[HPFGU-OTChatter] Pronunciation Police! (was Re: Spelling Police)

[Glenda and Danny Millgate]

Hi All, new to this list and having a ball.

We have the first two books on tape, narrated by Jim Dale, who I assume is a British actor (panto?). I have used his pronunciations up to now, thinking that they would be correct. Here's what he uses.

Vol-duh-more (no 't'...interestingly, it rhymes with Dumbledore this way, which is a nice sort of balance!)
Ha-grid (not Hay-grid)
Dray-coe
Her-mah-nee
Sed-rick
Ma-gon-a-gl (McGonagall)
Sli-ther-rin
Gri-fin-dah (but the sorting hat says Gri-fin-dor) 

He also uses equal emphasis in the syllables of Di-a-gon Alley...more like hex-a-gon...rather than Di-AG-on alley, diagonally.              

Glenda


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