Pronunciation Police! (was Re: Spelling Police)

meboriqua at aol.com meboriqua at aol.com
Sat Jul 7 13:15:49 UTC 2001


--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at y..., "Haggridd" <jkusalavagemd at y...> wrote:

  I was dismayed at the way Dale pronounced some 
> words, also the way he misaccented various syllables, and I felt 
> vindicated when I heard The Fry readings: FOR THE MOST PART.>

I have only heard GoF by Dale, so I can't comment much.  What I can 
say, though, is that, while I am quite a good speller, my 
pronunciation skills, especially with new words, leave something to be 
desired.  I could not for the life of me say 'Hermione', even after 
reading Hermione's pronunciation lesson for Krum in GoF.  It was my 
mother who told me when she said "Hermione.  That is how the name is 
always pronounced", quite smugly (as if Hermione is a common name here 
in New York).

I was also wrong about 'Cadogan', 'Diagon' and probably 'animagus', 
though I don't remember now.

--jenny from ravenclaw, whose mother is unbeatable at Jeopardy, 
Trivial Pursuit, Scrabble, Boggle and the Sunday Times crossword 
puzzles****************************************************





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