Why I pronounce it nuts (was Pronunciation)

[Macha <monkshoodgardens@cox.net>]

No: HPFGUIDX 52697

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "sandon96 <smotgreg at h...>" 
<smotgreg at h...> wrote:
> 
> > > 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?
> 
I have listened to the audio version of book 1 and it is indeed 
pronounced k'nutes (with a long 'u')...I must assume that this as JKR 
intended it since she would have something to say about her book 
being on tape.
Macha