[HPFGU-OTChatter] Re: Bella???

[IAmLordCassandra at aol.com]

~Cassie~:
> Well, in the American audio books it is pronounced  bell-LAH-
tricks.  I've 
> also heard the star Bellatrix is pronounced bell-LAY-tricks   among 
my astronomy 
> friends.  

Eloise writes: 


Whereas I, being English (we routinely stress different syllables 
from US English speakers) and harking back to schoolgirl Latin, would 
almost unquestionably evenly stress the three syllables, or put a 
very slight emphasis on the first. Just like the name Bella, only 
with a trix on the end (although of course the derivation is 
different, Bella being the Latin for beautiful and Bellatrix, from 
bellum, war, meaning female warrior). Putting a 'lay' sound in the 
middle and even more, emphasising it, sounds *very* American <g>.

I don't recall offhand how Stephen Fry pronounces it, but I think I 
would have noticed if he pronounced it much differently.

So no, there isn't agreement. ;-) What a boring idea!

~Eloise
Cassie again: 

  And in the movie 'planet of the apes' it is pronounced Bella-Tricks, no 
real stress.  Dang...that's a one liner.   Wait-how it's not ^^ hehehe.    Before 
I figured out it was a star and before I got the audio books I was born 
between Bella-Tricks and Bella-Triss (like the pronunciation for Beatrix 
(Bee-ah-triss, of course).  


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