[HPFGU-OTChatter] Re: Pronunciation of Sirius

[Melanie]

<<Geroff wrote:
I think I was the member concerned with the POA check and I think that 
Daniel Radcliffe certainly uses a short 'i' - like I do.

Stephen Fry, bless him, speaks with what is usually called an 'Oxford' 
accent, i.e. a posh accent. ;-) You also need to remember that there is 
a wide range of English accents anyway. I've been told that I use an 
'educated' South-east accent whatever that may mean!>>
   
  Melanie:
   
  I think it is actually pronounced Sir-ee-us.  The reason I say that is because in the chapter "The other Minister" the prime minister discusses a "Serious" Black.  My thought is that because of the different spelling that he must mispronounce the name.  He heard "Serious" when it was in actuality "Sir--ee-us.  But I must admit being from the midwest when I see the name I still say "serious."

  ~Melanie

   

       
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