December 2011
The American books on tape most definitely do count, because Jim Dale is the best.
mmmm debate time!
that's why i love internet! but i really wish i had strong potterheads near me, my sister is starting to dislike harry potter because she can't stand being near me when i start to see harry potter in everything, she was a bigger potterhead than i am D:
oh no!!!! =/
In my head I say "Ashy-O". But I did play the GOF game, and other ones. And I did watch the movies and read the books. And yet, I still say "Ashy-O" xD
hahaha well whatever works for you.
i’m sticking to my axio!
Or maybe we can just watch the movies ;) I doubt that Jo would have allowed the actors to mispronounce any of her created words onscreen. Just saying.
i accept any excuse to watch the movies repeatedly…..
At some point, I thought I was the only one who read it as Axio, hahaha, cool :)
you’re not alone!!!
The American books on tape don't count =P
Yeah, they def do not count. Not at all.
You and me both. Which is why I think the books are so much better.
agreed x 7.
to end the debate, someone just needs to write jo and ask her. she's the writer. her word is law.
yes. let’s do that. Open Letter to JK Rowling From Tumblr.
Your blogs great, I just want to reblog everything :p You should watch A Very Potter Musical on youtube. You'd love it, its hysterical hahah
i have!!!! i love it as well!!! so funny!!!
yes, they can't stand me anymore lol
aww come here! we can stand you!
I used to say axio because spanish is my first language and in spanish double c is pronounced like an x :P
mine too!!!! ugh, multilingual problems.
AXIO. That is all.
Thank you! I’m on the Axio team.
I think I'm a tad late adding my input on the whole "Accio" thing, but I'll tell you anyway. I have a friend who was an extra in the Harry Potter movies. (His name's Sam Gaukroger) and he's really good friends with Daniel Radcliffe. He came and talked with my Quidditch club about his experiences on set and one of the things he said was that Dan said that Jo Rowling told him that it was pronounced "ack-key-oh" with the K, not with the X like the video games or "ah-see-oh" (which is what I said)
achpidvoefhbvuefvybierb LUCKY. i appreciate the insight!!
I think so!! FINALLY. someone who feels the same way as I do when it comes to the movies and books.... All of my friends think that the movies were acurate.
i get realllllllly hung up on the little details!
idk how reliable the google translate pronouncer thing is, but it pronounces accio (as a latin word) as A-cho, with a short a sound.
yeah…not reliable haha.
wait so ack-ee-oh? or axe-ee-oh? or ah-see-oh? shmankshou :)
officially, ack-ee-oh.
for me, AXIO
In the Amerian books on tape it was pronounced ah-see-oh
I'm slightly insulted that someone thought I didn't know Italian came from Latin.. :( I love languages, and a major part of languages is that they change and evolve. ACKIO, AXIO, ASHEEO, ACHIO. Po-tay-to, Po-tah-to. <3 you all.
hahah people get pretty passionate out here
tell me about it, i'm constantly teased for being a potterhead but in the end they're always like "hey, i saw something yesterday that reminds me of you" "harry potter?" "yeah" or when they ask me if i was the one playing on the college's pianos because they heard hedwig's theme :)
awwww well then you’re the official harry potter girl at home
Oh my gosh! Can we be best friends?
GASP. can we???
On the topic about the Italian and Latin thing, Italian was made from Latin along with many other Languages. On the topic about Accio, ( another 3rd -io verb) the sound, -cc- makes a hard X sound and -io makes a long o sound. Just so you know. If you ever have a question about latin the just drop it in my ask I will see if I know it :)
everyone, this is the person to ask about Accio. she’s got it down!
sorry for answering you late, you asked me where do i live cause we don't celebrate halloween... i'm from Brazil :)
oh no!!! i mean awesome that you live in Brazil but awful that there’s no Halloween! =D
I always pronounced it like "AK-CIO" which is pretty much as the X sound but oh well! I speak portuguese, which also came from the latin so... I hope that helps on the argument, though! :)
yes!!! i love us! we really spent an hour talking about latin pronunciations….sigh.
Haha, thanks. (: I KNOW! I can't wait in like 20 years when I get older so I can remake the damn movies. I will use the books as the script and it will be SO perfect. All the potterheads will love it, even though each movie will be like 6 hours long. But still.. Perfection.
PFTTT no such thing as too long…BBC does it ALL THE TIME.
Let’s get BBC to bankroll this production……
In the GOF video game on PS2 the characters shout Axio, rather than Accio.
HA! THERE YOU GO!
Warner Bros. needs to get their life together.
The person talking about how close Italian and Latin are wasn't saying that they were the same, I think. It seemed like they meant that it was just the closest.
well it has to be close, doesn’t it….what with the development of the lingua franca in italy.
My friend, who has taken Latin for four years, assures me that the correct pronunciation of Accio is that which is used in the fourth movie, with a hard c.
Yeah, AKKIO wins this.
I don’t like it though -__-
You are precious! I've always said AXIO, and I thought the movies were stupid when they said ACKIO.. But really, the movies screwed up so much of the books that it just doesn't even phase me anymore.
Yeah, they don’t care! They needed a Potterhead Consultant on staff to correct them!
And you’re quite precious yourself!!!
Our Fandom
We’re sitting here discussing the Latin and Italian pronunciations of a spell…..
TAKE THAT, TWILIGHT.
I always pronounced it Ah-kee-oh, like they did in A very potter musical. "ACCIO GUITAR!"
Yes, Italian is based on Latin like someone said, but it changed the pronunciation. Do not say it like an X. Say it like a K, if you want the real pronunciation.
I understand. I get it. Thanks for letting me know!
I’m gonna continue with the X though. My psyche can’t take any more changes.
Also, testament to this fandom!!! We’re so scholarly…
I always said "Ah-see-oh"...whoops.
pft, it seems we’re all wrong. meh!
Let me clear this up. In real Latin, Cs sound like Ks. In Italian and the modern, Italian Latin, they're different-soft. The real, Latin pronunciation is Ack-ee-oh. I take Latin, you can trust this to be right.
well there you go. definitive answer. thanks!!
i’m saying AXIO, though.
it feels so good to be wrong.
Not double C's I'm pretty sure it makes at X sound. Latin is probs like the italian rule. Latin is way more like Italian than English..
hmm well it seems that prettythingsandmusings has the facts on this….
You're fucking adorable. I'm not gonna lie, if you were around me on a daily basis I would try and woo you. Most likely letting you know my knowledge on Harry Potter and hoping you would just instantly fall in love with me. Also, I first listened to the audiobooks too. And my question is, did you (along with I) read the books, and hear the guys voice in your head reading them for you?
i imagined he was cuddled up next to me whispering JK’s words in my eager ears.
and you’re making me blush!!
I always said Ack-e-o. That's what I always thought, from the first book. It really bothers me how they switch pronunciations throughout the films. :/
yes this needs to turn into a discussion about how the movies hate us and aren’t paying attention to the little things….
The anon talking about how two C's are pronounced together in Italian is probably on the right track. Most of the spells (if not all) are Latin based, just like the Italian language.
yes yes but in latin the C’s are Ks, or so i’m told??
AXIO FOR LIFE.
FO SHIZZLE.
question. how can you export the submission from pages to a pic. or you use another format to do ur HP problems? i mean im using pages as well but i have to go through Microsoft word to make it a pic. much help would be appreciated.
pages > pdf > whatever other format you want
Whoops, I mean't to type "ASH-ee-oh".
that’s worse, gurlfriend. hahahah
(Aw, I actually laughed really hard at Cpt. Jack)
I always pronounces it ASS-ee-oh. But then again, I pronounced heir, higher...
aww boo boo hahahah
me and my sister always thought it was like ACH-EE-O. like in italian when theres two C's together. i like the X sound too though! i really think anything but the CK sound sounds good.
haha you're not, I say AXIO too
I propose we wait until the audio books from Jo come out next year. That should have the proper pronunciations. I myself pronounce it aKio, but that might just be from the movies. Idk.
good plan, good plan. i might just keep saying AXIO bc it’s going to hurt my brain to stop.
