How to pronounce Regulus Black?

Post subject: How to pronounce Regulus Black? Posted: Thu Jul 31, 2003 01:55 PM

Does anyone know how Regulus Black is meant to be said? Is it Ree-gulus or Reg-ulus or something else? I think it sounds better as Ree-gulus, but my sister thinks it's Reg-ulus so I was wondering what other people thought. Thanks!

6th Year Joined: Jan 31, 2003 Posts: 577

Hm, I usually maul things when I say them, but I'll give it a shot. The way I would pronounce it is like regular, except... reg-you-luss

There are *FOUR* Marauders, after all.

-That Rat

When I read OotP, in my head, I pronounced it just as Peter said. But then I remembered that JK used to teach French and the French pronunciation is with the *g* sounding like a *j*, like rej-yoo-lus. So I suppose it is possible for his name to be pronounced that way too.

By the way, in French, there are many definitions for the adjective regulier(e), and one of them is lawful. Kind of ironic when you know that this guy was a Death Eater.

1st Year Joined: Jul 24, 2003 Posts: 36

Sorry for coming across all Hermione-ish (Ms know-it-all), but in French, "g" is only pronounced "j" when it is followed by "i" or "e". Followed by "a", "o" or "u", it is pronounced like our "g" in "game".

Sibylle

Regulus is Latin and I think you speak just like written, I mean Re-gu-lus...

My bad, Sibylle L.

Muggle Joined: Aug 01, 2003 Posts: 1

Well I can tell you for a fact, that my name is pronounced 'Reg - yoo - lus' just as it looks. Your sister is right, twelvegrimmauldplace, and you are wrong.

1st Year Joined: Jul 06, 2003 Posts: 62

rej-u-lus or at least thats the way i say it

Well, I pronounce it Reh-ju-lus, but I have no idea of the correctness of it. The name just reminds me of the name reggie (reh-jee), so I use the soft g sound. I also think the hard G doesn't sound as nice, but that is just me...

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1st Year Joined: Jul 07, 2003 Posts: 27

Since nobody�s mentioned it yet, just thought you would like to know REGULUS is a star. It�s the brightest one of the LEO (lion) constellation, but overall it�s pretty small, not the second brightest star (TO SIRIUS) or anything. No idea how you should pronounce it in English, sorry (we spaniards don�t have this dilemma, hehehe). And it definitely has nothing to do with French.

Looks like Sirius� parents loved Astrology a bit too much

LOL

STARSHINE

Post subject: Re: Regulus is just another star Posted: Wed Aug 06, 2003 02:02 PM

Yay, Leo!!! *is a leo*

Sorry, that has nothing to do really to do with pronunciation, but I just had to add that in :DD

On with the pronunciation!

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Muggle Joined: Jul 09, 2003 Posts: 11

Having been inspired by hp to learn latin, i have borrowed "teach yourself latin" from the library.

(needless to say i haven't taught myself anything except how to be very confused)

:deal

anyway, latin did not have a soft g sound (as in gesture or genes), and "g" in latin was always a hard g (as in game or go)

ergo...Regulus would be pronounced Reg (as in in regular)-yoo-lus

and i agree, the blacks really did get a little carried away with the astrology thing.

Post subject: Re: Regulus is just another star Posted: Tue Aug 12, 2003 10:35 PM

Hey, I happen to like their astronomy obsession, probably the only good thing about their whole foul family (besides Sirius, of course.) Wouldn't it be cool to look at the sky and find your star? The one you were named after? If I ever kids I am so giving them all stars for middle names, and then showing them where their stars are.

Okay, back to the topic. I pronounce it like poorsirius does, reg-you-lus, but that's probably a sign that that's not how you pronounce it, since my pronunciation is always wrong in these books:p

1st Year Joined: Jun 27, 2003 Posts: 41

I've always read it as Reg-yoo-lus too.

Reg-oo-lus is how I've always said it. I agree with Kokiri85, the astronomy thing is so cool, I wish I was named after a star *glares at parent*