HarDvard..?

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<p>In my experience, I've known quite a few people who misspell/pronounce Harvard and Stanford as HarDvard or StanDford. I don't quite understand this phenomenon; is it because they feel Harvard is hard? That sounds somewhat reasonable, but wouldn't apply to Stanford at all, unless they couldn't, well..stand it..
..or maybe they were just being a D. I don't know.</p>

<p>I usually don't want to sound presumptuous and correct them but instead cringe and continue with the pleasantries. But really, this is getting out of hand. I can clearly picture the repercussions if this trend spreads to other schools:
Non-CC Woman: "Oh my son is going to Cal'd Tech."
CC member: "What? Didn't I call the technician two hours ago?"</p>

<p>We do not have double Ds in our top-ranked schools' names (well, we probably don't have double Ds in these universities either). This perturbation should not be allowed to continue..</p>

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<p>I'm trying to figure out whether this is a joke...</p>

<p>It's probably just a typo, if not that, someone's attempt at sounding clever. Either way, it's not that serious.</p>

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<p>I've never heard HarDvard. Obviously Standford is a great school.</p>

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<p>maybe it's international people / immigrants / tourists who don't know English that well?</p>

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<p>@PlattsburghLoser: I didn't think it was that hard to figure out, but this was meant in jest.</p>

<p>@mcb52: No, a lot of people that I come in contact with that make this mispronunciation are Americans.</p>

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<p>It is if it's a poor joke. Obviously I wasn't the only one here who missed your "humor."</p>

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<p>Lol, I'm sorry I can't provide adequate wit for you then. This was just a simple expressing of my opinion, no need to get so defensive.</p>

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<p>My mom mispronounces it as "HarDvard" but she was born and raised in Puerto Rico.</p>

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<p>I didn't realize I would need to riddle my responses with grins and happy faces for you. </p>

<p>Unfortunately, I haven't found anything to get defensive about...as that usually requires someone being offensive, which I didn't find you to be. Perhaps you're reading far too into my pointy-evil pixels? </p>

<p>You made a funny, nobody laughed.
End.</p>

<p>Edit: Ah, I forgot my happy guy for you. Here he is! :D</p>

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<p>Aw, now YOU'RE being offensive. I haven't made any grins or happy faces either, but since we seem to be getting pretty chummy, I might as well hand you a smiley too. :)</p>

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<p>HarDvarks...</p>

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<p>:( :( :( :(</p>

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<p>Maybe a little.</p>

<p>But for the record, my green smiley pwns your yellow one. Because green is better than yellow. </p>

<p>And it's the color of pickles. </p>

<p>And everybody loves pickles.</p>

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<p>Your smiley has overbite.</p>