Potter pronunciation

[Kenneth Clark]

No: HPFGUIDX 160841

> Katherine Coble wrote:
>
> > While we're on the topic of pronunciation, would someone kindly
> > enlighten me as to the correct pronunciation of Rufus Scrimgeour?
> >
> > Not the "Rufus" part.  That I get.  It's the "Scrimgeour" part
I'm
> > stuck on.   I read it alternately as "Skrimjhur"
or "Skrimgower".
> > Which, if either, is correct?
> >
> > Thanks,
>
> Geoff wrote:
> Personally, I would agree with your first version; Scrim-gee-er
might
> be my transliteration. I see it as being of French origin.
>
> The pronunciation guide almost agrees with that but I have
indicated
> that I have reservations about a number of the versions it offers.

Ken says;  Its scots again.  Its a scots surname from the Dundee area
pronounced  "skrimjur" in this neck of the woods.  There is even a
clan website for the name but, like so many other such names, it is
not a clan name originally.

Kenneth Clark