[HPforGrownups] Pronunciation

[srsiriusblack at aol.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 52577

Hello editor at texas.net,

In reference to your comment:

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

In following with with JKR's theme of using latin pronunciations the soft 'g' 
doesn't fit.. it would be a hard 'g' as in 'grand' rather than giant.

forgive me if ths has been mention already... I am catching up on 222 
messages now.

-Snuffles

"All men dream: but not equally. Those who dream by night in the dusty 
recesses of their minds wake in the day to find that it was vanity: but the 
dreamers of the day are dangerous men, for they may act their dreams with 
open eyes, to make it possible. This I did."  T.E. Lawrence- Seven Pillars of 
Wisdom


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Subj:   Re: [HPforGrownups] Pronunciation   
Date:   2/19/2003 22:16:32 PM Eastern Standard Time 
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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


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