[Ads-l] Rowling pronunciation

[Laurence Horn]

> On Jun 10, 2016, at 3:55 AM, Wilson Gray <hwgray at gmail.com> wrote:
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> How long is it going to be, before I finally catch on to the fact that this
> thread has nothing to do with the pronunciation of _Rowling_?!
> 
> Yes, it's true. I have not yet heard anyone speak this name.

rhymes with "Bowling"
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> On Thu, Jun 9, 2016 at 2:33 AM, Laurence Horn <laurence.horn at yale.edu>
> wrote:
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>>> On Jun 8, 2016, at 9:26 PM, Joel Berson <berson at ATT.NET> wrote:
>>> 
>>> 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.)
>>> 
>>> (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.)
>>> 
>>> Joel
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