Pronouncing Accio

[Steve]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, "Sea Change" <nakedkali at y...>
wrote:
> This word looks like a musical marking to me, so I pronounce it as
> if it were chicken cacciatore, that is, Italianishly: ATCH ee yo.

bboy_mn:

My initial instinct was to pronounce it 'ASS-EE-OH', but after looking
in the English dictionary, I find that nearly all words that start
with 'ACC...' are pronounced with a 'K' sound as in 'accelerate',
'accident', and 'access'.

Since I discovered that I have been trying to force myself to use the
more likely 'ACK-SEE-OH'. 

The one main exception is with words that begin with 'accO...'. words
that have an 'O' after the second 'C' rarely have the second 'C'
pronounced which means the loss of any 'S' type sound.

However, when we factor in the origin being Latin, perhaps the Italian
version may be close to correct. But that raises the question as to
whether wizard retain formal Latin pronounciation, or have evolved to
the modern English variation?

Just a thought.

bboy_mn