Etymology of 'Accio' and more

[Geoff Bannister]

No: HPFGUIDX 160839

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Stacey Nunes-Ranchy" <Aixoise at ...> wrote:

Steve:
> <Rufus Scrimgeour - Again, it seems like a French
> pronunciation would be correct, but we Americans have
> never let that get in our way. I say, 
> 'ROO-fuss Scrim-gouwer' ('gouw' rhymes with 'cow' but with
> a slightly elongated inflection, hence the 'ou', and with 
> a 'g' not a 'j' sound).> 

Stacey:  
> I'm not so sure that a French pronunciation is warranted but if a
> francophone were to attempt it, I'm not sure if they would pronounce the
> final s on Rufus and his last name would probably be along the lines of
> "skrehm-jhoar".  Again, I think this name is not French in derivation and
> therefore I'm merely providing a guide to how the French would murder it
> <grin>.

Geoff:
Adding a thought or two to my earlier comment, I think my pronunciation of 
Scrimgeour is also influenced by the similar vowel combination used in 
"gorgeous" - which incidentally is from Old French.

Looks from the above that Steve has a Dutch connection somewhere with 
the"ouw" suggestion.