Hermione pronunciation

[Trina]

No: HPFGUIDX 671

--- In HPforGrownups at egroups.com, summers.65 at o... wrote:
> That's how I knew how to pronounce Hermione, because of Ms. 
Gingold...also very well known from her role as Mrs. Shin in "The 
Music Man."
> 
> "And naturally, I'm reticent...oh yes!  I'm reticent!"
> 
> Lori


Me, too, Lori. One of my favorite movies..."Wonderful, Barney, 
wonderful.."

And while we're on the subject of Ms. Granger's name... I vowed to 
stay above the fray, but apparently the subject is as a veela song to 
me...

I haven't heard the HP tapes by either Jim Dale or Stephen Fry, 
however, as one who deals with articulation on a daily basis (I'm a 
speech therapist y'all) I must weigh in with my own opinion.  I 
peronally think it's more of a dialect difference: a)"Her-mahn-nee" 
vs b)"Her-my-oh-nee" If you say b)version really fast, it sounds like 
a)version.
 
Neither is wrong.  It is just a difference.  And differences should 
be celebrated.(Required social commentary)

Trina (Treena, in case you're wondering)