[HPforGrownups] pronunciation help: Draco

[heidi]

No: HPFGUIDX 11401

My post from this morning seems to have gotten lost.
The website at http://www.scholastci.com/harrypotter has the pronunciation guide which shows it pronounced the exact same way Steve's Lexicon shows it - which means of course, that
Steve is right.
As usual.


We think you're very good too, Oliver : )

Simon Biber wrote:

> > I received a feedback to the Lexicon from someone who questioned what
> > I put for Draco's name on the Pronunciation Page of the Lexicon. I
> > used DRAY-ko, which is the way my American mouth says it and the way
> > Jim Dale says it on the tapes. That just sounds right to me. This
> > person suggested that since it's from Latin, it should be pronounced
> > DRAH-ko. Granted, it would be /ah/ in Latin (the word draconis would
> > be pronounced drah-KO-nus), but DRAH-ko just sounds weird to me. Is
> > my American bias showing or what here? Help me out...
>
> I agree that the Latin would be pronounced DRAH-ko. I'm one of these people
> who pronounces Caesar KAI-sar and Caecilius kai-KI-li-us. Nevertheless, I
> would say Draco Malfoy as DRAH-ko. Am I any help?
>
> Simon.
>
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