"Bob (this one)" > wrote in message >...
> Tony Lew wrote:
>
> > Arri London > wrote in message >...
> >
> >>notbob wrote:
> >>
> >>>On 2004-08-24, Bob (this one) > wrote:
> >>>
> >>>>Peter Aitken wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>>"CM Bellers" > wrote in message
> gy.com...
> >>>
> >>>I'll just scooch in here for a sec:
> >>>
> >>>The only thing I'd like to know about aluminum is, how the heck do you Brits
> >>>get [OWL-you-min-ee-um] out of a-l-u-m-i-n-u-m? That's a whole freakin'
> >>>extra syllable, for chrissakes! You just grab that 'ee' thingie right out
> >>>of thin air and stick it right in there without a by your leave. I mean, I
> >>>can see spanner and bonnet and all those other creaky old terms, but this is
> >>>just bizarre. Is it retribution for our taking the 'bore' out of
> >>>[LAB-rih-tory]? If so, then I understand ...and now we're even.
> >>>
> >>>Carry on.
> >>
> >>ROTFL!
> >>If one looks at the periodic chart of the elements:
> >>http://www.webelements.com/, one instantly notices that the majority of
> >>elements have names ending in '-ium'.
> >>However, the American language has chosen to drop that in the case of
> >>'aluminium' in favour of 'aluminum'. In British English the
> >>pronunciation of aluminium follows the correct spelling of aluminium.
> >
> >
> > Good.
> > Now can you explain why "Hermione" is pronounced her-MAI-nee ?
>
> It isn't by anyone who actually speaks English. It's her-my-oh-nee.

So no one in the Harry Potter movies speak English?

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