Etymology of "Occlumency" and "Legilimency" (Was: Names wordplay)

[Geoff Bannister]

No: HPFGUIDX 160779

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "potioncat" <willsonkmom at ...> wrote:
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> > > >http://www.scholastic.com/harrypotter/books/pronunciation/play.htm
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> > Eddie:
> > This link was some fun.  Especially check out the pronunciation of
> > "Voldemort."
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> Potioncat:
> Oh, that was so funny! I was expecting something serious. 
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> Speaking of serious, Sirius is one of the names that is pronounced. 
> (How many ways could you say it?) Severus is not on the list. (You say 
> Sever us: I say Severe us)
> 
> Potioncat, who does say "Sever us"---and not, as it may be 
> rumored, "Severus, darling."

Geoff:
The pronunciation of Sirius is interesting. As a UK English speaker, I would never rhyme 
Sirius with Serious. The former has a short 'i', the latter a long one. 

Again, with Voldemort's name; I always pronounce the 't'. I think I have heard it 
pronounced in several discussions/interviews I have heard as well as in "the medium that 
dare not speak its name".