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[Reverend Funk]

Closest word I can think of for that "an" sound that an English-speaking person would know is 'Ankh'.

On

 

[PSqueak]

we did? i call him Voldermortorta... i think the 2 t's made it worse.

No, we didn't.

Everybody i know IRL who liked the books back then pronounced the T because thats how you naturally read it in Spanish.

Also most people had to be told how to properly pronounce Hermione.

 

[massoluk]

It's your fault for not fixing the mistake before the first movie showed up in the theater, Ms Rowling.

 

[Bisnic]

Indeed. His name is a composition of French words (vol de mort, "flight of death") and in "mort", the t is silent.

Because 'mort' is the french word for death, and it is pronounced with a silent T.

In fact, Vol de Mort would basically mean 'Flight of Death'

Edit - As per the above, 'Flight from death' is also correct, and makes even more sense, given what he's trying to do.

Vol also means "theft" in french.

So I always thought of "Voldemort" as "Theft of death" or "Death's theft", whatever you prefer.

 

[TheGreatDirector]

That title change...

 

[BertramCooper]

Also most people had to be told how to properly pronounce Hermione.

Hermy-own

 

[mm04]

Yep, Jim Dale pronounced it Volde-more early on. For those who haven't read the books and who are on the road a lot driving, I highly recommend listening to the audio books to pass the time while in traffic. I prefer Jim Dale over Stephen Fry's narration for what it's worth.

 

[brau]

No, we didn't.

Everybody i know IRL who liked the books back then pronounced the T because thats how you naturally read it in Spanish.

Also most people had to be told how to properly pronounce Hermione.

this. hahaha i always read the T. in spanish and in english.

I remember Rowling talking about Hermione. She was so dissapointed in people into saying her name right, that she had to have the phonetics of her name explained in book 4.

I don't recall her every saying anything about Voldy.

 

[PSqueak]

Vol also means "theft" in french.

So I always thought of "Voldemort" as "Theft of death" or "Death's theft", whatever you prefer.

So it can mean flight or theft, how curiously similar to mexican slang.

 

[Kurita]

Hermy-own

Hermy-oney

 

[Adaren]

Team Her-mee-oh-nee

 

[omnislayer]

It's your fault for not fixing the mistake before the first movie showed up in the theater, Ms Rowling.

I do believe she did state it was pronounced this way before the first movie was released. Its not her fault people didn't listen.

 

[darscot]

I think the audio book is right, or the one I listened too anyway.

 

[NastyBook]

"Stahp it, Ron. ssssSTAAAAHP."

 

[Candeldandel]

That title change, goddamn

 

[PSqueak]

Hermy-own

Hermy-oney

Team Her-mee-oh-nee

We need a thread for misspronounced character names and such.

Reminds me that episode of OG Dragonball where Chiatzu has to explain how his name is pronounced.

 

[Gambit]

...until now I didn't know anybody pronounced the "t"!

I just naturally always read it with a silent T. But then I am not a native speaker of English and also don't mangle words into "Eye-talian"

Team J-K-knows-what's-up

 

[brau]

Team Her-mee-oh-nee

Her-My-Oh-nee

thats how i say it.

 

[Grizzlyjin]

The title change gives me life.

 

[Kyuur]

"Stahp it, Ron. ssssSTAAAAHP."

This gets me every time.

 

[smokeandmirrors]

A+++ title

 

[George Oscar Bluth II]

Hahaha, that title change.

 

[Orbis Tabula]

His real name, is VoldeSTAIN. Re-read all the books, you'll see it's written that way.

 

[Oersted]

Yeah, she's said this before. Weird that they got it wrong in the movies when she was pretty involved.

I wouldn't use the movies as a standard. They screwed up aplenty.

 

[PeskyToaster]

It's Her-my-nee

 

[Monocle]

I wouldn't use the movies as a standard. They screwed up aplenty.

Still pretty damn good adaptations. Nothing's perfect.

 

[Rest]

Garçon, give my complements to the mod. This title change is exquisite.

It's Her-my-nee

What a horribly ugly name. If someone I knew wanted to name their child that, I'd ask them why they wanted to do that to their child. I always read it as Harmony, and name that sounds nice and has a good meaning.

 

[StealthGoblin]

Yeah it is from the French. Means 'flight of death' which is what he was attempting to do with the Horcruxes.

I assumed everyone knew that.

 

[Guevara]

Tom Mar-yolo Riddle.

 

[BreezyLimbo]

I guess as a french speaking person it was kinda obvious to me.

And don't get me started how people say "Leblanc" in English.

the c is silent and it's NOT leblANK!

but i'm pretty sure English doesn't have the french sound "an" like in "banc"(bench) "blanc" (white) "l'an" (the year).

I always said it "le-blah".

It's Her-my-nee

I always said it "her-me-oh-knee"

 

[Brakke]

it's easy to think "mort" as a 't' in it because English has words like "mortician" and Plants Vs Zombies has jokes like "morticulture".

 

[zeioIIDX]

I always used to say Voldemore when reading the books...then the movies came out and they said Voldemort....so I was like "Okay then."

 

[Angry Grimace]

Hermy-own

I like how Rowling actually put a conversation in Goblet of Fire between Hermione and Viktor Krum that only existed to tell people how to pronounce her name (she even said that was why she put it in the book). I legit was just calling her Hermy-own up until that conversation.

 

[Fj0823]

Fun fact in spanish, his name is Tom Sorvolo Ryddle as oppossed to Tom Marvolo Riddle.

That way, the letters can spell "Soy Lord Voldemort"

Is his name also changed in other languages?

 

[Oersted]

Fun fact in spanish, his name is Tom Sorvolo Ryddle as oppossed to Tom Marvolo Riddle.

That way, the letters can spell "Soy Lord Voldemort"

Is his name also changed in other languages?

Tom VORLOST Riddle in Germany = ist Lord Voldemort. He talks about himself in third person.

Funfact: That middlename is entirely madeup.

 

[inm8num2]

Maybe that's why Voldemort always yelled, "Nyeeaaahhh!"

He was tired of people pronouncing his name incorrectly.

 

[Hella Lugosi]

Aww shit.

Why didn't she correct the film people while the first one was still in production?

Maybe they didn't want to confuse movie audiences.

 

[PSqueak]

Fun fact in spanish, his name is Tom Sorvolo Ryddle as oppossed to Tom Marvolo Riddle.

That way, the letters can spell "Soy Lord Voldemort"

Is his name also changed in other languages?

In french his middle name is Elvis so they can write "Je Suis".

 

[Phu]

Fun fact in spanish, his name is Tom Sorvolo Ryddle as oppossed to Tom Marvolo Riddle.

That way, the letters can spell "Soy Lord Voldemort"

Is his name also changed in other languages?

Speaking of Tom Riddle, if the T in Voldemort is supposed to be silent then I'm gonna start making it silent in Tom as well.

 

[Alx]

In french his middle name is Elvis so they can write "Je Suis".

He's not even named Riddle in French, but Tom Elvis Jedusor. It's a little far-fetched but still a clever play on words, since "Jedusor" sounds like "Jeu du sort" which can be interpreted as "trick of destiny" (among other things). It's less convincing as a last name, though.

 

[Linkark07]

Seems here in Mexico we've gotten it right day one lol

How did you guys pronounce Hermione?

 

[Gentleman Jack]

How did you guys pronounce Hermione?

I'm from the US and I didn't even bother trying to pronounce it until book 4, when she spelled it out for us.

 

[PSqueak]

How did you guys pronounce Hermione?

Personally, before being corrected, i pronounced it "Her-Mee-On", but i was corrected by the time book 4 or so was out, funnily enough, the local tv ads for one of the game adaptations pronounced it like that too, heh.

 

[Frog-fu]

She's wrong.

 

[CorvoSol]

Well of course it is. Dude's got the "Mort" of death right there, and that t is silent in those frenchlands

 

[katkombat]

Rick and Voldemorty

You're welcome Roiland.

Atta boy.

 

[Cels]

There's a Ralph Fiennes joke perfect for this thread but I'm not clever enough to think of one.

i recognize your cleverness

 

[MattKeil]

Don't be rude. Philsopher has a different meaning in the larger, more influential US market, so of course an international franchise is going to want to be aware of that.

It has nothing to do with the meaning of the word "philosopher," really. A Philosopher's Stone is an actual thing that Rowling did not invent, but the assumption was that American audiences wouldn't know what it was. That assumption was, of course, correct.

 

[Josh5890]

I told my girlfriend and my brother. They both started to question life.

 

[SturokBGD]

In Scotland JK Rowling is pronounced 'fuck up you'.