[HPforGrownups] Pronunciation

[Jinx]

No: HPFGUIDX 6812


----- Original Message -----
From: Amanda Lewanski <editor at texas.net>
To: <HPforGrownups at egroups.com>
Sent: Tuesday, December 12, 2000 4:28 PM
Subject: Re: [HPforGrownups] Pronunciation


> Sooooo, why, Caius, do you think the British would pronounce Voldemort
with a
> French accent? I've always thought it would rhyme with "short," not
"more." Does
> anyone have any evidence for the pronunciation that I'm missing?
(audiotapes
> don't count; they are an interpretation, not the original.) And am I right
about
> the British? [I've been told they mispronounced Nazi deliberately, as an
insult,
> so perhaps it doesn't hold true for all foreign words..?]
>
> --Amanda

I've always heard "Nazi" pronounced with a Germanic z - ie. Naht-zee.  But
you're probably right about Voldemort - I've always thought of it being
pronounced with the t on the end, and I doubt I'm the only one.  Given that
he's from England though, you can't really blame me.

Two other pronunciation related issues.

Can someone who's heard the audio versions tell me how Gryffindor and Draco
are pronounced?

Is it Gryff-IN-dor or GRYFF-in-dor?  And does Draco have a long or a short
'a' (ie. Drahco or Drarco?).

Jinx