Pronunciation and FAQ's

Simon simon.branford at hertford.ox.ac.uk
Thu Jan 11 14:16:16 UTC 2001


No: HPFGUIDX 8985

Amy wrote: "I generally consider Jim Dale's pronunciations definitive
because he checked them with JKR as he went (of course, he only checked
words he was uncertain of.  I for one think "obliviate" is pronounced
"ob-liv-i-ah-tay"--sounds more Latin--but JD disagrees)."

How do we deal with the fact that both Jim Dale and Stephen Fry supposedly
checked the pronunciations with Jo before and during production but there
are differences in the way that the two of them pronounce certain names
(such as Voldemort)?

They can't both be correct if they don't agree!


Voicelady wrote: ""A Prayer for Owen Meany" was the best book I have EVER
read.  And I read absolutely everything and anything I can get my hands on."

I think you have made a mistake here - the idea is to make no comments on
the FAQ's that you are writing. If you talk about them then you just make
more work for yourself!


Simon





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