questions about chocolate and Bellatrix accent

[Constance Vigilance]

No: HPFGUIDX 145476

> > Corey Overton wrote:
> > > 2. I've listened to all the hp books from start to finish and i'm
> > > wondering about something. The narrator is Jim Dale. He made 
> Bellatrix
> > > sound either French or German. Is she from any of those 
> countries? or
> > > is that just Dales' one of many comedian voices? 
> 
> Pat:
> I hope that doesn't mean Jim Dale doesn't do his homework. She's 
> Lestrange by marriage. Did he also give Bellatrix' sister, Narcissa, 
> the same type of accent? 

The Blacks and the Malfoys are very much about appearances. 
Bellatrix's French accent may be an affectation. That is one way that 
the accent can be explained without violating canon. But I think the 
truth is that Mr. Dale had to provide a voice for Bellatrix with 
nothing more to go on than her name when she makes her first 
appearance in the pensieve in GoF. By the time it became apparent that 
she is not likely to have a French accent naturally, it was too late.

So I'm going with: It's a deliberate affectation put on by a vain 
aristocrat. Jim Dale is never wrong. And I love his Hagrid, by the way.

~ CV