Pronunciation (one more time)/source

[vjmerri]

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From: vjmerri
Subject: Re: Pronunciation (one more time)/source
Reply To: [Yahoo! #6291] Re: Pronunciation (one more time)/source
Date: 8/9/00 12:47 am  (ET)

Brooks - I'm really glad you wrote this first so that I didn't have to
be the first to go against the party line.

To the person who was quoting Ron in GoF, remember that his mouth was full
of food. Hardly the person whose pronounciation is going to be perfect.

JKR helpfully spells it out phonetically for us in GoF.

At the top of page 419 of the US edition and page 364 (I think) of the UK
edition, Hermione is trying to explain to Krum how to pronouce her name.

She does not say "Her ma nee" as Jim Dale does in the audio tapes nor
does she repeat ron's three syllable phrase.

"Her my oh nee" Now when repeated quickly as a name it could come out
hermyuhnee with more of an uh sound than an oh sound, but the basic
concept is that Brooks is right and it does rhyme with Calliope.

Its a four syllable name.

vicki
vjmerri at iquest.net

(just because Rita said I didn't put my edress in my profile for all
the world and sundry to see.)