Why I pronounce it nuts (was Pronunciation)

[sandon96 <smotgreg@hotmail.com>]

No: HPFGUIDX 52663


> > Audra asked:
> > 
> > >  And where is everyone getting 
> > > the long "u" sound like in "newts"?  If it was "knutes," then I 
> > could see the 
> > > long "u," but it's [NUTS], no silent "e" at the end.
> > 
I had a friend whose dog's name was Knute, named after a Nordic 
explorer.  She always pronounced it as K'noot, so I assumed that was 
the pronounication here, too.  Anyone out there from Scandinavia to 
back me up on this?

> > David, who took months to realise why so many people write about 
> > Luscious Malfoy
> > 
Yeah, I first started out with Lu - shuss since I always assumed that 
ci is pronounced /sh/. When I heard the pronounciation from Scholastic, 
I thought huh? But since JKR likes to toy with words, I later figured 
Lucifer (Lu-see-fer) was the basis for Lu-see-us.  At least it makes 
sense to me.

With animagus/animagi, I followed the rule that when g is followed by 
i, e, or y, it will say it's soft sound (j). Therefore, an-i-ma-gus 
(hard g) and an-i-maj-i.

BTW, this is not great filk, but I'll leave it to more musical people 
than myself:

from "You Say Potato" - from a Fred Astaire film(?)

You say an-i-ma-jus
I say an-i-ma-gus
You say Lu-see-us
I say Lu-shuss
An-i-ma-jus!
An-i-ma-gus!
Let's call the whole thing off!

Stacie