pronunciation

[Melody]

No: HPFGUIDX 44425

Felinia wrote:
>>>[Oh, and to the sweet lady who thought Sirius was named for clouds
- those are *cirrus*, only two syllables.  Sirius is also known as
"the Dog Star", how precious is that!]  <<<


Me:
Ok, in my defense, I have always been terrible at pronouncing words
correctly.  When I first read "Snape", I heard *snap* in my head, and
he has been *Snap* ever since.  So when I read "Sirius", I head
*cirrus* in my head.  Last weekend I was telling my mom the discussing
this group was having over Sirius, and she laughed at the way I
pronouced Sirius and that I confused the two words.  Sadly, it never
dawned on me that the word for the clouds was spelled cirrus not
sirius.  I can memorize thousands of pages of history and Harry
Potter, but be expected to remember words' spelling...impossible.  I
sit here now with a unabridged dictionary within arms distance.

 But the point I do want to make is...how am I suppost to pronounce
Sirius, or rather, how do ya'll pronouce Sirius?  With my Texas
southern accent, I pronouce it as sear-us.  Like the clouds.  Am I
"suppost" to pronounce it ser-e-us to be properly British?

Oh, and also, the sweet lady part above.  It makes me sound so old.
Gee, that dear, old, confused lady who can't keep her words straight.
 Sorry, but I'm only 25, and I do mean well.   :)

Thanks for putting up with my confused mind and tongue,
Melody