pronunciation of Voldemort

lostris37 lostris37 at hotmail.com
Mon Aug 4 20:44:03 UTC 2003


No: HPFGUIDX 75349

Just a thought......
"Voldemort" - looks French as we know mort = dead. JK uses the French 
pronunciation. But....JK went to a muggle school where French lessons 
would have been included in the curriculum.  As far as I know French 
is not taught at Hogwarts therefore it would make sense that people 
in the wizarding world would pronounce the name as it is written.  
Maybe that's what she meant when she said that she thought she was 
the only one using the French pronunciation. Anyway there are some 
funny pronunciations going on in the Wizarding World. What about Mr 
Weasley's "eckletricity" or Ron's "fellytone".
Does this sound reasonable anyone??
A@ the best
Aileen






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