[HPforGrownups] pronunciation help: Draco

[Sister Mary Lunatic]

No: HPFGUIDX 11360

According to the Scholastic Pronunciation Guide (audio), it's DRAY-co.

http://www.scholastic.com/harrypotter/books/pronunciation/play.htm

This was where I learned how Voldemort is pronounced (silent T) -- note for
new members: you have to click on the word "Voldemort" 3 times before it
pronounces the name.  First it says He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named, then click
again and it says You-Know-Who, and then click again and it says Voldemort.
Cute.



-----Original Message-----
From: Steve Vander Ark [mailto:vderark at bccs.org]
Sent: Wednesday, January 31, 2001 7:38 AM
To: HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com
Subject: [HPforGrownups] pronunciation help: Draco


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...

Steve Vander Ark
The Harry Potter Lexicon
which had all sorts of word help pages and links
http://www.i2k.com/~svderark/lexicon



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