"Wizengamot" and "Legilimency"

[Dicentra spectabilis]

No: HPFGUIDX 74037

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "derannimer" <susannahlm at y...>
wrote:
> I pronounce "Wizengamot" -- and don't ask me why, because I couldn't
tell you -- 
> 
> "WIE-ZEN-GAH-MUTT." Emphasis nearly equally on all four syllables,
with a little 
> extra stress on the first and third.

I've been saying "wih-ZEN-gah-MOT".  I have no means to defend that
pronunciation.
 
> Here's another question, btw: How do people pronounce "Legilimency?" 
> 
> But my dad is saying "leh-JILL-i-MEN-cy." The stronger of the two 
> stresses is on the second syllable. 

That's my pronunciation as well.  It fits with the spell:
"leh-JILL-ih-mens" and "aw-KLU-men-see".

> I keep wanting to correct him. Well, "correct" him, since for all I 
> know, I'm wrong and he's right -- it's just that I *do* think it 
> sounds better my way. It's kind of getting on my nerves.
> 
> <looks around>
> 
> You think I'm what? You think I'm *picky?*

No, I think you're wrong. :D

--Dicentra, who can't bring herself to shell out $75 for the CDs to
find out how Fry says it