Pronunciation of Voldemort

[Geoff Bannister]

No: HPFGUIDX 75452

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "lostris37" <lostris37 at h...> 
wrote:
> Here's a small but maybe valid theory. "Voldemort" LOOKS french, 
and 
> as we all know "mort" = dead in french. JK pronounces it the French 
> way, but then she went to a muggle school where french would have 
> been part of the curriculum. As far as I know, you don't get french 
> at Hogwarts so it would stand to reason that in the wizarding world 
> people would pronounce the name as they see it (or even as they 
THINK 
> it should be, I refer of course to Ron Weasley's use of the 
> word "feelytone"
> Aileen

Me:

I have to confess to having a double standard here. Like a poster 
some days ago, I have always tended to think of a silent "t" in 
Wizengamot but strangely, I've always thought of Voldemort with 
the "t" sounded. This may be the influence of the films or it may be 
a throwback to reading "Morte d'Arthur" at school and having the 
village of Mortehoe not a million miles away. I kow there is an 
extra "e" there but it may have influenced my thinking.

In passing, re Firenze. In the film, Robbie Coltrane uses the two 
syllable version, but I think the three ought to be correct. It is 
Italian and is the correct name for the city of Florence.

Geoff