[HPforGrownups] Re: The intellect of Krum

[Bart Lidofsky]

No: HPFGUIDX 164796

zgirnius:
>Indeed, I was unaware that the name is Greek in origin, so I always 
>read it "Hermy-own", since in English phonetics, single e's at the 
>end of words are usually silent. I only learned the correct 
>pronunciation when I saw a movie. (Born and raised in the US).

An actress with that name was an old friend of my family (and frequent houseguest of my uncle's, when she was at the U.S.), so I grew up familiar with the name (years before I learned how it was spelled, assuming I ever did...)

Bart