[HPforGrownups] Pronunciation (OT)

[Amanda Lewanski]

No: HPFGUIDX 6742

John Walton wrote:

>  I say it as Voldemort with the 't'.
>
> I get around this by using a glottal stop instead of a "t" :) Seems to
> work...

Don't passersby keep offering you cough drops? I never, ever thought of
pronouncing it with a silent /t/, until I saw Caius' messages to the list. My
reasoning: he's British, born British, not of French extraction at all. In fact,
when French words show up, during the tournament, much is made of how Ron
mispronounces it. So I assumed it was pronounced with a /t/. In fact, I never
thought it could be done otherwise. Why, then, if JKR has a voiced /t/, do the
various versions not? Another little mystery....

--Amanda, who's finally had enough after two weeks of sick kids and cars in the
shop, and has imbibed half a bottle of mead and is slightly inebriated, can you
tell?

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> --John
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> John Walton     john at walton.to
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> When I am an Evil Overlord...#220
> Whatever my one vulnerability is, I will pretend to have a different one.
> For example, I shall have all mirrors removed from the palace, scream and
> flinch whenever someone accidentally holds up a mirror, etc. In the climax
> when the hero whips out a mirror and thrusts it at my face, my reaction will
> be "Hmm...I think I need a shave."
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