pronunciation of "accio"

corinthum kkearney at students.miami.edu
Wed Jun 26 18:08:56 UTC 2002


No: HPFGUIDX 40398

Rosie asked:
 
> On the subject of pronunciation, how do you pronounce "Accio"? Like
Ah-kio? Or, as Stephen Fry does in the talking books, Ak-sio (which
sounds better to me?)

I seem to remember a pronunciation guide somewhere pronounced it
ah-sio.  However, I always said ach-io, based on the Latin origins
(ecclesiastical Latin, at any rate; I'm not sure how it would be
pronounced in Classical Latin).

- Corinth, who hopes she isn't straying too far off topic by replying
to this one :)







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