Pronunciations (Re: Does Viktor Krum become an important character?)

[Juli]

No: HPFGUIDX 118912


--- "Paula \"Elanor Pam\"" <elanorpam at yahoo.com.br>
wrote:
> 
> The point of this linguistical crap: Krum can't say
> Hermione. That's NOT his
> fault. His system just can't create certain sounds.


I completely agree with you, I learnt English and
Spanish at the same age (when I was a toddler), and
even if I hear Spanish all day and it's my native
language I can't pronounce the 'R', and I've tried.
The same happened when I lived in France they couldn't
pronounce the Spanish 'J'. I think Viktor did try to
learn the pronunciation, he just isn't capable:
language is learnt before the age 7, whatever sound
you try to learn afterward it's just plain impossible
(well, maybe not impossible but extremely difficult).

Juli