#could possibly be mistaken for West Country with his Rs

[zazzander]

The Pureblood Accent Headcanons

Pureblood wizards split off from their upper-class counterparts in and around the Statute of Secrecy, i.e., the 17th century. For this reason, I would expect the Black cousins and their peers to have a markedly different accent to pretty much anyone else in the UK.

After the split, the London accent went through a variety of changes, some of which I’m sure the purebloods did pick up eventually. So I basically mixed what was the aristocratic accent of the late 17th century (which was still mostly rhotic!) with modern "posh" accent.

Keep in mind, most wizards live in isolated areas. Many families reside in the West Country. We know a significant portion live in Hogsmeade (i.e. Scotland). We can assume the accent is also influenced by that. For families like the Potters and the Weasleys, even more so.

In my headcanon, their vowels would look a little like this (use the IPA chart to get the sounds):

Some examples of how that looks in words / names! (my best guess)

"James Potter" = d͡ʒɛɪmz pɔt-tɛɹ (pought-teR)

"Black" = blɛk

"Sirius" = sɪː.ɾi.əs "Regulus" = ɾeg.ul.əs "Andromeda" = ɛn.dɾɑ.meː.də (so "Andy" would be more like "Endy", "Meda" would be like "May-da"), "Bellatrix" = bɛ̈l.ə.tɾiks "Narcissa" = nɑɹ.si.sə (sounds very American)

"Remus Lupin" = rɪː.məs luː.pin

"Molly Weasley" = mɑ.lɪː weːz.lɪː

"Muggles" = mɤ-gəlz (almost like moo-glz)

"Muggle-born" = mɤ-gəl-boːɹn (moo-gl-bouRn)

"Mudblood" = mɤd-blɤd (mewd-blewd)

Added: you can listen to the sounds here https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Phonetic_Alphabet_chart