[HPforGrownups] Pronunciation

[illyana delorean]

No: HPFGUIDX 52545

GulPlum AKA Richard inquired:
>Something Kathryn said earlier about Gillyweed has prompted me to ask a
>question I've been wondering about for a while.
>
>I had a conversation about this in another forum some time ago, and was
>surprised to learn that different people pronounce "Animagus" in different
>ways.
>(the divide was mainly along European/North American lines, further
>sub-divided by those who have and haven't heard either audiobook version of
>PoA).
>
>As far as I'm concerned, there is only one possible valid pronunciation, so
>I wondered what HPFGUers thought.
>
>So, is it Ani(MAH)gus, Ani(MAY)gus, An(EYE)(MAY)gus, or something else?
>(in the absence of the phonetic alphabet, I hope the above choices make sense)
>


Did a nifty google search and found this website:

http://www.hogwarts.esmartweb.com/pronunciations.htm

I know that there are many sites that list pronounciations, but this 
was the first one I found that had words listed that weren't only 
characters' names!

Anyway, their entry for "animagus" is this:

Ani-MAY-jus (jus like in "just")

Hope that helps! It's a good site, the pronounciation list is pretty 
comprehensive, so you should check it out if you have any 
pronounciation problems!

illyana


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