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::pronunciation guide::

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)

bogies = BOW-gees (hard g)

Cornelius = cor-NEEL-ee-us

crocheted = crow-SHAYED

Daedalus Diggle = DEED-a-lus DIG-gle

Dobby = DAUB-ee

Draco Malfoy = DRAY-co MAL-foy

en suite = ON sweet

Erised = AIR-i-sed

Errol = AIR-il

Eyelops = Eye-lops

Fawkes = Fox or Forks (depends on what part of England you are from)

Firenze = Fear-EN-zee

gateau = ga - TOE

Ginny = JIN-nee (shortened name of Virginia)

gnomes = nomes

Gryffindor = GRIFF-in-door

Hagrid = HAG-rid or HAY-grid

Hermes = HER mees

Hermione = Her-MY-on-nee

knuts = nuts (British) or K'noots (American)

Lucius Malfoy = LOO-cius or LOO-shus MAL-foy

McGonagall = ma-GONE-a-gull

Madam Malkin = Madam MAL-kin

mauve = Mowve (same purple color)

Majorca = Ma-YORK-a (Spanish resort)

Mirror of Erised = Mirror of AIR-i-sed

Muggles = MUG-els

Neville = NEV-ill

Oy! or Oi! = OI! as in BOY! (means Hey You!)

Patronus = Pa-TRONE-us

pasty = PAST-ee (short "a" like in FAST)

Penelope = pe-NEL-o-pea

Pomfrey = POM-free

Privet Drive = PRi-vet (short "i" like in TRIVET)

Quidditch = KWID-itch

Rubeus = Roo-BAY-us

row = rao rhymes with "cow"

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

Voldemort = VOLE-de-more with a silent t at the end. The French words: Vol = flight; mort = dead, which would mean this name translates as "Flight of Death" (Thank-you Prof. Dunbavand!)

Whinging = WIN-jing


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