Lupin - How to pronounce it?

[GulPlum]

No: HPFGUIDX 35782

"lucky_kari" <lucky_kari at y...> wrote:
> I was wondering. How to people prononunce Lupin?
> 
> Having a good education in French, I pronounced it that way, the 
same 
> way as an animated cartoon character of the same name :-). 

I don't know the character to which you're referring, so I can't 
imagine how you *are* pronouncing it. However, I assume, from your 
introduction of French into the equation, that you may be wrong.

The only French literary antecedent for "Lupin" I know is Arsène 
Lupin, Gentleman Burglar (have they made animated films about his 
exploits?), pronounced to rhyme with the French for rabbit, "lapin", 
which is not the way I'd pronounce Remus's name (Arsène being a 
French character, Remus being an English  - well, maybe not English, 
but British - one).

In English, there's the plant which is pronounced Loo-pin, and I've 
always assumed JKR's intention is for Remus's surname to be 
pronounced the same way.

> Then again, for me Voldemort ends with a hard t.

Me too. In that case, I'm at a loss to understand why Malfoy should 
continue to follow French pronunciation... ;-)

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GulPlum aka Richard