| I found this from the makers of the Guide to HP.
Animagi = Ani-MAY-ji ( ji like in "jive")
Animagus = Ani-MAY-jus (jus like in "just")
Aragog = AIR-a-gog
Azkaban = AZ-ka-ban
basilisk = BAS-il-isk
Beauxbatons = BO-ba-tonz (silent x)
bogies = BO-gies (hard g)
Cho = Cho (long o) as in the word Show
Cornelius = cor-NEEL-ee-us
crocheted = crow-SHAYED
Daedalus Diggle = DEED-a-lus DIG-gle
Diagon Alley = DI-agun Alley
Dobby = DAUB-ee
Draco Malfoy = DRAY-co MAL-foy
en suite = ON sweet
Erised = AIR-i-sed
Errol = AIR-il
Eyelops = Eye-lops
Fawkes = Fox or Forks (depends on what part of England you are from)
Firenze = Fear-ENZ
Flamel = Fla-MEL, Nicholas
gateau = ga-TOE
Ginny = JIN-nee (shortened name of Virginia)
gnomes = nomes
Gryffindor = GRIFF-in-door
Hagrid = HAG-rid
Hermes = HER mees
Hermione = Her-MY-oh-nee or Her-My-knee
knuts = nuts (British) or K'noots (American)
Lucius Malfoy = LOO-cius or LOO-shus MAL-foy
McGonagall = ma-GONE-a-gull
Madam Malkin = Madam MAL-kin
mauve = Mowve (same purple color)
Majorca = Ma-YOR-ka (Spanish resort)
Mirror of Erised = Mirror of AIR-i-sed
Muggles = MUG-els
Neville = NEV-ill
Oy! or Oi! = OI! as in BOY! (means Hey You!)
Patronus = Pa-TRONE-us
pasty = PAST-ee (short "a" like in FAST)
Penelope = pe-NEL-o-pea
Pomfrey = POM-free
Privet Drive = PRi-vet (short "i" like in TRIVET)
Quidditch = KWID-itch
Rubeus = ROO-bee-us
row = rao rhymes with "cow"
Seamus Finnigan = SHAY-mus FIN-i-gan
Scabbers = SCAB-ers (short a sound)
Sirius Black = SEAR-ee-ous or SIGH-russ Black
Slytherin = SLiTH-er-in (short i sounds)
traipsed = TRAYpst
Voldemort = VOLE-de-mort The French words: Vol = flight; mort = dead, which would mean this name translates as "Flight of Death" (Thank-you Prof. Dunbavand!) In France, one would not pronounce the "t" at the end.
Whinging = WIN-jing | |
