Point against: Professor Whatsisname, the presumably quite-powerful dueling legend, learned/developed “Stuporfy”, which is intentionally meant to sound almost exactly like “Stupify”. If powerful wizards get a pass on their pronunciation, how is it that a powerful wizard can effectively differentiate those two similar spells when casting?
Point against: Professor Whatsisname, the presumably quite-powerful dueling legend, learned/developed “Stuporfy”, which is intentionally meant to sound almost exactly like “Stupify”. If powerful wizards get a pass on their pronunciation, how is it that a powerful wizard can effectively differentiate those two similar spells when casting?
Yes, that undermines the suggestion considerably.