Pronunciation

[Kelley <kelleythompson@gbronline.com>]

No: HPFGUIDX 52626

Regarding the ka-noots / newts / nuts discussion, I'd pronounced it 
ka-noots/ka-newts from the first, before I'd heard the pronunciations 
on the Scholastic site way back when, but interestingly, I was also 
saying Nee-zul, rather than Ka-neez-ul.  Now however, I say Ka-nee-
zul.  Actually, it's a voiced 'k' more than 'ka'(k'newts, K'nee-zul), 
but y'all get my drift.

Maria wrote:
> Regarding Animagus, i have always said ani-mah-gus, as said before 
by someone else, mah as in man, gus as in goose :) >>>>>>

Yes, ani-mah-gus and ani-mah-g-eye, though I've gotten accustomed to 
the '-jus' and '-j-eye' pronunciations now.

Maria: 
> I was very surprised with many of the pronunciations in the
> scholastic guide, how many i said wrong! Hermione was difficult
> enough, it took me ages (i was pronouncing it like Viktor Krum more
> or less until i was corrected by Hermione herself in Goblet of 
Fire). >>>>>>

Heh, I had never heard the name pronounced before, so I was 
saying 'Hermy-own'. <g>
 
Maria:
> Other words i pronounce differently:
> 
> Rubeus - i put the emphasis in the first syllable
> Pensieve - same as above
> Alastor - either A-lastor or alas-TOR, but not in the middle :)
> Knuts - as in nuts
> Firenze - as in italian
> Draco - dra as in dragon >>>>>>

For me, used to say and still do:

RU-bee-us 
PEN-siv 
AL-ih-stir 
Dray-co

Can't recall if I had a different pronunciation for Firenze; it's 
been too long.

These I'm back and forth on now between my initial pronunciation and 
the 'proper' one:
PAT-tro-nus --pat to rhyme with cat, accent on first syllable, and 
often the 'tro' sounds more like 'truh' when I say it
Lew-shus 
baz-i-lisk --rather than bass-i-lisk (American thing?)

And, I was saying ah-kee-oh rather than ah-see-oh, and beh-zo-ar 
instead of bee-zore. 

--Kelley, rhymes with 'jelly' ;-)