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Harry Potter Vs. Twilight Question

What are some words/names that you mispronounced while reading the Harry Potter and Twilight books?

Are there any words or names in the books you read that you thought you were pronouncing correctly, but when you watched the movies, you were slightly off? There were a few for me that I messed up on while reading.

Twilight:
-Quileute
-(Sam) Uley
-(Quil) Ateara
-Esme (Cullen)

Harry Potter:
-(Bellatrix) Lestrange
-Felix Felicis
-Accio
-(Rufus) Scrimgeour
-Xenophilius (Lovegood)
-Legilimens

I'm sure there are more, but those are the ones I can think of at the moment.

 Gred_and_Forge posted over a year ago
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Harry Potter Vs. Twilight Answers

ThePrincesTale said:
Harry Potter:
-I still pronounce Lestrange wrong, I say it 'Lestrang'. It's such a deeply ingrained habit I couldn't stop it if I wanted to- it sound better that way anyway.
-Technically, most of us say Voldemort wrong- Jo intended it to be a silent 't', because it's French. So it's actually 'Voldemore'.

Twilight:
-Carlisle- I said it Car-lease-el.
-I have absolutely no idea how to pronounce Esme. I am probably saying it wrong, I wouldn't know.
-I just skipped over Quileute, didn't even say it in my head.
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good point on the voldemort thing
SEEKER6 posted over a year ago
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I pronounced Lestrange the way you did, so don't feel bad :p
Gred_and_Forge posted over a year ago
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Esme is pronounced Ez-may.
ArcticWolf posted over a year ago
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I actually used say Lestrange like that, as well as the way in my answer.
zanhar1 posted over a year ago
bri-marie said:
Hm...

Harry Potter
-Hermione -- my mom always pronounced it 'hair-eh-moan' (I have no idea why), and it just stuck in my head.
-Accio -- which I still mispronounce :p
-Arcturus
-Nigellus
-Bartemius -- there's a book series called the Bartimaeus Trilogy and they pronounce 'Bartimaeus' as 'barty-may-us.' I always pronounced Crouch's name like that.
-Peverell

There's probably more spells, but I can't remember them off the top of my head.

Twilight
-Carlisle
-Eleazar
-Siobhan
-Ateara
-Ephriam

I also always stutter over 'Jason Jenks.'
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Oh I love the Bartimaeus Trilogy- and I pronounce Bartmius like that and only now do I realise I say it wrong. How do you actually pronounce it?
ThePrincesTale posted over a year ago
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Bart-tay-me-us. At least, according to the movie :p
bri-marie posted over a year ago
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Siobhan I mispronounced, but then I found out that it was shuv-ahn. XD
rapunzeleah123 posted over a year ago
boolander25 said:
For the love of me, I could never say Carlisle and Hermione right the first time I read the books. There were probably tons of other assorted things, but I can't recall them.
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cassie-1-2-3 said:
I used to pronounce Snape as "snap", because that's how my teacher pronounced it before the movies.

I pronounced Carlisle as "car-silly"

I just skipped over Quileute whenever I saw it. I never pronounced it at all.
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lol carl-silly, i pronounce it car-twat. Twilight is CRAP. HP rules :P
Lunamay posted over a year ago
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Okay... I don't agree with you.
cassie-1-2-3 posted over a year ago
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Snape song! Well Lunamay has just the right to express her opinions as you do.
Sasume posted over a year ago
DracoLuver said:
Twilight:

I pronounced Carlisle like Car-lis-el. I was only in 6th grade and everyone else pronounced it this way too.

Harry:

Xenophilius (I didn't even bother)
Ginny (pronounced it like 'G' as in game.)
McGonagall (I forgot how I pronounced this)
Trelawney
Fleur


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I pronounced Carlisle that way too!
ThePrincesTale posted over a year ago
Kiniko90 said:
I remember mispronouncing only Hermione. I used to pronounce it "her-mee-yon" >.<"

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Esme: es-may Quileute- I think it's quill-e-yet
LUV_4_BIEBER posted over a year ago
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heh bieber. sorry! yeah the quileute thing sounds right
SEEKER6 posted over a year ago
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I pronounce Quileute as quilly-oot, Hermione as her-myon, Accio as ace-yo (that's stupid), and Esme as ease-me
nan_beetlejuice posted over a year ago
GemonkDruid said:
I didn't really pronounce anything wrong, since I listened to audio books/watched various movies before reading the actual books. The only thing that I may pronounce wrong is Accio. Everyone swears it's Ak-eo, but I pronounce it Ak-seo, because that's how the audio books went.
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wotcher-tonks said:
Twilight
Quileute (I didn't even try)
Ateara (I pronounce it Artery, for my own humor, and because I can't say it in the first place.)
Carlisle (Car-lis-aisle. I dunno, don't ask)
Esme (I still can't say it)

Harry Potter
Hermione (Hermy-own)
Accio (I still say it wrong)
Scrimgeour (I refuse to try)
Scabior
Legilimens
Occlumeny (Or however you spell it)
Xenophilius
Patronum (The letters switched places on me)
Privet. (I missed the "r" every time I read the word. I was all the way up to the fifth book by the time I learned it was Privet and not Pivet.)
Fleur
Nigellus

Lots and lots more.

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xDark_Angelx said:
Harry Potter:
Hermione
Felix Felicis
Ginny
Accio
Malfoy (always pronounced it "Mal-fRoy." The R always came there for some reason)
Scrimgeour
Privet (I missed the R in this case)
Sirius (I pronounced it Ser-eye-ous)


Twilight:
Carlisle
Ateara
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I always pronounced "Herm-e-one" until she pronounced it in Goblet of Fire for Krum. And I mispronounced Ginny like Ash did. :P
xDark_Angelx posted over a year ago
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You missed the R in Privet to?! :D :D I don't feel lonesome anymore! XD
wotcher-tonks posted over a year ago
Sasume said:
Twilight:
-Quileute (Don't care to correct it...)
-Carlisle (Until I heard it correctly I think I said carl-isle instead of carl-ile)

Harry Potter:
-Privet (I thought it said "private" for some reason)
-Neville (I was in 4th grade...)
-Felix Felicis (I still don't know how to say it)
-Thestral (don't remember what I thought it was)
-(Rufus) Scrimgeour (I said it Scrim-ige-more)
-Xenophilius (Lovegood) (NO IDEA)
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Darkshine said:
Twilight:

Quileute - Qwi-yu-uti or something
Carlisle - Car-laye-s
Esme - I pronounce the s as a z
Siobhain- Siobayan

Harry Potter

Accio - Akcio
Scrimgeour - Scrim...?
Xenophilius - Xenophaylius
Privet - Private
Fleur - Flour
Peverell - Prevell

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zanhar1 said:
Twilight

Carlisle (still can't pronounce)

Harry Potter- Since I was like six there where a lot;

- Hermione was Mione
- Xenophilius was... (I still can't pronounce us)
- Ginny was genny
- Harry was Hawry
- Bellatrix Lestrange was Bellatrix Lestrich like ostrich
- Dumbledore was Dubbledore
- Draco Malfoy was Draco Melonfoy
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I cracked up at Draco Melonfoy XD thats too hilarious
xxhpgalxx posted over a year ago
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XD yah that was funny to remember.
zanhar1 posted over a year ago
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lol thats priceless.
xxhpgalxx posted over a year ago
Brittanagleefan said:
Alohomora, Felix Felicis, Accio.
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xxhpgalxx said:
Harry Potter:
Victoire - Victory
Ginny - Jenny
Xenophilius - No idea but I know it wasn't right
Accio - I still say it ak-ee-yo


Twilight:
Carlisle - car-sisle
Esme - I still have no idea how to say her name

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