Why does Lando Not pronounce Han as hOn like everyone else?

[GonzoGamer]

Lando uses a short a sound for Han. Why does Lando pronounce his name differently?

Not important, just wondering.

Edit: got it mixed up there.

 

[Johnny Novgorod]

Everyone else uses a short a sound for Han. Why does Lando pronounce his name differently?

Not important, just wondering.

Maybe that's a distinct accent from Bespin?

 

[Redingold]

Er...

He doesn't.

I went and checked, looked over all his lines, and he pronounces it as Han, not as Hon.


He only says it a handful of times, but it's very clearly Han, not Hon.

 

[FinalDream]

Same reasons why Americans say Laura instead of Lara I guess!

 

[GonzoGamer]

Er...

He doesn't.

I went and checked, looked over all his lines, and he pronounces it as Han, not as Hon.


He only says it a handful of times, but it's very clearly Han, not Hon.

Yea, I don't know why, I got it mixed up there. Everyone else calls him Hon, Lando uses the short a.

 

[shrekfan246]

I'm confused by this thread.

I'm editing my post because I was being silly and the OP changed their post.

Anyway, Lando pronounces Han like "Hand" without the d, but I don't know why.

 

[adam352]

Because he's Billy D. Williams, and thus can pronounce whatever he wants to pronounce however he wants to pronounce it at that particular time?

 

[bojackx]

Because accents are a thing?

 

[UrinalDook]

It's because he's cool. I've always pronounced HAn, rather than HOn. And I'm cool, ergo...

 

[Daverson]

Jus' gonna point out, that of all the characters in the series, except Chewie (who doesn't really "talk"), Lando's the only one who really knows Han, so it's likely everyone else is just mispronouncing it and Han's too polite to correct them!

Han Solo - smuggler, mercenary, freedom fighter, badass and gentleman.

 

[gmaverick019_v1legacy]

Same reasons why Americans say Laura instead of Lara I guess!

laura =/= lara, they are different names, and it's just that, it is a name, however the person wants it pronounced is how it is.

also, an american made movie:


OT: never really thought about it much, could just be them making an accent for him, dunno

 

[templar1138a]

Accents have been brought up. Here are a few other examples with real names.

Cassandra: Ca-SAN-dra and Ca-SAHN-dra.
Deloris: DEH-lor-is and DAH-lor-is.
Gregory: GREY-GAR-y and GREH-GOR-y.

As for why Han wouldn't correct him, I think most people accept varying pronunciations of their names based on dialect so long as they're not insulting. When I was in France, people pronounced my name with emphasis on a different syllable and made the hard K at the end sound like it would have been spelled as q-u-e in English. However, I accepted it and even pronounced it that way when introducing myself.

 

[Gatx]

Accents have been brought up. Here are a few other examples with real names.

Cassandra: Ca-SAN-dra and Ca-SAHN-dra.
Deloris: DEH-lor-is and DAH-lor-is.
Gregory: GREY-GAR-y and GREH-GOR-y.

As for why Han wouldn't correct him, I think most people accept varying pronunciations of their names based on dialect so long as they're not insulting. When I was in France, people pronounced my name with emphasis on a different syllable and made the hard K at the end sound like it would have been spelled as q-u-e in English. However, I accepted it and even pronounced it that way when introducing myself.

I think its weird that no one on the set bothered to correct him. There are realistic reasons for different pronunciations, but they don't really apply here since for everything else Lando has the same "accent" as Luke and Leia. Having separate pronunciations just makes it confusing for the audience.

 

[maninahat]

You think that's unusual, just watch Star Wars: A New Hope a little more closely. Princess Leia's accent changes half way through from shitty British to default American. And then there's this one old rebel general explaining the final battle plan, who insists on calling her Princess "Lee-Ah"...

 

[Sniper Team 4]

My guess? The same reason certain actors in the Lord of the Rings movies sometimes say names differently than everyone else. They are trying to be true to the script name, and not the way the rest of the world has decided the name should be pronounced. I'm pretty sure than later in the series his switches it to the same way everyone else says Han's name. It could also be that he was never told how to say Han's name, or someone told him to say it that way.

You think that's unusual, just watch Star Wars: A New Hope a little more closely. Princess Leia's accent changes half way through from shitty British to default American. And then there's this one old rebel general explaining the final battle plan, who insists on calling her Princess "Lee-Ah"...

General Jan DoDonna. I remember picking up the way he said her name when I was very young and thinking, "Why does he say it so weirdly?" but then the battle of the Death Star started and I stopped caring because that was awesome!

 

[Goofguy]

He's the chief administrator of Bespin, he can say whatever the hell he wants. It's Lando, people. The guy blew up the second Death Star, give him a break.

 

[sky14kemea]

It's because he's cool. I've always pronounced HAn, rather than HOn. And I'm cool, ergo...

Same here, I've always said HAn.

OT: It's most likely just an accent thing. I never really noticed it until you pointed it out. :/

 

[FrostyFinn]

Until recently I always thought it was HOn because that is how it sounds to me when Han introduces himself.
No matter how many times I hear him it still sounds like HOn.