Pronounciation??

I'm not sure if this is in the right place but I'm here most so......
What words do you think they pronounced wrong in the films?
I always said Accio like assio. But in the film they said Akkio???

i alway said akkio, i guess it depends, i didn't know how to pronounce Flamel, like Nicolaus Flamel till i saw it in the movie, i always thought it kind of sounded lik flannel, the fabric.
hermione lewis

I think they got Flamel right...
But "Accio" I agree, I thought it would be like 'assio'.

most of the 'spells' have their roots in Latin.
It follows the rules of latin pronounciation.
the 'c' is always 'hard' - never 's'
http://www.spx.org/departments/forei...Fleurguide.pdf

Although if you follow 'religious latin'
Ecclesiastical Latin
the rules for 'c' are a bit more complicated.
I did assume 'accio' = 'at-chi-oh'

However, I had no idea how to pronounce Hermione though.
it looked like 'Her- mi - own' or 'Her-mi-won'. I certainly did not count on 'Her-Mi-on-knee'

The Harry Potter webside at Scholastic has a Pronunciation Guide !

Harry Potter: Pronunciation Guide | Scholastic

You'll just need to open your radio and then you can check all the strange words if you like !

akkio!!!! soooo usefull

Well I had seen the first film before reading the books so I just took the pronounciation of Hermione from the film.

It took me ages to accept Sirius was "serious" though! *lol* When I was reading the third book, I thought it couldn't possibly be pronounced "serious" so I kept reading it as Si-rus.

I also read accio as A-see-o

But I just assume the film pronounciation must be right

I always read "accio" as "AH-see-oh" and "Voldemort" as "VOLE-de-more," which is the way this Scholastic site pronounces them.

In the beginning, Jim Dale (U.S. audio version) pronounced "Voldemort" with a silent "T." Then, after the movies came out, he changed it and started saying it with the "T."

I didn't / don't care. It works better with the silent "T."

And now, this Scholastic site says it with the silent "T."
It's all very confusing. I don't think we're going to find a final authority. I think it's best to just pick the one you like and forget what other people say.

Well said , Psyduck .
JK herself knows the pronunciation , but we couldn't ask her to pronounce every made-up words , could we ?

Lol about flannel/Flamel!
I know what you mean Psy. I just ignored the film pronounciation. But I must admit, 'akkio' annoyed me! Assio sounds better imo.
I always said the 't' in Voldemort. Voldemore sounds wierd to me now.
I just wondered if there was a difference between U.K/U.S etc....
I know loasa people who said Hermy-one !!!