[HPforGrownups] Re: pronunciations

[Amanda Lewanski]

No: HPFGUIDX 6917

Susan McGee wrote:

> > But there's a bunch of "mort-" words in English having to do with
> death:
> > mortician, mortuary, Morticia (for you Addams fans), etc., that I
> still got
> > the strong connection even pronouncing the /t/.
>
> But they have letters after the t -- which in French would cause the
> T to be pronounced. Death in French is pronounced with a silent "t".

Oh, I know. Terminal /t/ is silent in French. I was just saying that there
was enough precedent in English for me to pronounce Voldemort without going
over to French examples.

--Amanda