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Russians, Don't Call that Wizard Garry Potter!

It's Harry Potter.

Garry sounds absolutely ridiculous, because "Garry" is also a name. So when you say Garry Potter, it sounds like you're talking about some other "off-brand" wizard.

I know it's Russian pronunciation convention to convert the first sound to a G when a loanword begins with the "voiceless glottal fricative" (AKA the "h" sound), eg hormonal becomes "Gormonal".

But Garry Potter is simply absurd.