How do you say Parvati?

[Lilac]

No: HPFGUIDX 42096


I was talking to some neighbors tonight who have just moved here from India, and I was asking them about Parvati and Padma Patil, the names (and the meanings...they haven't read HP before).  They corrected my pronouciation ......it's PAR-va-ti , not Par-VA-ti.  A couple of months ago on the list, we were talking about the significance of these names (Hindu deity who are twins, etc.) so ....if anyone cares, now you know the Indian pronounciation :).  It hurts my ears when I hear Neville say it on the DVD now... 

Lilac (who was actually pronouncing it Puh-VAR-ti until the second time through the series, when she actually read it slower to concentrate on the names.  Hermione was Hair-me-own for me until book four...glad JKR cleared that up!)



 

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