[HPforGrownups] Pronunciation

[Amanda Geist]

No: HPFGUIDX 52549

GulPlum said:

> 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)

Actually, the difference I've noticed is not in the vowel pronunciation, but
in the "g."
/an-i-may-gus/ versus /an-i-may-jus/ (that latter having a /j/ sound as in
"mage"). The latter sounds totally weird to me, but I've heard it and it
certainly has a valid derivation.

Thoughts?

~Amanda