Etymology of 'Accio' and more

[dumbledore11214]

No: HPFGUIDX 160845

> > bboyminn:
>  > Sirius - the pronunciation guide in my dictionary doesn't
> > make a distinction between 'Sirius' and 'Serious', but I
> > think there is a very subtle difference. Sirius is
> > 'SEAR-ee-us' or 'SEAR-ee-ihs', where as Serious is 
> > 'sear-ee-OUS'. Just a slightly different accent and 
> > inflection at the end.
> 
> Geoff:
> Most UK english speakers would say "SI-ri-us" for the name 
> and "SEER-i-ous" for the adjective and they are easy to 
> distinguish. There is no difference in the stress at the end, 
> it is the length of the initial vowel which is the main factor.
>

Alla:

Heee, I am soo enjoying reading this thread and finally found a place 
to stuck my two cents in.

In Russian I would also never rhyme Sirius and Serious, even though 
they do spell similarly, except "I" and "E", but this is not the 
difference between short I and long EEEE as in british English ( that 
is what it is, right Geoff? Same sounds but long?), but instead the 
difference between "I" and the sound "E" which for some funny reason 
almost no american speaker can pronounce correctly, because it is the 
same sounds as in my last name, hehe, which is "Peker", so it is a 
smooth sound.