[HPforGrownups] Sirius' Name

[Ravenclaw Black]

No: HPFGUIDX 75448



cubs99111 wrote:

> Hey guys, just a quick question.  Is Sirius pronounced like the word
> Serious?  For some reason I have pronounced the name in my head as
> Sirus.  For some reason whenever I read his name I guess I would
> subconsciously eliminate the second I.  Similarly I always read
> prefects as perfects. 
>
>
> Joe (knowing that unfortunatly no matter how his name is pronounced,
> he is still gone)


Assuming it's the same as the Star, (which fits in with the rest of the 
black family first names) it's like the word Serious. 

http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/audio.pl?sirius01.wav=Sirius

That's how I pronounce it anyway.

-Ravenclaw Black