Pondering the details of Goblet (contents vary)
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caliburncy at yahoo.com
Thu Aug 2 05:06:18 UTC 2001
No: HPFGUIDX 23431
--- In HPforGrownups at y..., mcandrew at b... wrote:
> 5) Pronunciation: I don't find this much of a problem generally, but
> the name 'Nagini' usually causes a hiccup when reading aloud to my
> son. I've settled on pronouncing it with an elongated 'a', a
> soft 'g' and the accent on the second syllable. Would you agree?
Nagini is the Hindi word meaning 'snake' (in case you're curious :) )
and having heard the word in other contexts I believe it is pronounced
Nah-GEE-nee with a hard 'G' sound. This would be easier to ilustrate
if I could use phonetic symbols, but hopefully that's enough to figure
it out.
Hope that helps,
Luke
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