"Wizengamot" and "Legilimency"

snapesmate snapesmate at hotmail.com
Wed Jul 30 04:18:18 UTC 2003


No: HPFGUIDX 74109

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Dicentra spectabilis" 
<dicentra at x> wrote:
> --- 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.
<snip>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".
<snip>
> > 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

LOL!  I love trying to figure out the most logical pronunciations, 
but then I check this websites:
http://www.scholastic.com/harrypotter/books/pronunciation/play.htm
AND
http://www.theblanchards.com/hp/index.html
AND
http://www.hp-lexicon.org/spells.html
Lynnette






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