According to Rowling, the 't' in Voldemort is silent,[1] as it is in the French word for 'death', mort (pronounced[mɔʁ]ⓘ),[2] and Jim Dale pronounced it as such in the first four U.S. audiobooks. After the release of the film version of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, where the characters pronounced the 't', Dale changed his audiobook pronunciation accordingly.[3]Stephen Fry pronounced the name including the 't' for all the UK audiobooks.[4][5]
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According to Rowling, the 't' in Voldemort is silent,[1] as it is in the French word for 'death', mort (pronounced[mɔʁ]ⓘ),[2] and Jim Dale pronounced it as such in the first four U.S. audiobooks. After the release of the film version of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, where the characters pronounced the 't', Dale changed his audiobook pronunciation accordingly.[3]Stephen Fry pronounced the name including the 't' for all the UK audiobooks.[4][5]
