When Did Boadicea Become Boudicca?

[ToraToraTora]

when did hercules become heracles?
When I was at school it was always the former now it's always the latter?

[theprof]

Cloverjo, Wingardium Leviosa is a spell featured in the Harry Potter films and books.

[Cloverjo]

Thanks, the prof. When did it change? I've only ever heard the emphasis on the o.

[jim360]

At least once Hermione Granger corrects the latter pronunciation of the last word. I just got reminded of it for some reason.

[Mosaic]

Remember Angela Ripon's frantic strangled pronunciation of 'guerilla'?

[Prudie]

I thought of this thread this morning when R4 had an item on Myanmar.
Not Burma, not even My-anmar (as I've got used to) but now it's Me-ann-mar with the stress on ann.

[Cloverjo]

Has anyone heard Benedict Cumberbatch's attempts at saying the word "penguin" in a documentary voiceover he did about penguins, or was it pengwings? :)

[Ratty2E]

Food ones that really annoy me are when all of a sudden turmeric became tumoric and macaroons lost an o to be macarons.

[ethandron]

Macaroons and macarons are two different things, google it.

[Ratty2E]

I know exactly what your getting at ethandron but this is the result of my Google http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/macaroons_04669.

[Cloverjo]

What about the Americans' way of saying aluminium. How did they lose the i?

[Mosaic]

Are they what macaroni is made of? Must eat more.