Etymology of 'Accio' and more

[potioncat]

No: HPFGUIDX 160918

Potioncat:
Earlier I attribulted the passage below incorrectly. It was written 
by Carol. 

Carol wrote:
>  My gut feeling (probably wrong) is that Americans pronounce
> > > both "serious" and "Sirius" the way that Brits 
pronounce "Sirius," 
> and
> > > the Brits pronounce "serious" with a stronger, longer "ee" 
sound. 
> I'm
> > > thinking that the first syllable of "cirrus" (as in cirrus 
cloud)
> > > illustrates the sound I hear in both "serious" and "Sirius." Is 
that
> > > what anybody else hears?

Potioncat:
I then suggested we find expamples from a sourse we have in common 
and report back. I actually wrote the post twice, deleting one 
version. 

I left out a portion when I rewrote the post so here it is now.

Someone commented that the British "r" is different from the 
American "r" 

When I first saw SS/PS, (not being the Potter cough*nerd*cough expert 
that I am now) I heard the r sound where it was not and did not hear 
it where it was. I thought McGonagall called Susan "Bournes" for 
sorting and I thought Snape asked for a besoal.

Clifford must have seen the first post in the few moments before I 
pulled it. He e-mailed me off list to tell me it was "bee's oil."

I'll never again read or hear bezoar without imagining someone trying 
to get bee's oil from a hive. (And all this time I thought honey was 
fat free!)