Pronunciation of 'Knuts' (was Re: Crookshanks)

[Kelley]

No: HPFGUIDX 14882

Thanks for the replies everyone.  I'm behind again, as per usual, so, 
sorry for the lateness of my post.

> > Kelley:
> > I'm pronouncing the 'K' in Kneazle, as I also do with 'Knut'.  Is 
that wrong, anyone?
>
> Gaynor: 
> I also pronounce Knut with a "K". However, when Daniel Radcliffe 
> presented the cheque on Comic Relief last Friday he pronounced it 
> with a silent K - i.e. "nut". 
> 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 pondered over this same thing during my first read of SS, and 
settled on a sounded 'k' and the 'nut' pronounced as 'noot'...

> >Jim Ferer: 
> >I think a Scandinavian pronunciation would be like you say, Rita, 
> >"ca-noot." Dale's pronunciation, "ca-nut," makes me cringe every > 
> >time I hear it.<<<<<<<

So, you mean JD pronounces it 'nut' as in 'peanut'?  (I've not heard 
any of the audio versions, Dale or Fry.)  Then, on many of the 
pronunciations, Dale went on his own judgment?

> > SML:
> According to the Scholastic pronunciation guide,
> it is pronounced k-noots, with the "k" sound.
> 
> http://www.scholastic.com/harrypotter/books/pronunciation/play.htm

That's right, thanks SML.  I haven't been back there in a while, and 
this reminded me that Scholastic verified the proninciation I had 
been using.  At the same time, the Scholastic quiz was what verified 
my belief that Hagrid was in Hufflepuff.  Would this mean that all 
these sources--Scholastic, Dale, Fry--are not getting their info from 
JKR directly?  They use their own judgment, and if they turn out to 
be wrong, then they correct it?  (Though, of course, this wouldn't be 
feasible for the audio versions.)

Kelley