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

[cubfanbudwoman]

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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. 
 
Potioncat:
> So, would you pronounce Sirius the same way as it's spoken here?
> http://www.scholastic.com/harrypotter/books/pronunciation/play.htm
> 
> Does anyone have quibbles with the way names or spells are pronounced 
> in the Audio-Books?


SSSusan:
I do, yes.  Jim Dale pronounces Alicia Spinnet as "Ah-LEE-see-ah" but 
pronounces Lucius Malfoy as "LU-shuhs."  Shouldn't it be LU-see-uhs" to 
be consistent with the Alicia pronunciation?  Or am I just nuts?

The spell I struggle with is "accio."  I've always prounounced it "AH-
see-oh" but I know some pronounce it "ACK-ee-oh."  If I'm not mistaken, 
in TMWSNBN (the GoF one), Harry says the "ACK-" version during the 1st 
task, but someone (Harry? someone else?) says the "AH-see" version 
later.  The "ACK-" version makes sense if one considers the 
word "accelerate," but somehow I've latched onto the "AH-see-oh."  I 
see that the Scholastic pronunciation guide agrees with me.

Thanks to the pronunciation link, I now know I was mispronouncing Felix 
Felicis [which I said as "FEH-lih-kuhs" instead of as "Feh-LEASE-us"] 
and Knuts [which I said as "k'nuts" instead of as "k'noots"]. :-
)  'Course, I'm not sold on this site being totally correct.  Listen 
to "Madam Maxime" if you would, and look at their phonetics.  Makes no 
sense for a woman who's French.  They also *say* Mer-OH-pee but the 
phonetics show MER-o-pe.

I do wonder whether JKR has ever stepped up to correct Jim Dale or 
Stephen Fry if she's felt their pronunciation was off.

Siriusly Snapey Susan