I respect it when I hear someone clearly attempting a word they've only seen written
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OK, so then I'm proud of the fact that I thought Hermione from the Harry Potter books was pronounced HER-me-own.
I pronounced it the same way, until whichever book has that scene with Viktor Krum pronouncing it wrong and being corrected. I believe the story goes that Rowling included that scene because there were so many of us doing it.
That's how we pronounce it in Spain! Actually the H has no sound, so she's just "er-me-on"