Pronouncing Accio

[Ali]

Since naming the Accio conference, I've heard so many different 
pronounciations of the word, and I have to confess that I've been 
pronouncing it differently to most people!

I learnt Latin for 6 years but I then ruined all that good classical 
pronunciation by learning Italian for a few years. The result is 
confusion!

I pronounce accio as ach-eeo. It now sounds funny if I hear it 
pronounced in any other way. Funnily enough, when I first read the 
word, I'm sure I did pronounce it "correctly", but have found it 
trips off the tongue more easily my way. Believe me, I have said it 
rather a lot recently!

In terms of bowing down to Stephen Fry's pronunciation, I would for 
most things, but...

He's just turned down the opportunity of reading the Latin version 
of PS because he doesn't know Latin and isn't confident that he'd 
get it right. I'd also have to say "Think Tonks" He can get it wrong 
(well IMO). In short, he's great, but not invincible.

So how is Accio going to be pronounced for the conference? Well I 
think that Stephen Fry did get the pronounciation right, and am more 
than happy for that to be our official interpretation.

Ali

BTW, the Accio website is http://www.accio.org.uk