Policy Statement

The policy of the Harry Potter Word Wizard is to enable the reader to enunciate some of the more difficult words in the Harry Potter books. These pronunciations are from Scholastic Inc., the Harry Potter audiotapes, on-line and off-line dictionaries, an international baby names book, a book of names from the 1930's, and pure guessing. I do not insinuate that these are the ONLY ways to pronounce the words used by JK Rowling. The words are to be used as a guide.

There are many words that are typically common on this site. All the words on the site have been placed by request. Many readers are from non-English speaking countries, and have asked me to include 'common' English words and names that are quite uncommon to their language.

Also, there is rumour that Warner Bros. will be adding a pronunciation table to their official website. Already, I've had questions because some of their words are supposedly said differently than my words. Since I am here to help readers of the books, I am going to continue to go by the words on Scholastic Inc.'s website (www.scholastic.com). I have contacted Bloomsbury (the British publisher of the Harry Potter books), and they said to go with Scholastic's words as well.

Some of the words sound different in the movies. I will take these into consideration, since some may be more accurate than my words. However, there are words that I will not change regardless of how they are said in the movies. Moviemakers don't always express the intent of the writer.

 

If you know that a word is wrong, and you have a legitimate source, please e-mail me and I will do my best to correct the word.