The intellect of Krum

[Geoff Bannister]

No: HPFGUIDX 164810

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "zgirnius" <zgirnius at ...> wrote:
>
> --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, Bart Lidofsky <bartl@> wrote:
> >
> > From: Ronin_47 <Ronin_47@>
> > > on his lack of wit. But at the end of the book I remember he 
> > > tracked her down to say goodbye and ask her to write. He still 
> > > stumbled over her name, but was making an effort. The celebrity 
> > > Krum who first arrived at Hogwarts would've probably just said, 
> > > "Well, see ya 'round then".
> > 
> > Bart:
> > Some names are very difficult to pronounce by someone who comes 
> from another country. Even many English speakers would probably 
> pronounce the name "her mine ee" rather than "her my-o knee". And 
> remember, Krum was eligible for the Wizard's Cup.
> > 
> 
> 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).

Geoff:
Being from the UK helps. Many years ago, there was a very funny actress 
who appeared regularly on the radio called Hermione Gingold and was a 
leading character in the film "Gigi". There was also a second film actress 
called Hermione Baddelely who appeared, inter alia, in "Mary Poppins".

So I think that many UK English  speakers would correctly pronounce 
the name.