2015 9:18 am

Thanks Daryl! I can't imagine how many of us have wanted to troll Bino about his name.

SuperStar · Post by **SuperStar** » Fri Feb 13, 2015 9:21 am

Mickey wrote:Probably a family thing. Fy-doh. Bye-no. Joey's name might be pronounced different as well, who knows?

I've always thought of Joey's name as a punchline. 'Cause it's like Fido and Bino, two names that are built similar, then Joey, a completely different styled name and rather generic.

Argent · Post by **Argent** » Fri Feb 13, 2015 9:29 am

Mickey wrote:Probably a family thing. Fy-doh. Bye-no. Joey's name might be pronounced different as well, who knows?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tyQvjKqXA0Y

The Blue Fox · Post by **The Blue Fox** » Fri Feb 13, 2015 10:13 am

Gbr23 wrote:I have been calling you Beano since I started reading HP, I'm not going to change now

I always imagined it was pronounced "Beano" this whole time too. Don't think my mind is ever gonna accept this "official" pronunciation either.

Cm4F · Post by **Cm4F** » Fri Feb 13, 2015 10:55 am

Ok like, I started reading this comic in 2010 when Zander showed it to me and told me it was pronounced 'Bee-No" and I was all, "well you know more about this than I do so you must be correct." That pronunciation has been with me for five years. It's gonna be crazy difficult to try and change, but for the sake of being accurate, I'll give it my best effort.

dtlux1 · Post by **dtlux1** » Fri Feb 13, 2015 11:02 am

WHAT!?!?!

Well Bicycle Repair Man...

I think this strip broke my mind as soon as I read Bino saying that in the first panel, I still hear Beano every time I say it in my mind. I have been saying it wrong for the past 6 months...

The Blue Fox wrote:
Gbr23 wrote:I have been calling you Beano since I started reading HP, I'm not going to change now
I always imagined it was pronounced "Beano" this whole time too. Don't think my mind is ever gonna accept this "official" pronunciation either.

I know for a fact that any time I say or see Bino's name, I will never hear "Bye no" in my mind. I think my mind is broken, how did I not know this?

And I didn't click that link, I went the harder way as I was never told how to pronounce Bino's name.
Still hear Beano in my mind when I type...

I can not say how much this has broken my mind...

Now onto something to try and fix my mind...
What if the biggest reason he hates King is because he wants to be taller, and King is shorter than him, so he can easily pick on someone for their size when he wants to be taller in his mind.

I do believe this will be like how I pronounce Absol, I know how it is pronounced, but because I pronounced it "Ab soul" for so long, I still call it that, probably going to be the same with Bino.

WishIWasHearEarlier · Fri Feb 13, 2015 12:20 pm

"BYE-NO! It's not that hard to say!"

That is just a signature banner waiting to happen.

GameCobra · Post by **GameCobra** » Fri Feb 13, 2015 12:27 pm

Forgot to mention yesterday: I love the last two panels of Bino. Third panel pretty much because of the way his teeth are shown after being hit; and he's still talking. Bino is so accustomed already.

Fourth because of that ear fluff. I don't see it in the third panel, but I would expect ears like Bino to be that fluffy after taking a stocking cap off :3

Edit: I know Dino was referenced, but Fred calls him "Dee-no", and that's also possible confusion. If you have trouble pronouncing Bino's name, just remember it like this: Bino's name has the exact same word tone as Dinosaur. Just don't call him a Binosaur. =P

dtlux1 · Post by **dtlux1** » Fri Feb 13, 2015 12:48 pm

GameCobra wrote:I know Dino was referenced, but Fred calls him "Dee-no", and that's also possible confusion. If you have trouble pronouncing Bino's name, just remember it like this: Bino's name has the exact same word tone as Dinosaur. Just don't call him a Binosaur. =P

I don't think it is working, I read Dinosaur right, but then I read it Beanosaur...

If I did want to say it right, I'd have to think really hard every time I said his name for the next month.

GameCobra · Post by **GameCobra** » Fri Feb 13, 2015 1:02 pm

dtlux1 wrote:I don't think it is working, I read Dinosaur right, but then I read it Beanosaur...

Where did the bean come from?!? D:

Douglas Collier · Post by **Douglas Collier** » Fri Feb 13, 2015 1:07 pm

Binosaurus Rex! XD

max7345 · Post by **max7345** » Fri Feb 13, 2015 3:18 pm

Perfesser_Bear wrote:Maybe it's just me, but I always thought that since he didn't have a ring around one eye (Fido's right eye, Joey's left eye), he was Bino, short (* snerk *) for Binocular.

I honestly don't see how you'd come to that. It'd probably make more sense if Bino happened to have a ring around both eyes, thus giving him the appearance of a victim to a certain binocular prank, but he doesn't.

Post by **D-Rock** » Fri Feb 13, 2015 3:22 pm

Number9Dysonsphere wrote:So that's the true way to say it. We were debating this on a previous forum for ages. Though knowing it doesn't mean I will start pronouncing correctly. Beano FOREVER!!!!!!
Technically he will still be a dog once initiated. How did he even convince them to initiate him. He's a complete stranger to most if not all of them.

Dissension wrote:I like that, even after Rick and I posted the correct pronunciation for years, and I made a video about it, most of the comments are "I didn't think Bino was pronounced that way."

I discovered the comic sometime after the second book was released, so a couple of years now. Even before I came into the forums, I pronounced it "Bye-no" for two reasons; "Bea-no" just didn't seem right to me with how it was spelled, and I was aware of a product called "Bean-O."

Imagine my surprise when I finally came to the forums and saw a thread where everyone was debating how to pronounce it.

GameCobra wrote:If you have trouble pronouncing Bino's name, just remember it like this: Bino's name has the exact same word tone as Dinosaur. Just don't call him a Binosaur. =P

Douglas Collier wrote:Binosaurus Rex! XD

And his brothers, Fidosaurus Rex, and Joey!

Amazee Dayzee · Post by **Amazee Dayzee** » Fri Feb 13, 2015 3:58 pm

I only saw your pronunciation video a couple of months ago. Even STILL, I can't rid my habit of calling him "Bean-o" for some reason.

dtlux1 · Post by **dtlux1** » Fri Feb 13, 2015 4:09 pm

GameCobra wrote:
dtlux1 wrote:I don't think it is working, I read Dinosaur right, but then I read it Beanosaur...
Where did the bean come from?!? D:

I actually have no clue, I called him Beano for some reason after looking at his name. I have no clue where I got it, but it seemed right to me. I know that when I asked some of my other friends how to pronounce it today, they also said beano, I had no clue at all people pronounced it byeno, let alone that it was the correct pronunciation.

Love how Bino just says that it isn't that hard to say, making a joke at everyone that called him that.

Makes me wonder how many other names I have been pronouncing wrong, like Tarot. Didn't even know that was a thing until about 3 months ago.

Amazee Dayzee wrote:I only saw your pronunciation video a couple of months ago. Even STILL, I can't rid my habit of calling him "Bean-o" for some reason.

I probably never will. It just sounds better in my mind after 6 months, and my mind just reads it that way. It is just like Absol, I just can't force myself to correct it because it sounds better to me. the only thing I ever corrected my pronunciation on is Nyan Cat I believe.

Where is this video anyways?

Saturn381 · Post by **Saturn381** » Fri Feb 13, 2015 4:29 pm

I like how Daryl is just going along with what Bino is doing.