Pronunciation of Sirius

[Geoff Bannister]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, Alex Hogan <predigirl1 at ...> wrote:
>
> I don't know, but we named out new Lab puppy Sirius Black and we pronounce it more like 
Seh-rius, with the "i" as in "hit". It is the way I have always pronounced the Dog Star's name. 
Who knows.
>    
>   Alex Hogan

Geoff:
But you wouldn't pronounce a short 'i' as in 'hit' like 'eh' surely? To me, 
that indicates a sound like the vowel in 'day'.....

By the by, I nearly didn't see your message and thought someone had 
sent a duplicate because the '<' chevrons were missing from the earlier 
post and your message was top-posted. Have you got a quirky mail 
messenger?