Tony Lew wrote:
>
> "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?


In my copies of the first two movies, it's pronounced her-my-oh-nee.
Perhaps you cannot hear all four syllables, particularly if you are
expecting three?