[HPforGrownups] Pronunciation

[Audra1976 at aol.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 52566

Regarding "Animagus":

In a message dated 2/19/03 11:25:44 PM, urbana at charter.net writes:

<< That doesn't sound weird to me, but then I guess I'm remembering the 
Bible stories about the Magi (MAY-jeye), the O. Henry story "The Gift 
of the Magi" etc. And Mage is pronounced MAYJ.>>

Me:

I say "ani" (as in animal) "MAY-juss" because I also think of the word 
"mage."  I can ACCEPT people who prounce it with a short "a" or with an "ah" 
sound, but as far as I'm concerned, anyone who pronounces it with a hard "g" 
or a long "u" is just wrong.

Regarding the other pronunciations:

In a message dated 2/19/03 10:12:48 PM, katydid3500 at yahoo.com writes:
<< I found a webpage that is the authority on pronunciation, as it is from 
Scholastic.  I like the pronunciation for Lord Voldemort is pronounced:)
http://www.scholastic.com/harrypotter/books/pronunciation/play.htm >>

Me:

That is funny.  I also checked out some other pronunciations and I was 
shocked at how they said "knuts."  I always said [NUTS], thinking the "k" sil
ent.  This website says [kah-NOOTS].  That *can't* be right, can it?  

And "Boggart" was with a short "o" sound, whereas I was always reading it 
with a long "o." I had also been pronouncing "Patronus" [PAY-trun-iss], and 
the site says it like [pa-TRONE-iss], which I can also accept.  I think I'll 
wait and see how "Boggart" and "Patronus" are pronounced in the movie because 
I go correcting myself.

Audra