[HPforGrownups] Pronunciation of 'Knuts' (was Re: Crookshanks)

[Sister Mary Lunatic]

No: HPFGUIDX 14629

According to the Scholastic pronunciation guide,
it is pronounced k-noots, with the "k" sound.

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


SML

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-----Original Message-----
From: Rita Winston [mailto:catlady at wicca.net]
Sent: Sunday, March 18, 2001 8:28 PM
To: HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com
Subject: [HPforGrownups] Pronunciation of 'Knuts' (was Re: Crookshanks)


--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "Gaynor Thomas" <gaynor at c...> wrote:

> Lots of "kn" words in English are pronounced with a silent k (eg
> knight, knife, knot etc.) so I suppose the k in "knut" and
> "kneazle" should be silent too...but I have to say I prefer the
> sound of "knut" with a sounded "k"!

I dunno about Kneazle, but I believe that Knud SHOULD be pronounced
with a K, so that it can be related to King Canute (King of the
Danelaw in Britain) who put his throne on the beach and ordered
the to stop coming in and get his feet wet. Canute in English is Knud
in Danish, like Knudsen dairy products.



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