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19th January 2019
02:32pm GMT

We always thought that Ron, Hermione and Harry were purchasing goods with Galleons, Sickles and k-nuts (with a silent k).
Like knife, knock, knit, knickers, and knight.
But we've been reading it (and saying it) wrong this whole time, and our minds are actually blown.
According to the lexicon, the smallest coin in the wizarding world is actually pronounced ca-nut.
Yes, you read that right. Ca-nut.
We're not too sure how to feel about that.
The members of the wizarding community may have been afraid to say Tom Riddle's other name at the start, but we weren't - we were just saying it wrong.
We always were convinced that He Who Must Not Be Named's name was pronounced Vol-de-mort.
But it turns out the t is meant to be silent - and J.K. Rowling confirmed it years ago, too.
https://twitter.com/jk_rowling/status/641724495695364096
In 2015, she retweeted someone who said:
"One piece of Harry Potter trivia I always forget to mention: the 't' is silent in Voldemort, according to @jk_rowling."The author then quipped:
"but I'm pretty sure I'm the only person who pronounces it that way."
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