[HPforGrownups] Re: Sirius' Name

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No: HPFGUIDX 75568

My apologies for the one-liner, if it turns out to be one.
Jim Dale pronounces it like serious, as does my screen reading software.
I've always pronounced it that way, too, since it just seems pointless to
have a silent I, as you would have if Sirius was pronounced Sirus.
Betty, who's luckily avoided the one-liner
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Pruneau" <pruneau934 at wanadoo.fr>
To: <HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Monday, August 04, 2003 10:54 PM
Subject: [HPforGrownups] Re: Sirius' Name


> Joe "cubs99111" <cubs9911 at a...> 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. >>>
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> The Scholastic pronunciation guide gives the same pronunciation for
> Sirius as serious. But I don't know if that is canon.
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