JK Rowling has said the Voldemort is pronounced Voldemor (with a slient t). In the movies they always pronounce it Voldemort.
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2Harry Potter = on topic. +1– RedCaioCommented Jan 10, 2016 at 5:55
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5I've heard her, herself, pronounce the 'T' multiple times (and there are tons of clips of her enunciating the 'T'). Not to mention, she was pretty heavily involved in the production of the films and never thought to correct the name of the 2nd most important character in the series. I think the current pronunciation has more to do with her wanting to be trendy and staying relevant than it has to do with 'right' and 'wrong' pronunciation.– xXGrizZCommented Jan 11, 2016 at 0:26
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Shouldn't it be "differently," not "wrong?"– Rogue JediCommented Feb 15, 2016 at 2:44
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@RogueJedi Title was assuming that Rowling>movies.– ibidCommented Feb 15, 2016 at 6:44
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If you're Asking a Question like that, why not put your Post through a spell-checker, at least? "Which names (besides for Voldemort) do the movies pronounce wrong?" is itself wrong, twice. "Which names (beside Voldemort) do the movies pronounce wrongly?" would seem to be what you meant. How is it anything but hypocritical or lazy to include several mistakes in a Question about other people's mistakes?– Robbie GoodwinCommented Nov 20, 2021 at 22:40
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With what little I know about the French language, I know that Beauxbatons should be bo-ba-to (French).
Despite failing at French, they got the Celtic names pretty well. I was actually surprised when Hermione and Seamus were pronounced correctly.
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7To clarify: Hermione is from Greek. Seamus is from Celtic. (You probably already know this. But your answer makes it sound like Hermione is also from Celtic.)– ruakhCommented Jan 10, 2016 at 8:54
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4Both Hermione and Seamus are perfectly ordinary and not particularly uncommon names in English, though, so it would be most surprising if they'd got them wrong. Commented Feb 14, 2016 at 17:23
If you count spells, there's also Accio.
The letter C in English is pronounced like K when coming before an A, O, U, or another consonant, and like S when preceding an E, I, or Y. (Examples: cart, coming, curt, preceding, civil, fancy, includes.) This includes when two C's are adjacent, as in the word accent - pronounced aksent because the first C comes before a consonant while the second precedes an E. Therefore the word Accio should be pronounced aksio.
This is borne out by Stephen Fry's audiobook versions of the Harry Potter books, for which he consulted heavily with JK Rowling, and in which Accio is indeed pronounced Aksio. But in the films it's pronounced Akkio, which sounds quite different.
answered Feb 14, 2016 at 13:31
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1+1 I do count spells, despite the question asking for names Commented Feb 14, 2016 at 13:37
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2But accio is Latinate, and neither classical nor Medieval Latin have a sibilant C. Commented Feb 14, 2016 at 14:20
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3Is there any official source on spells being pronounced as if they were English words? Most of them look Latin-like.– lfuriniCommented Feb 14, 2016 at 14:24
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Cpronouncedkis one possible Latin pronounciation, but another one (called Ecclesiastical pronunciation) hasCpronounced astʃ(= as in the English word "such").– lfuriniCommented Feb 14, 2016 at 14:43 -
4Dammit, the existence of Accio Quote makes it well-nigh impossible to Google for JK Rowling interviews mentioning the word accio!– Rand al'Thor ♦Commented Feb 14, 2016 at 15:40