Pronunciation Guide |
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Animagi = Ani-MAGE-eye Animagus = Ani-MAGE-us Aragog = AIR-a-gog Azkaban = AZ-ka-ban Basilisk = BAS-il-isk Beauxbatons = BO-ba-tons (silent x) Blimey = BLIM-ee (long I as in lime)(Means an "exclamation of surprise") Bogies = BO-gees (hard g) Cornelius = cor-neel-ee-us Crocheted = crow-SHAYED (Means to knit) Deadalus Diggle = DEED-a-lus DIG-gle Dobby = DAUB-ee Draco Malfoy = DRAY-co MAL-foy En suite = ON-sweet (means “in, or as part of, a series or set”) Erised = AIR-i-sed Errol = AIR-il Eyelops = Eye-lops Fawkes = Faux Firenze = Fear-EN-zee Gateau = ga-TOE (Is a cake filled with custard or mousse) Ginny = JIN-nee (shortened name of Virginia) Gnomes = nomes Gryffindor = GRIFF-in-door Hagrid = HAG-rid Hermes = HER-mees Hermione = Her-MY-nee Knuts = nuts Lucius Malfoy = LOO-shus or LOO-cius MAL-foy McGonagall = mu-GONE-a-gull Madam Malkin = Madam MAL-kin Mauve = mowv (color purple) Majorca = Ma-YORK-a (Spanish resort) Muggles = MUG-gulls Neville = NEV-ill Oy! = Oy as in boy (means Hey You! The Weasleys always say it) Parvati Patil= Par (like a par in golf) vay-tee Pat-til (short i) Patronus = Pa-TRONE-us Pasty = PAST-ee (short “a” like in fast) or payst-ee (long “a” like in pay) (Is a meat pie) Penelope = pe-NEL-e-pee (“e” as in penny) Pomfrey = POM-free Privet Drive = pri-vet (short “i” as in trivet) Quidditch = KWID-itch Rubeus = Roo-BAY-us Row = rhymes with “cow” (means a “noisy quarrel”) Seamus Finnigan = SHAY-mus FIN-i-gan Scabbers = SCAB-ers (short a sound) Sirius Black = SEAR-ee-ous Black Slytherin = SLiTH-er-in (short i sound) Traipsed = TRAYpst (Means to walk or wander) Voldemort = VOLE-de-mort Whinging = WIN-jing |
Last Updated 7-16-03 |