Pronunciation (was Re: Thicknesse)

[Carol]

Geoff wrote:
> I checked my GOF DVD last night which I just happen to be watching
again at the moment and Dan Radcliffe and Emma Watson certainly seem
to be using that pronunciation.
> 
> I've just checked POA this morning and the actors playing Stan
Shunpike, Arthur Weasley, Snape, Dumbledore, McGonagall, Fudge and
Madam  Rosmerta also seem to follow the "UK" pattern.
>
Carol responds:

The actors don't, however, seem to agree on the pronunciation of
"Cruciatus Curse." Neville pronounces "Cruciatus" as I do (krew shee A
tus, with an accented short "a"), but Karkaroff has what I would
consider a more distinctively British pronunciation (krew shee AY
tus), with an accented long "a" rather than a short one. (Karkaroff
may have a Slavic name, but he seems to have attended Hogwarts, so he
qualifies as a Brit in my view. Of course, the nationality of the
actor may be the real deciding factor.)

Also Snape's pronunciation of "Veritaserum" as "VAIR ih tuh SEER um"
(secondary accent on "seer") caught me offguard the first time around.
I pronounce it "vuh RITE uh seer um." Very American of me, I suppose,
and not reflective of the long-ago Latin classes I took in my
high-school days.

BTW, I pronounce "Sirius" exactly as the actors do. It's "serious"
that I seem to pronounce differently.

Carol, wondering if anyone has listened to the first chapter of HBP on
CD recently as that chapter includes the "Serious Black" pun