Wizengamot

[grindieloe]

No: HPFGUIDX 74046

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Susan Smith" 
<atroposgryffin at y...> wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Cate" <cate at e...> wrote:
> "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.
> > 
> > "Wotcher" is a slang greeting.
> > 
> > Cate
> 
> I like to pronounce it with a long I (as in wise) and I am in 
> America.  So, how do we know which is correct?
> 
> Atropos G.


If it's any consultation, Jim Dale pronounces 
it "wiz" "en" "ga" "mott"; however, that is not how I would have 
pronounced it. I would have said "wizen" "gamet."

grindieloe :)