[Ads-l] Rowling pronunciation

[Joel Berson]

Mea culpa.

      From: Laurence Horn <laurence.horn at YALE.EDU>
 To: ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU 
 Sent: Thursday, June 9, 2016 2:33 AM
 Subject: Re: [ADS-L] Rowling pronunciation
   
> On Jun 8, 2016, at 9:26 PM, Joel Berson <berson at ATT.NET> wrote:
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> According to Sarah Lyall, who attended a preview of Part One of "Harty Potter and the Cursed Child" in London on Tuesday, "We learn once and for all that Voldemart is pronounced with a silent T: 'vol-DE-more'."  (Today's NYTimes.)
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> (Not where I would put the accent,

Me neither.  But she does spell the name "Voldemort", which explains the last syllable, if anyone was wondering.  Of course "Voldemart" could be either (i) a way to respect the "he who must not be named" constraint or (ii) an emporium selling spin-off products relating to the Dark Lord for the discerning Harry Potter fan who has everything else.  

LH

> but its her choice, as she's one of the story co-writers.)
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> Joel
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