[HPforGrownups] Pronunciation

[GulPlum]

No: HPFGUIDX 52546

At 02:35 20/02/03 , illyana delorean wrote:

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

Oh, I don't have a pronunciation problem. ;-) You appear to have 
misunderstood the thrust of my post. I was asking for opinions about how 
other HPFGUers pronounce the word "Aminagus".

The website you mentioned (which I know, and which featured in my previous 
discussion of this topic elsewhere) is just someone's opinion. I can see no 
indication that the author is a linguist or otherwise professionally 
qualified to have an opinion more valid than anyone else's.  Please note 
that I'm not questioning the author's integrity, I am not questioning their 
right to offer an opinion, nor am I saying right now whether or not I agree 
with them. All I'm saying is that it's just an opinion which is ultimately 
just as valid as anyone else's.

In other words, can one person's opinion be "right" when it comes to 
invented words (although perhaps the inventor's opinion carries just a 
little weight)? :-)