I was going to say--I hear everything from a book in my head and really NEED to know how to say things. When I find out I'm wrong (or the author seems to have it wrong, LOL) it's somewhat annoying to me. I'm definitely an aural processor, although I think I do a lot of visual processing, too. (Hazard, I suppose, of being both a visual artist and a singer/composer/musician).
I can't imagine someone like Chris actually not knowing who Granby might be if we both read the book; I've had instances when I've pronounced something differently than Chris when we've read the same thing (he made a real hash from "Scrimgeour") but once I've said it he says something like, "Oh, is that how it's pronounced?" He doesn't actually have to know while he's reading or just decides on something without caring whether it's the way others would say it, but he knew who I was talking about when I said the name.
This kind of reminds me of people with synthesia expecting everyone else to think of the number eight as "blue" or Tuesday as "orange"; they do it automatically, it's a natural response, and the idea that everyone else doesn't perceive the world that way is very strange to them. Those with synthesia are rarer than aural processors but it sounds like Joel might be an anti-aural processor (most people do it at least a little), so no wonder you were baffled by this, Gwen, since I would expect you to be a really strong aural processor.
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I can't imagine someone like Chris actually not knowing who Granby might be if we both read the book; I've had instances when I've pronounced something differently than Chris when we've read the same thing (he made a real hash from "Scrimgeour") but once I've said it he says something like, "Oh, is that how it's pronounced?" He doesn't actually have to know while he's reading or just decides on something without caring whether it's the way others would say it, but he knew who I was talking about when I said the name.
This kind of reminds me of people with synthesia expecting everyone else to think of the number eight as "blue" or Tuesday as "orange"; they do it automatically, it's a natural response, and the idea that everyone else doesn't perceive the world that way is very strange to them. Those with synthesia are rarer than aural processors but it sounds like Joel might be an anti-aural processor (most people do it at least a little), so no wonder you were baffled by this, Gwen, since I would expect you to be a really strong aural processor.