Wizengamot

[Risti]

No: HPFGUIDX 74028

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Cate" <cate at e...> wrote:
> miss_america_03:
> How do you pronounce "wizengamot" 
> Also Tonks says "Wotcher Harry"
> what does that mean?
> 
> Reply:
> "Wizengamot" is pronounced exactly as it looks. "Wiz" as in 
wizard, "en" as in pen, "ga" as in gap, and "mot" sounds 
like "mutt." At least that's how it would be pronounced in America.

LoL.  Yep, that would be the way you'd pronounce it in America.  
However, and maybe it's just my German background coming into play
(although I have no clue if this is a german word, but for some 
reason, thats what I think of) but I've been pronouncing it

WIZ-zin-gaw-MOTE

Wiz as in wizard, like you said, en very fast and very soft with 
more of an in then an en sound.  Ga with a soft a, as in awe with a 
g in front(hard g), and mot with a strong O, as in a moat that 
surrounds a castle. Emphasis on the first and last syllable.  Well, 
at least that's how this Canadian with German background would 
pronounce this(should I say that my German accent is horrific?)

~Risti