Voldmor/t

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--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at y..., "Amy Z" <aiz24 at h...> wrote:
> Sam wrote:
> 
> > Which is a whole different question on the pronounciation of 
> Voldy's 
> > name. Vol-DA-more, Vol-DE-more? (Mentally add the 't' if that's 
how 
> > you pronounce it). Personally, I pronounce it Vol-DA-more, but I 
> > think that reflects back more on my Australian accent than on how 
> the 
> > word is actually said.
> 
> And is the o in Vol- a long o or more like an "aw" or even a short 
> u?  I say it as if it's French (long o + schwa e + silent t) but JD 
> makes it a short sound.  I know the name isn't really French, but 
the 
> meaning is too good to be a coincidence, so I think of it as 
French.  
> Wizard seeking immortality; Death Eaters; flight of death.
> 


VOL' de mor first long o second short d third short o no final t....

That's how it plays in my head...
> Maybe Hagrid *is* a bad speller.  His notes don't have any terribly 
> difficult-to-spell words in them.  There are other ways to spell 
the 
> final syllable, too, aside from the final-t problem:  Voldemour?  
> Voldemourt?  Vol-de-mort?  So he might well say he can't spell it.
> 
> Amy "Needs to get a life" Z