Screw-ups Non-HP fans tend to make |
 Jul 30 2008, 08:42 PM
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Leaky's Resident Bibliophile  Posts: 8,279 Joined: 5:01pm April 18, 2005 Location: Finding Neverland.    |
Tonight I went over to my grandma's house for dinner with my sister. Towards the end of a conversation, we got to talking about the Harry Potter movies. My grandma said, "I know who Daniel Radcliffe is. He's Harry Potter. But I don't know who those other two are. Himmie and Roland?" Me and my sister could not stop laughing. "No Grandma. Ron and Hermione."
What non-HP screw ups have you had to endure? They can be character mix-ups, wrong names, simple confusion about plot points, or just plain ignorant remarks. -------------------- "I know who Harry Potter is. I just don't know who the other two are. Himmie and Roland?"
"No, Grandma, Ron and Hermione." |
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Jul 30 2008, 08:52 PM
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The Leaky Limerick Lollapalooza Posts: 3,843 Joined: 2:58pm November 12, 2007 Location: Somewhere over the rainbow. |
My son asked me why Jo made "Dumbledorf" gay.
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Jul 30 2008, 08:58 PM
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Being Eaten by the Pea Soup Posts: 24 Joined: 8:30pm June 29, 2008 Location: Michigan |
Oh my god. Yes. I have had a lot of things like that happen to me. Like my cousin ask me where is Harry Potters scar and what shape is it in. And I'm like are you kidding me right now. I mean I know your not a big fan and everything but that should be like common knowledge.
Also I hate when people also misjudge Harry Potter. Like they say he's just some orphan with a scar trying to defeat some lord guy. There is way more to the story than what appears on screen. Pick up a book and learn how to read, then you'll see what I am talking about. Ok, sorry. I got way off topic, but the people who make fun of harry potter really irate me. |
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Jul 30 2008, 09:14 PM
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Leaky's Resident Bibliophile Posts: 8,279 Joined: 5:01pm April 18, 2005 Location: Finding Neverland. |
QUOTE(Alysaw @ Jul 30 2008, 08:52 PM)  My son asked me why Jo made "Dumbledorf" gay. My mom asked me the same question, calling Dumbledore the same name. Tsk tsk tsk.-------------------- "I know who Harry Potter is. I just don't know who the other two are. Himmie and Roland?"
"No, Grandma, Ron and Hermione." |
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Jul 30 2008, 09:23 PM
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The Amazing Ardent Avatar Creator  Posts: 1,905 Joined: 9:59pm January 31, 2008 Location: In Nerdfighteria doing my happy dance with Hank and John!  |
My dad often calls Dumbledore "Dumbledork" or "Dumbledorf" Also he calls Hufflepuff something that I can't remember (but I think he calls it Huffinpuff). And he calls Gryffindor "Gryffindork" or "Gryffindorf"
Also my grandma read HBP before I did and she sort of "slipped" and told me that Harry was the Half Blood Prince! I was like no that he isn't! That wouldn't make sense! I knew he wasn't, yet I was unsure because I didn't know who it was yet, and I she just read it, so I assumed she would tell me the truth. But then after I found out Snape was the HBP, I went back to my grandma and asked her why she told me the HBP was Harry. And she said that is what she thought. (talk about short term memory loss!) --------------------  Live in the present, remember the past and fear not the future, for it doesn't exist and never shall. There is only now ~ Saphira avatar by JeffHpFan |
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Jul 30 2008, 09:35 PM
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Selling Illegal Items at Borgin and Burkes Posts: 2,806 Joined: 7:59am June 6, 2006 |
QUOTE(MonieLou @ Jul 31 2008, 02:42 AM) What non-HP screw ups have you had to endure? They can be character mix-ups, wrong names, simple confusion about plot points, or just plain ignorant remarks. My friend referred to The Dursleys as The Dudleys(And she's read all the books! and when I said it was the Dursleys her response was "Oh yeah, Whatever."  )QUOTE(kendra.dumbledore @ Jul 31 2008, 03:23 AM) Also he calls Hufflepuff something that I can't remember (but I think he calls it Huffinpuff). My dad says Huffinpuff too! He has also referred to the Death Eaters as both The Rat Catchers and The Meat Eaters 
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Jul 30 2008, 09:51 PM
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Leaky's Resident Bibliophile Posts: 8,279 Joined: 5:01pm April 18, 2005 Location: Finding Neverland. |
 I'm sorry, but The Rat Catchers? How are they even similar? At all? Whaaat? -------------------- "I know who Harry Potter is. I just don't know who the other two are. Himmie and Roland?"
"No, Grandma, Ron and Hermione." |
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Jul 30 2008, 09:52 PM
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Rat Spleen Restocker at the Apothecary Posts: 472 Joined: 9:38pm March 27, 2008 Location: Herbology greenhouse♥ |
My friends always say "Harry Potter is so gay. He is just some freak wizard and all that crap!" UGH! THAT MAKES ME SO MAD!@##%#$^%#^%#^ I hate when people say it is dumb, and they always mess up the names!!!!!
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Jul 31 2008, 06:18 PM
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Being Eaten by the Pea Soup Posts: 33 Joined: 10:19am July 31, 2008 Location: New York City |
Not reading the books.
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Of course it is happening in your head, Harry. But why on Earth should that mean it isn't real? |
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Jul 31 2008, 06:29 PM
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Kibble Boy/Girl at the Magical Menagerie Posts: 294 Joined: 4:15pm July 30, 2008 Location: Following Bugsy Sigel's ghost thru passageways beneath the Flamingo, Las Vegas |
Lets see, theres a plethora of things I have had to hear regarding my obcession with Harry Potter, but I wont go into that.
I think the most inaccurate comment made to me regarding Harry Potter was when my Grandma chastised us for watching the movies. Claiming HP was just an evil ploy by the devil and his demonic helpers to persuade children to deviate over to the dark side because Harry Potter himself is a doppleganger of the devil himself. She had never read any of the books, or even watched any of the movies...she even said that about LOTR....Frodo was the devil. Hahaha...she kind of reminds me of Adam Sandlers mom on "The Water Boy"...she thinks EVERYONE and EVERYTHING is the devil. Why is it that a lot of people call Dumbledore DUMBLEDORF....my parents say that.... |
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Jul 31 2008, 06:36 PM
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Ron Weasley's #2 squeeze Posts: 2,807 Joined: 11:00pm July 13, 2007 Location: Ottery St. Catchpole |
There's a poster from CoS hanging in the Applebees in my town. It's Harry and Ron in the Flying Ford Anglia. My mom asked me the first time she saw it, "I didn't know they had cars back then." I told her the series is set in the 1990s, yes, of course they had cars back then.
When I finished Deathly Hallows she asked me if Harry and Hermione got together. I told her no, Hermione got with Ron and it's always been Ron. This post has been edited by blue4t: Jul 31 2008, 06:36 PM --------------------  Win-gar-dium Levi-o-sa Ron Weasley: He Does it Anyway. |
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Jul 31 2008, 07:22 PM
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Perusing the Magical Menagerie Posts: 96 Joined: 9:30pm September 18, 2006 Location: Washington |
Oh the most aggravating one is when people say Harry and Hermione are so cute together. Uh no, RON AND HERMIONE go together. Some people.
Also, my boyfriend among all people, didn't get why I cried when Sirius died. Seriously. "He's just a character..." -------------------- I open at the close.
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Jul 31 2008, 07:30 PM
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Just Through the Brick Wall Posts: 13 Joined: 12:27pm June 21, 2008 |
The funniest thing that has ever happened to me was at camp. They let you send emails, and it was before HBP came out. I was so excited, and all this news was coming out. The counselors hated me, since my dad would email me whole Leaky articles, and they always asked me who/what/why questions. I told them about Harry Potter. I was at a Christian camp, and they flipped! My counselor said, "Harry Potter! He's anti-God! Doobledorf kills God in book one! I'm sorry, but I can't let you read Harry Potter."
Doobledorf still cracks me up. I had book one with me, gave it to her, and told her to read it. Dumbledore/Doobledorf does not kill God in book one. |
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Jul 31 2008, 07:57 PM
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Professional Diagon Alley Window Shopper Posts: 76 Joined: 2:29pm October 20, 2005 Location: Middlesbrough-still obsessing over Harry Potter |
My dad always used to mis-pronounce Hermione's name saying Hermy-onie and i always used to argue with him telling him it was wrong.
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Jul 31 2008, 08:36 PM
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Daily Prophet Photographer  Posts: 895 Joined: 1:35pm February 27, 2008 Location: In the library, snuggling with Percy  |
QUOTE(Felicity of Quincy @ Jul 31 2008, 08:30 PM) The funniest thing that has ever happened to me was at camp. They let you send emails, and it was before HBP came out. I was so excited, and all this news was coming out. The counselors hated me, since my dad would email me whole Leaky articles, and they always asked me who/what/why questions. I told them about Harry Potter. I was at a Christian camp, and they flipped! My counselor said, "Harry Potter! He's anti-God! Doobledorf kills God in book one! I'm sorry, but I can't let you read Harry Potter." Doobledorf still cracks me up. I had book one with me, gave it to her, and told her to read it. Dumbledore/Doobledorf does not kill God in book one. I have the same sort of problems with my Aunt. She's a very devout Christian and she swears that Harry Potter is blasphemous because the use of magic is evil. I keep pointing out that Harry and his friends are using their magic for good, to rid the world of evil, but she doesn't listen. **SPOILERS FOR THE 'HIS DARK MATERIALS' SERIES BELOW** Incidentally, I always wondered why the His Dark Materials series never got as much publicity for the same thing, since **SPOILERS!!** Lord Asriel actually sets out to destroy God. -------------------- "Why do you think they're after us, because we're so awesome? I think it's because we're so awesome!" **** "This exchange marked the beginning of Mr Malfoy's long campaign to have me removed from my post as Headmaster of Hogwarts, and of mine to have him removed from his position as Lord Voldemort's Favourite Death Eater."- Albus Dumbledore |
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Jul 31 2008, 09:31 PM
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Rat Spleen Restocker at the Apothecary Posts: 472 Joined: 9:38pm March 27, 2008 Location: Herbology greenhouse♥ |
They always ask, "How many books are left?"
And, "When is the 8th book coming out?" When will they realize the books are over? Everytime I hear "when will the 8th book come out?", I get happy because I have hope it will come out, and then I become sad because I realize it will never come out. Sorry to double post! Please don't delete this! Delete the one above this one if you have to! Well my friend was like "I hated how in the first 4 movies Hermione and Harry liked each other, and then in the 5th he started liking Cho." What was she thinking? And she also said, "Sirius is Harry's uncle!" I don't remember reading that. And she thought the heir of Slytherin was "the really mean guy's dad." Meaning: Snape's dad. She didn't even know the four founders of Hogwarts. And she says she knows a lot about HP. I think not. This post has been edited by Iheartprofessorsnape: Jul 31 2008, 11:58 PM -------------------- |
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Jul 31 2008, 09:48 PM
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Being Eaten by the Pea Soup Posts: 36 Joined: 9:25pm February 28, 2008 Location: Utah  |
Isn't there some guy with dorf at the end of their name in LotR? Now I'mm going to be hated for knowing nothing about Lord of the Rings!
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Aug 1 2008, 07:57 AM
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Mending the Chair at Ollivander's Posts: 2,734 Joined: 6:31pm April 2, 2005 Location: Exploring the Hogwarts library :) |
QUOTE(blue4t @ Jul 31 2008, 07:36 PM) There's a poster from CoS hanging in the Applebees in my town. It's Harry and Ron in the Flying Ford Anglia. My mom asked me the first time she saw it, "I didn't know they had cars back then." I told her the series is set in the 1990s, yes, of course they had cars back then. When I finished Deathly Hallows she asked me if Harry and Hermione got together. I told her no, Hermione got with Ron and it's always been Ron. The not knowing they had cars quote might have just made my day. It is too funny!  They also have the same poster at the Applebees near where I live, but luckily my family has never asked any questions (that I can remember) about that one.I've heard that Harry and Hermione thing a lot. One time someone who had never read the books tried to argue with me that they did indeed get together in the 7th book. I remember thinking, "this person is arguing with me about Harry Potter?" I have also heard Dumbledorf. That just always sounds silly, especially when it's usually used by people who are saying something bad about the books. Their point is so much less valid when they can't even get the names right! |
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Aug 1 2008, 09:37 AM
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Perusing the Magical Menagerie Posts: 94 Joined: 7:05pm September 1, 2007 Location: With Dumbledore looking at the scar above his knee that is a perfect map of the London Underground. |
Yeah, I've heard people say Dumbledorf as well...I don't really get it. Is it really THAT hard?
And also, I told my friend that the trailer for HBP was online and she was just like 'whatever it's not important' and 'i am not going to make a special effort to go onto my computer just to watch it'. WHAT? WHAT? Everyone (even non potter fans) should have watched the trailer by now DUH! And my friend has read all the books. How sad is that? Yeah, and someone else I knew thought that Sirius was pronounced Sy-rus/Cy-rus. How off is that! And she would not admit that she was wrong when I corrected her! |
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Aug 1 2008, 09:56 AM
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Just Through the Brick Wall Posts: 17 Joined: 12:20pm December 30, 2007 Location: Hiding in the Room of Requirement with Lucius |
Calling Lucius 'aka Luscious' Malfoy
 Lucas. This is a really simple mistake non-HP fans make but being Luscious' biggest fan ever it gets on my wand end! Grrr.-------------------- Narcissa's Nemesis
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Aug 1 2008, 10:25 AM
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Flesh-Eating-Slug Catcher Posts: 160 Joined: 5:11pm August 4, 2005 Location: Drinking butterbeer with friends under the Slytherin quidditch post... come find us! |
My older sister always pronounces Ginny's name like the first word in guinea pig. She hasn't even seen the movies!
I also hate it (this might just be me) when people who haven't read the books ask me what happens in the next movie... read the book people! It's not that hard to read. --------------------  It's Magic |
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Aug 1 2008, 12:05 PM
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Daily Prophet Photographer Posts: 869 Joined: 10:47am February 19, 2007 Location: at home |
QUOTE(HermioneGurlie8 @ Aug 1 2008, 01:57 PM) I've heard that Harry and Hermione thing a lot. One time someone who had never read the books tried to argue with me that they did indeed get together in the 7th book. I remember thinking, "this person is arguing with me about Harry Potter?" lol, i feel like that sometimes too, at school someone tries to tell me something about harry potter that is absulutley not true, and i try and explain why its not true and they go on and on, until i end up going "look iv got the book in my bag see for yourself". most have them have never even read the books before. oh yeah, my mum was telling someone i cried when dobby died, but she said "oh mill was so upset when Dibby (not dobby - dibby?) died, she cried". |
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Aug 1 2008, 01:30 PM
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Monster Book Stacker Posts: 382 Joined: 7:16am June 4, 2007 Location: Finland |
My brother, who has never read the books and only watched films 3-5, asked before OotP was out 'why are they releasing the movie before the book?' I was like
for a while, but then I realised he had mixed up DH and OotP. LOL! He was so embarrased when he realised his mistakes.
This post has been edited by helena123: Aug 1 2008, 01:37 PM -------------------- 'That which Voldemort does not value, he takes no trouble to comprehend. Of house-elves and children’s tales, of love, loyalty, and innocence, Voldemort knows and understands nothing. Nothing. That they all have a power beyond his own, a power beyond the reach of any magic, is a truth he has never grasped.'<3
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Aug 1 2008, 07:07 PM
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Kibble Boy/Girl at the Magical Menagerie Posts: 286 Joined: 10:58pm August 9, 2006 Location: Gryffindor Common Room, scheming on how to beat Slytherin |
I was watching the local news the day the preview for the HBP was released and one of the anchors commented that the movies were spooky because of the talking snakes. Sigh.
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Aug 3 2008, 06:11 PM
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Professional Diagon Alley Window Shopper Posts: 72 Joined: 4:57pm July 23, 2008 |
QUOTE(RubyRose @ Aug 1 2008, 10:25 AM) My older sister always pronounces Ginny's name like the first word in guinea pig. She hasn't even seen the movies! I also hate it (this might just be me) when people who haven't read the books ask me what happens in the next movie... read the book people! It's not that hard to read. When I was younger and was just reading the books I pronounced it that way too.  Then I saw the movies and learned better. |
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Aug 4 2008, 04:06 AM
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Scribbulus Everchanging Inks Changer Posts: 1,308 Joined: 3:58am March 18, 2007 Location: Teaching Ron 'tact' |
Ah! My friend was arguing with me that Hermione has squint eyes....She hasn't read the books...
And my english teacher!!! I think she doesn't like Harry Potter... She says HP will be forgotten after some years.......I was like , 
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Aug 5 2008, 01:54 AM
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Kibble Boy/Girl at the Magical Menagerie Posts: 270 Joined: 12:04am December 31, 2007 Location: Playing Poker with the Giant Squid |
QUOTE(grangergirl11 @ Aug 1 2008, 05:07 PM) I was watching the local news the day the preview for the HBP was released and one of the anchors commented that the movies were spooky because of the talking snakes. Sigh. Lol. You gotta love local news. Our people are always messing up and talking about random things because they don't think their microphones are on. There was one time where you could hear the spots guy and one of the anchors trying to get the other anchor to do a Homer Simpson impression, it was during a really serious story and you hear them in the background going "doy, doy". I think the Dumbledorf thing might be coming from Gandalf, because it ends in an "f" but, "dor" and "alf" are not similar sounds so who knows ??? --------------------  |
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Aug 5 2008, 07:35 AM
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Perusing the Magical Menagerie Posts: 82 Joined: 3:03pm January 22, 2008 Location: Berlin Area, Germany |
I am German and my older son (almost 6) already loves and knows HP but our little daugther (2) does not,... sort of....
She loves calling stuff like: "MALFOY!" "Pelliarmus!" in Public. "Voldemort" is also very popular. Then we have these "new" names for some characters, like "Bumblebee" "Prof. Treteimer" (kickbucket, for Trel.), "Prof. Schnapp" (catch) and so on.... can be hillarious to be out with them! QUOTE(vandy @ Aug 4 2008, 11:06 AM) And my english teacher!!! I think she doesn't like Harry Potter... She says HP will be forgotten after some years.......I was like , I am an English teacher, too, and I promise to make sure, at least MY students won't forget the books! Really crappy teacher you have there! This post has been edited by Iheartprofessorsnape: Aug 5 2008, 10:47 PM
Reason for edit: merged consecutive posts
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Aug 5 2008, 10:32 AM
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Slug and Jiggers' Apothecary Apprentice Posts: 1,406 Joined: 2:22pm October 29, 2006 Location: With Lucius playing hide and seek...O.O |
QUOTE(Narcissa's Nemesis @ Aug 1 2008, 09:56 AM) Calling Lucius 'aka Luscious' Malfoy Lucas. This is a really simple mistake non-HP fans make but being Luscious' biggest fan ever it gets on my wand end! Grrr.Aha! I've heard that one a few times! I've also heard Malfoy, as "Maloy." Who? I don't recall them being in the books!How about Harry, becoming Larry on a occasion? And when you call the person on it they simply go, "Yeah, close enough." Uh, yeah...no. Biggest fan, aye? Ok, I'll let you have that...you can be his biggest fan, and I'll remain his advocate...I enjoy the fight!   -------------------- LOYAL LUCIUS MALFOY ADVOCATE    |
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Aug 5 2008, 11:14 AM
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Scribbulus Everchanging Inks Changer Posts: 1,308 Joined: 3:58am March 18, 2007 Location: Teaching Ron 'tact' |
QUOTE(Callisto Lamia @ Aug 5 2008, 06:38 PM) QUOTE(vandy @ Aug 4 2008, 11:06 AM) And my english teacher!!! I think she doesn't like Harry Potter... She says HP will be forgotten after some years.......I was like , I am an English teacher, too, and I promise to make sure, at least MY students won't forget the books! Really crappy teacher you have there! Aww...I wish I had a teacher like you.... -------------------- * Severus is our king * * He can save anything * * He made sure we won *
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Aug 8 2008, 06:00 PM
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Flesh-Eating-Slug Catcher Posts: 146 Joined: 7:46pm June 22, 2008 Location: Springfield, Mo |
QUOTE(vandy @ Aug 5 2008, 11:14 AM) QUOTE(Callisto Lamia @ Aug 5 2008, 06:38 PM) QUOTE(vandy @ Aug 4 2008, 11:06 AM) And my english teacher!!! I think she doesn't like Harry Potter... She says HP will be forgotten after some years.......I was like , I am an English teacher, too, and I promise to make sure, at least MY students won't forget the books! Really crappy teacher you have there! Aww...I wish I had a teacher like you.... I am an english teacher, too and I will argue (and do) with anyone who is a naysayer of the books, I am sorry you are forced to suffer through the narrowmindedness of uneducataed psuedoprofessionals, I work with some. including my principal and one of the other "real" english teachers who told me she was going to try and read the books this summer since she reads "fluff" in the summer. yeah, read the battle of hogwarts, or the graveyard scene in Goblet and tell me it's fluff. Please feel free to join my english class anytime. in my english class kids who get my potter jokes get extra credit:), kids who use Harry as an example of an epic, but I digress to the topic...mistakes--I hear Hermione's name mispronounced all the time and my mother and I heard someone tell me that Sirius was Harry's dad once, and that Harry's girlfriend is Cho (for more than about 5 minutes) -------------------- "Of course it is happening inside your head, Harry, but why on earth should that mean that it is not real?" Mr. Weasley was looking around. He loved everything to do with Muggles.... |
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Aug 11 2008, 04:46 PM
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Diagon Alley Entrepreneur Posts: 4,295 Joined: 2:49am June 9, 2005 Location: Somewhere too mysterious to mention... |
QUOTE(MonieLou @ Jul 31 2008, 01:42 PM) Tonight I went over to my grandma's house for dinner with my sister. Towards the end of a conversation, we got to talking about the Harry Potter movies. My grandma said, "I know who Daniel Radcliffe is. He's Harry Potter. But I don't know who those other two are. Himmie and Roland?" Me and my sister could not stop laughing. "No Grandma. Ron and Hermione." This sounds similar to something that my aunt was saying to me once. She said, "OK, so it's Harry. Who are the others?"  How am I related to her?
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Aug 12 2008, 07:06 AM
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Expert Wand-Waver at Ollivander's Posts: 2,125 Joined: 10:58pm January 6, 2007 Location: Curled up with a book |
My stepmom and mom call Dumbledore either "Dumbledorf" or "Dumbledork" all the time. My stepmom does it on purpose to annoy me, but my mom does it on accident. I don't understand how she doesn't know his name; she's seen every movie in theatres!!
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Aug 19 2008, 07:24 AM
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Eeylops Owl Cage Cleaner Posts: 222 Joined: 3:35pm February 4, 2007 Location: Up in a tree somewhere. |
My mother forgot what horcruxs were by the last book and she calls lupin, lewis.
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Aug 19 2008, 08:26 AM
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Rat Spleen Restocker at the Apothecary Posts: 492 Joined: 1:21am July 14, 2005 |
QUOTE Calling Lucius 'aka Luscious' Malfoy lucius.gif Lucas. This is a really simple mistake non-HP fans make but being Luscious' lucius.gif biggest fan ever it gets on my wand end! Grrr. What's worse is when someone sees a picture of Lucius and calls him "Draco". So far as being the biggest fan goes, you are the biggest fan, Crypt Mistress is the biggest advocate, and I suppose I'm his biggest defender, as well as the one who lusts most after him.
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Aug 19 2008, 05:26 PM
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Cauldron Bottom Measurer Posts: 99 Joined: 4:07pm August 18, 2008 Location: tennessee home of the blues and rock and roll |
theres the Sirius and serious thing and explaining the plot of 6 and 7 to nonreaders gets annoying in the way the 2 books overlap
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Aug 20 2008, 06:09 AM
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Rat Spleen Restocker at the Apothecary Posts: 494 Joined: 10:29pm August 9, 2008 Location: Sending Ginny a Hogwarts Toilet Seat |
My mum once called Vernon Dursley "Mr. Worsley." I was like " What did you just call him ?" ( I must have been really loud and angry because every one in the shop looked at me , but I just really hate it when people get the names wrong! )
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Aug 22 2008, 12:42 PM
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Buying a Half-Kneazle Posts: 515 Joined: 1:37pm September 7, 2007 Location: Azkaban, Practicing my Patronus |
I am a social worker, and was introduced to Harry Potter by a young client. I had heard absolutely nothing of the series at that point (granted that was about 9 years ago).
For the life of me, I could not understand what a "House" was at a school. Why was "Voldemort" bad, and why couldn't you say his name? What in the world is Quidditch? What do "J. K." stand for, and who is he? It gets better: How do the pictures/paintings move? What's flu powder (gesuntheit!)? What's a grim? Why does Ron have a rat? And Neville has a toad? What's with all the owls? Why is it bad to talk to snakes? Is Hagrid confused (3-headed dog named Fluffy!?)? Where did this guy get his flying bike (Chitty-chitty-bang-bang)? What's a muggle? Are they bad? Why would wizards be interested in prophesy? Why is there so much alcohol if this is a children's book? Why doesn't any of the story take place in the U.S.A. (I've already been chastised for asking a similar question)? Pure bloods, Half Pure bloods, and Muggle borns sounds like Nazis. Well, that's been awhile ago. Just goes to show you something. "Don't judge a book by its cover - or better yet, until after you've finished reading it!" [EDIT]: Oh yeah! Don't be afraid to rely on your own conclusions, even with the added benefit of interviews and commentary by Ms Rowling, herself! This post has been edited by Ex Libres Cogito: Aug 22 2008, 12:45 PM -------------------- In troubled times, it is often better to remember simple pleasures - family, virtue, and character - rather than to succumb to the woesome distractions of desire, defeat, and disillusionment. ELC
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Aug 24 2008, 07:05 PM
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Just Through the Brick Wall Posts: 7 Joined: 5:52pm August 24, 2008 |
>.< What really bugs me is people saying, "Jenny" when they mean "Ginny." My little brother does it ALL the time, all while claiming to be a big Harry Potter fan. He also pronounces the Killing Curse as, "evada kudabra." Haha.
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Aug 27 2008, 03:47 AM
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Being Eaten by the Pea Soup Posts: 33 Joined: 8:27am June 10, 2008 |
I worked at a hospital archive this Summer. We did a crossword on the break and started discussing Harry Potter and let's just say my colleague hasn't seen the movies many times. Apparently in the fifth movie Harry and some girl go into a cave to fight a dragon.
 I think she mixed up the second and the fourth movie and then combined them into the fifth. She didn't claim to know anything about Harry Potter though, so it was just funny.Don't you just hate having to explain movie plots? I never know what to say. One thing that bugs me is when people pronounce the English names in Swedish. There are like 3 different pronounciations of everything. Not their fault, everyone isn't good at English, but sometimes it gets so bad we don't even get which character the other person means. Or I'm talking about a character and they're going "Who? Oh, you pronounce it like that..."
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Flesh-Eating-Slug Catcher Posts: 190 Joined: 8:59am July 14, 2008 Location: Trying (and failing) to apparate into Hogwarts... |
I had one girl tell me they'd cut a scene out of the book. I was like, "You do know the BOOKs are the originals, right?"
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Aug 27 2008, 05:39 PM
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Stocking Snitches at Quality Quidditch Supplies  Posts: 688 Joined: 3:11pm March 1, 2008 Location: at florean fortescue's for some black raspberry with peanut butter cups. |
my aunt is pretty clueless about harry potter. she's read the first book and seen the first four movies, but only once. so when we took her to see goblet of fire, she absolutely fell in love with the idea of harry and hermione together. my whole family (who all read the books) were in the car with her and we were like "ewww no, thats just in the movies for some weird reason, no no no, you want ron and hermione!" i think we were all just annoyed because she's a real sucker for romance and i know if she'd just read the books, she would have probably become a major ron/hermione shipper. recently, i was with her and she borrowed my phone, which had a background of that new picture from hbp of harry and hermione outside in the snow. she said "ooooh, harry and hermione, you know i like that!" and i just turned to her and said "read the books, then we'll talk!"
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Aug 27 2008, 06:14 PM
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Hiding in the Iron Maiden at Borgin and Burkes Posts: 314 Joined: 7:06pm December 15, 2007 Location: Texas (Britain at heart though) |
The biggest problem around here is that most people seem to pronounced J.K Rowling's name like 'row' as in to fight, not like bowling, I used to correct people seven times a day.
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Aug 28 2008, 04:03 AM
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Flesh-Eating-Slug Catcher Posts: 177 Joined: 11:08pm August 25, 2008 Location: Australia |
My sister in law, who had never read the books, insisted to us once that the books would only make sense if Harry died in the end. My husband tried to explain to her that it would kind of defeat the purpose of the entire series, and there was no way Rowling would kill him off.
I tell you though, I had a real moment there reading 'Prince's Tale'
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Aug 30 2008, 09:16 PM
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Stocking Snitches at Quality Quidditch Supplies Posts: 688 Joined: 3:11pm March 1, 2008 Location: at florean fortescue's for some black raspberry with peanut butter cups. |
my sister and I have been introducing the hp movies to our friend. she found them a bit confusing. before we watched ootp, we were reviewing what had happened so far. she said of gof "and harry got a new power." it took us a second to figure out she meant priori incantatem. we didn't even try to explain what really happened.
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Aug 31 2008, 05:27 AM
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Eeylops Owl Cage Cleaner Posts: 205 Joined: 11:58am March 3, 2007 |
When I think about it: your friend isn't that wrong after all. Voldemort's trying for over a year to figure out this new power of Harry's. But of course Harry will always have "power the Dark Lord knows not".
By the way, my friend exclaimed "STAR WARS", when we watched that scene. This post has been edited by Martok: Aug 31 2008, 05:27 AM |
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Aug 31 2008, 10:44 AM
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Stocking Snitches at Quality Quidditch Supplies Posts: 688 Joined: 3:11pm March 1, 2008 Location: at florean fortescue's for some black raspberry with peanut butter cups. |
it's true, but now she thinks collecting powers is part of the wizarding world, like sylar on heroes.
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Aug 31 2008, 11:21 AM
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Quizzing Quibblet  Posts: 4,812 Joined: 4:57pm January 29, 2005 Location: Sweden |
What really irks me is when people who have never read the books (or seen the movies) use Quirrell's claim There is no good and evil, there is only power, and those too weak to seek it.... to argue that the book teaches devil worshipping.
 To define what HP is all about by quoting Voldemort (essentially, as Quirrell repeats his words) is about as intelligent as to define Christianity from anything the devil would like... (And besides I really wonder how they got hold of that quote in the first place, but... )On the more hilarious scale I once took a HP quiz, which was easy to the point of being silly. The only interesting part of it was the question of what Harry's best friends were called? Given the alternatives, the "right" one could only be Rom and Hermione. My Aunt and Uncle wouldn't know anything about HP if they hadn't had the misfortune to hear their niece (ie me) discuss him. ;-) However, nowadays they tend to spot HP news that are big enough to be printed in regular newspapers, and remember them so they can discuss them with me. Last year, they became all confused when they read that there was going to be a huge auction on the one, unique copy of Jo's "seventh book". So their take was basically: Um, what? The seventh book is already out, right? In thousands of copies? How would anyone know which was the 7th copy of it? And why would that, particularly, be so great??? 
This post has been edited by Evreka: Aug 31 2008, 11:23 AM -------------------- Welcome to Try & Trix, enjoy HP trivia, interactive crosswords, jigsaws, logic, word puzzles...! With Sorting Hat.
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Sep 7 2008, 12:04 PM
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Disgruntled House-Elf at The Leaky Cauldron Posts: 454 Joined: 5:43pm July 5, 2005 Location: Tewkesbury(it's in England) |
My Dad used to do the "Ginny" Jenny" bit that was untill her listened to the books lol
And a few weeks ago me and my mate were talking about Harry Potter,(when i was ment to be listening to her brother, we were trying to play D&D lol) and our other friend tells us that Harry Potter was never the chosen one, that he wasn't picked that it all just happend to him. lets just say my mates brother had to send her out so we would stop and get on with the game! lolbut i think we won! -------------------- I hope you're pleased with yourselves. We could all have been killed-or worse, expelled. Now if you don't mind, I'm going to bed!
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Sep 7 2008, 12:19 PM
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Getting Fitted for New Dress Robes Posts: 42 Joined: 8:55pm August 30, 2008 Location: Stockholm, Sweden |
QUOTE(Martok @ Aug 31 2008, 12:27 PM) By the way, my friend exclaimed "STAR WARS", when we watched that scene.  You could forgive him for it ;) |
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Sep 7 2008, 05:12 PM
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Getting Fitted for New Dress Robes Posts: 43 Joined: 8:48pm August 14, 2008 Location: British Columbia, Canada |
For mispronunciations, all those my family have made over the years have already been said... Hermy-oni and Hermy-won, Jenny and Guinny, and my favourite, Huffinpuff (why does it seems that it's always dads making this one??).
And for just a general misconception - and I think I'm pulling from actual comments from the past, but I might be making it all up - but I think when I told/talked to my extended family about Harry Potter (ages and ages ago), they kind of figured that I had a crush on the Character Harry, or Daniel Radcliffe. What a way to misunderstand 'I love Harry Potter; it's the greatest'. -------------------- It well may be that we will never meet again in this lifetime, so let me say before we part
So much of me is made of what I learned from you, you'll be with me like a handprint on my heart And now whatever way our stories end, I know you have re-written mine by being my friend... And, because I knew you, I have been changed for good. - For Good, Wicked |
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Sep 7 2008, 06:17 PM
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The Leaky Limerick Lollapalooza Posts: 3,843 Joined: 2:58pm November 12, 2007 Location: Somewhere over the rainbow. |
QUOTE((The) Hufflepuff Giraffe @ Sep 7 2008, 06:12 PM) For mispronunciations, all those my family have made over the years have already been said... Hermy-oni and Hermy-won, Jenny and Guinny, and my favourite, Huffinpuff (why does it seems that it's always dads making this one??). Not just Dad's. Last night my daughter said she would probably be in "Huffinpuff or Huffinstuff or whatever."
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Sep 8 2008, 08:16 AM
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Eeylops Owl Cage Cleaner Posts: 205 Joined: 11:58am March 3, 2007 |
In all fairness: there are screwups that fans tend to make.
"Lavendar", "Harry is a parseltongue", "... the horxcrux in Harry's scar..." |
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Sep 13 2008, 04:55 PM
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Buying a Half-Kneazle Posts: 512 Joined: 8:41pm February 15, 2008 Location: Finding a Crumple-Horned Snorkack with Luna |
My sister used to think Draco Malfoy's name was Malfoy Draco.
And my aunt called Hermione "Hermenuda" once. -------------------- "It's often infested with nargles!"
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Sep 13 2008, 05:10 PM
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The Leaky Limerick Lollapalooza Posts: 3,843 Joined: 2:58pm November 12, 2007 Location: Somewhere over the rainbow. |
A couple were in Border's yesterday. The man asked the woman what she was looking for and she said, "You know, that book Richie wants, Giblets of Fire" Maybe she was looking for a turkey on the cover? The man said he thought she was wrong, it was Goblins on Fire. She said that didn't make sense. (Giblets did??) I was quite calm, didn't scream, just handed them the book, apologized for overhearing and said, "I believe this is what you're looking for."
The woman said, 'Oh, yeah, that's the one, I knew it had a funny name." This is what is meant by "truth is stranger than fiction".
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Sep 13 2008, 06:40 PM
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Just Through the Brick Wall Posts: 8 Joined: 7:05pm September 9, 2008 Location: Costa Rica |
QUOTE(xPotterBroadwayx @ Jul 31 2008, 07:18 PM) Not reading the books. Calling themselves HP fans by seeing the movies, NOT reading the books AND maybe worst when they ensure they don`t have/need to read them 
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Sep 13 2008, 07:59 PM
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Expert Wand-Waver at Ollivander's Posts: 2,125 Joined: 10:58pm January 6, 2007 Location: Curled up with a book |
I was getting my hair cut this week, and when I showed the hairdresser a picture of Hermione/Emma (I wanted my hair cut like hers) she asked me if that was "Hermy." *sigh*
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Sep 14 2008, 12:41 PM
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Flesh-Eating-Slug Catcher Posts: 190 Joined: 8:59am July 14, 2008 Location: Trying (and failing) to apparate into Hogwarts... |
Not really an HP screw-up, but...
The other day a girl at school, upon realizing I was a fan, asked me if I'd seen the pics of Harry without clothes on circulating the internet. I just sighed, and said: "You mean the promos for Dan in Equus?" -------------------- -Kate avatars by me |
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Sep 19 2008, 10:33 AM
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Perusing the Magical Menagerie Posts: 93 Joined: 10:53am September 10, 2008 Location: Constantly badgering the manager at Quality Quidditch Supplies, new Cleansweep 2 weeks |
QUOTE(krystle @ Sep 7 2008, 06:04 PM) My Dad used to do the "Ginny" Jenny" bit that was untill her listened to the books lol And a few weeks ago me and my mate were talking about Harry Potter,(when i was ment to be listening to her brother, we were trying to play D&D lol) and our other friend tells us that Harry Potter was never the chosen one, that he wasn't picked that it all just happend to him. lets just say my mates brother had to send her out so we would stop and get on with the game! lolbut i think we won! Your friend is kind of right in a way, Voldemort chose Harry due to a prophesy, it could of been Neville but Harry seemed the more worthy enemy. It was only Voldemort who Harry had the advantages over any of the death eaters could of killed him easily. --------------------  'its only my first day and I'm already in trouble' biting the bottom lip to stop the grin beaming through In awe of The Burdish of Raven |
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Sep 19 2008, 04:28 PM
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Ron Weasley's #2 squeeze Posts: 2,807 Joined: 11:00pm July 13, 2007 Location: Ottery St. Catchpole |
I don't understand the Ginny/Jenny thing. Can someone explain that to me? To me, they both sound the same.
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Sep 19 2008, 05:04 PM
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Stocking Snitches at Quality Quidditch Supplies Posts: 688 Joined: 3:11pm March 1, 2008 Location: at florean fortescue's for some black raspberry with peanut butter cups. |
QUOTE(blue4t @ Sep 19 2008, 04:28 PM) I don't understand the Ginny/Jenny thing. Can someone explain that to me? To me, they both sound the same. ginny sounds like "skinny" and jenny sounds like "penny." with some people's accents though, i bet they sound a lot alike. -------------------- |
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Professional Diagon Alley Window Shopper Posts: 74 Joined: 9:40am September 26, 2008 Location: In the Chamber of Secrets |
My sister started calling Hermione "Hermiley" and she thought that the sirius black in PoA was a different one in the rest of the movies!
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Sep 27 2008, 08:50 PM
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Kibble Boy/Girl at the Magical Menagerie Posts: 287 Joined: 2:42pm June 20, 2008 Location: At home drowning in my IB homework |
My friend who has seen the movies asked if there were four books in the Harry Potter series out right now.
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Sep 28 2008, 12:27 PM
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Just Through the Brick Wall Posts: 7 Joined: 3:41pm September 26, 2008 Location: between here and there but really no where |
I remember when I was reading HBP and DD dies, i started to cry and my mom walked by and she was like "ARE YOU CRYING?" and I'm like "DUMBLEDORE IS DEAD!" and she was like
 "you need to get out more, he's just a character" she also pronounces Dumbledore "Dumbledorn" -------------------- CARE-0-METER L0W--|--------HiGH and decreasing |
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Sep 28 2008, 12:59 PM
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Perusing the Magical Menagerie Posts: 82 Joined: 3:03pm January 22, 2008 Location: Berlin Area, Germany |
QUOTE(Cryptic @ Sep 28 2008, 07:27 PM) I remember when I was reading HBP and DD dies, i started to cry and my mom walked by and she was like "ARE YOU CRYING?" and I'm like "DUMBLEDORE IS DEAD!" and she was like "you need to get out more, he's just a character"she also pronounces Dumbledore "Dumbledorn" That happened to me too some time ago: I was on a long train ride, rereading DH and I was crying like crazy and I sent a message to my wife telling her so, and her reply was: "Get a life, hon, it is ONLY a book!" Man, she read those books too, she shpuld know what it is like. |
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Sep 28 2008, 01:07 PM
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Just Through the Brick Wall Posts: 7 Joined: 5:52pm August 24, 2008 |
QUOTE(Callisto Lamia @ Sep 28 2008, 01:59 PM) QUOTE(Cryptic @ Sep 28 2008, 07:27 PM) I remember when I was reading HBP and DD dies, i started to cry and my mom walked by and she was like "ARE YOU CRYING?" and I'm like "DUMBLEDORE IS DEAD!" and she was like "you need to get out more, he's just a character"she also pronounces Dumbledore "Dumbledorn" That happened to me too some time ago: I was on a long train ride, rereading DH and I was crying like crazy and I sent a message to my wife telling her so, and her reply was: "Get a life, hon, it is ONLY a book!" Man, she read those books too, she shpuld know what it is like. My family looked at me like I was completely insane every time I'd start crying in one of the books. DH was the worst though: the whole family, wouldn't even talk to me for a day or two after I finished it. I had been crying like crazy, and kept getting mad at everything because Jo killed off my favourite characters. I'll admit I was pretty moody, but not talking to me at all was a bit much. They went out a lot without me too. |
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Sep 28 2008, 01:30 PM
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Daily Prophet Photographer Posts: 895 Joined: 1:35pm February 27, 2008 Location: In the library, snuggling with Percy |
QUOTE(katem4 @ Sep 14 2008, 01:41 PM) Not really an HP screw-up, but... The other day a girl at school, upon realizing I was a fan, asked me if I'd seen the pics of Harry without clothes on circulating the internet. I just sighed, and said: "You mean the promos for Dan in Equus?" That really annoys me! Especially how all the newspapers report it as "Harry Potter naked" It's like...no, that's Daniel Radcliffe naked actually. Screw-ups made by non-fans are bad enough, but one of my friends read the books and she still doesn't know half of what happened. When I mention something from the books- especially from DH- she generally says "I don't remember that, I probably skipped that part" -------------------- "Why do you think they're after us, because we're so awesome? I think it's because we're so awesome!" **** "This exchange marked the beginning of Mr Malfoy's long campaign to have me removed from my post as Headmaster of Hogwarts, and of mine to have him removed from his position as Lord Voldemort's Favourite Death Eater."- Albus Dumbledore |
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Sep 28 2008, 01:55 PM
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Perusing the Magical Menagerie Posts: 84 Joined: 2:09am April 30, 2007 Location: Wisconsin |
My stupid friend pronounces Draco "Drack-O".
Stupid.... I just I want to choke her when she says that. And she says Avada Kedavra "A-vadd-a Ke-daaav-ra" Not Vadd or Daaav! --=->> Vaaahd & Daaahv. & I hate it when people say HP is "gay". I'm always like "No, that's Dumbledore." just to get them mad.
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Being Eaten by the Pea Soup Posts: 26 Joined: 1:47pm May 17, 2008 Location: California |
What really makes me mad it when people say "Oh Harry Potter is so stupid" and then I ask them if they have even read the book and the answer with a "no". Don't say crap about books you've never read.
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Oct 12 2008, 03:39 AM
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Rat Spleen Restocker at the Apothecary Posts: 494 Joined: 10:29pm August 9, 2008 Location: Sending Ginny a Hogwarts Toilet Seat |
QUOTE(Cryptic @ Sep 28 2008, 12:27 PM) I remember when I was reading HBP and DD dies, i started to cry and my mom walked by and she was like "ARE YOU CRYING?" and I'm like "DUMBLEDORE IS DEAD!" and she was like "you need to get out more, he's just a character"she also pronounces Dumbledore "Dumbledorn" Same. When my Mum saw me crying reading DH she was like " You don't cry in P.S I Love You, but you cry in this ? Its just a stupid fake story! " And I was like   And she calls Dumbledor Dumblegandalf. I'm like, where the hell did you get that from ? -------------------- ]
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Gringott's Cart Axle Greaser Posts: 2,789 Joined: 5:22pm February 18, 2007 Location: Argentina |
QUOTE(HPNAIV @ Sep 28 2008, 04:55 PM) My stupid friend pronounces Draco "Drack-O". Stupid.... I just I want to choke her when she says that. Oi, you know, us Latin Americans pronounce his name like that One of the funniest pronunciations of DD's last name is one of my sister's friend's fault. She pronounces as if it were Italian. Like: Doomble-dor-eh.
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Oct 12 2008, 09:52 PM
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Being Eaten by the Pea Soup Posts: 34 Joined: 6:42pm April 29, 2005 Location: Lost in a book |
the best was always when people from my old church (the one i was raised in) would tell me that it was wrong for me to read books that discredited god and taught me to worship the devil. because heaven forbid they actually read the books...they'd much rather just go based on whatever a few close-minded critics said.
yep...i just loved those comments.
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Junior Dishwasher at The Leaky Cauldron Posts: 641 Joined: 8:47pm August 26, 2008 Location: The room of requirement waiting for Snape |
My mum always insists that "Dumbledorf" and McGonagol are a couple. She has only seen the films, and even that seem sot be confusing for her!
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Buying a Half-Kneazle Posts: 512 Joined: 8:41pm February 15, 2008 Location: Finding a Crumple-Horned Snorkack with Luna |
My mom always gets the different movies mixed up. When i say that i'm going to watch Harry and Potter and the Order of the Phoenix she'll say something like, "oh is that the third one?"
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Third Place Winner of The Headless Scavenger Hunt! Posts: 244 Joined: 1:27pm January 25, 2006 Location: A small village on Mars just outside the capital city Wibble |
This one is probably my favourite. Once when I was heading home for a weekend I was sitting waiting for my train at Bristol Temple Meads station reading Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban when this old couple came to sit next to me. We ignored each other for a few minutes but then the man leaned over to me and said: 'Excuse me, I see you're a Harry Potter fan, is it platform 12 1/2 we're looking for?' I politely laughed assuming he was making up the platform as a joke. That was when he said: 'That is the name of that platform in the book isn't it?' Realising he was serious I tried not to laugh too much and corrected his mistake. He seemed quite unembarrassed and just chuckled and started talking to his wife about how he can never remember these 'young people's obsessions'. Quite a nice bloke really. The memory of that conversation helped me to endure the terrible journey that followed.
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Oct 26 2008, 06:38 PM
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Just Through the Brick Wall Posts: 13 Joined: 6:47pm September 13, 2008 Location: Norway |
Okay, I live in Norway and the translator over here was the only one to change the names of the character and places in the books. The way I see it, the translated versions of the books are a bad enough mistake! You want to hear a few excamples?
Tonks: Dult Ravenclaw: Ravnklo Hermione Granger: Hermine Grang Ronald Weasley: Ronny Wiltersen Hogwarts: Galtvort Slytherin: Smygard Charlie and Bill Weasley: Rulle and Kalle Wiltersen do you want me to go on?? It's such a shame... What's worse, is that there are as good as none people in Norway currently known as 'Rulle' (which basically translates to 'rolling'... O_o) as their first name (stat: 2006), yet there's 74 people known as 'Bill'. There are 69 known as 'Kalle' (if you were to speak a Norwegian dialect, that might translate to 'calling', but it's not in a dictionary), but 80 known as Charlie. It's not like Norwegian children can't pronounce these ''English'' names (since we are thought English in schools from we are five or six, and sometimes before that.) - we were just really unlucky and got a *restraince herself from swearing* very bad translator. On a personal level, I have known people to go: "OMG!! Yes totally, I'm SUCH a Harry Potter fan! Totally, like, it's awesome! David Ratcliff is just SO HOTT!! what..? no, I haven't read the books.. why should I? They made movies! Duh!" I swear, I almost hit my best friend's cousin because she was "SUCH a Harry Potter fan Totally" ... *crawls up in a corner with a HP book* PS: If you want a list over the English and Norwegian names of stuff, you can go to: http://home.online.no/~bjaas/potter/a.html The website is in Norwegian, but it has the alphabet up in the right corner of the screen and then you simply press there to see the English name of the character, place or book first and then the translated version. I think an English person would be able to use it quite easily. ^^ Enjoy! Also: when I was an exchange student in Scotland, someone came up to me while I was reading HP and the Chamber of Secrets and said: (while I had the book right there) "Oh, those Larry Potter books are sure becomming popular, aren't they?" ... I almost broke a rib laughing so hard. Then I corrected him and showed him the book and he was all: "Well.. You can't expect me to know everything!" xD Scottish people rule 
This post has been edited by Sophie Treklemmer: Oct 26 2008, 06:52 PM -------------------- Christmas to a child is the first terrible proof that to travel hopefully is better than to arrive. -Stephen Fry |
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Oct 26 2008, 06:38 PM
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Kibble Boy/Girl at the Magical Menagerie Posts: 287 Joined: 2:42pm June 20, 2008 Location: At home drowning in my IB homework |
QUOTE(InfestedWithNargles @ Oct 26 2008, 08:39 AM) My mom always gets the different movies mixed up. When i say that i'm going to watch Harry and Potter and the Order of the Phoenix she'll say something like, "oh is that the third one?" My brother does this all the time as well. Today we were watching POA and like half way through, he said "this is the 5th movie right?" -------------------- ~"Does it hurt?" The childish question had fallen from Harry's lips before he could stop it. "Dying? Not at all," said Sirius. "Quicker and easier than falling asleep."~ |
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Oct 30 2008, 04:52 PM
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Professional Diagon Alley Window Shopper Posts: 77 Joined: 6:27pm October 29, 2007 Location: Grooming Beauxbaxton's horses |
Like so many of you, I got the HP-IS-EVIL-AND-ANTI-CHRISTIAN thing, only I was banned for many years from reading it. I still remember longingly hanging around my ballet-class classmates listening to them discuss theories and plots. My mum let me keep PS because my dad wrote a sentimental note in it, but but confiscated CoS...
And like Uncle Vernon my dad seems to have trouble remembering what to call the Dementors. He calls them "DemenTONS" (rhymes with Ron) -------------------- ~Kristen~
Horse lover-Crookshanks follower-Snape + Lily shipper-Ron & Luna pairer-Mom 2 3 pets  |
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Nov 7 2008, 08:43 AM
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Sirius Black's No. 1 Fan Posts: 688 Joined: 8:48am September 13, 2006 Location: On Sirius's bedroom wall. I'm that muggle in a bikini. |
One day i watched the E! channel and they were talking about Emma Watson. They said that she played a Muggle in the HP movie...
-------------------- -Lupin sprang to his feet: his chair toppled over backwards, and he glared at them so fiercely that Harry saw, for the first time ever, the shadow of the wolf upon his human face.-
DH p.175 turns me on...Angry Lupin = sexy! Marauders (15+) |
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Nov 7 2008, 10:12 AM
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Harry's Best Friend Posts: 2,156 Joined: 1:22pm December 28, 2007 Location: Hovering over Steve Kloves shoulder, trying to make sure DH Ron is the 'real' Ron. |
QUOTE(Shalanarah @ Nov 7 2008, 07:43 AM) One day i watched the E! channel and they were talking about Emma Watson. They said that she played a Muggle in the HP movie... Oy! That's terrible! I don't hear many mistakes from non HP fans. Even my hubby seems to know lots and lots about HP...I might have indoctrinated him, but he hates to read, so I keep him up to speed on the gaps left by the movies. I have hear someone pronounce Dumbledore like Madame Maxime, "Dumbly - dore." --------------------   *heart, mind, soul avi by {{voldy}}* |
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Nov 7 2008, 10:59 AM
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Being Eaten by the Pea Soup Posts: 34 Joined: 7:49pm February 28, 2008 Location: chasing Padfoot through the streets of London |
My family always used to give me such a hard time about be so obsessed with the series. This past summer I worked with my mom and our commute to work was about 45 minutes one way, so I suggested we get the books on CD for us to listen to, hoping that perhaps I could chage her thinking. Of course, she loved it, which is exactly what I expected, but I would constantly have to explain things to her and remind her to play close attention at certain points -- I think part of it was that she was driving and not totally focused on the book. But, as often as she had to ask me questions regarding names and characters, I am still thrilled that I finally have someone I can discuss the series with in my home -- and it made the entire summer that much more enjoyable.
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Nov 7 2008, 02:01 PM
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Stocking Snitches at Quality Quidditch Supplies Posts: 687 Joined: 4:15am May 7, 2007 Location: (LiamFuller) Conducting tests on wether I'm Pure-Blood, Half-Blood or Muggle-Born *OUCH* |
When my Nanny tried talking to me about Harry Potter (she knows nothing about it really, she took me and my brothers to see the first film years ago, that's it) she asked "So, in the end did Harry and Hermyown get married?" and I'm like "HERMIONE! It's Hermione!, and no, he never loved her like that. He married Ginny" and then she's like "Really? well that's a shocker, didn't picture the two lads getting together..." and I was like "Two lads...? Ginny's Ron's sister!" and she was completely lost and changed the subject to ask what I wanted for lunch. Hohum.
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Nov 24 2008, 12:37 PM
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Junior Dishwasher at The Leaky Cauldron Posts: 641 Joined: 8:47pm August 26, 2008 Location: The room of requirement waiting for Snape |
When the 6th book came out "oh so I heard Dumbeldorf died" was what my friend phoned me up to say!!! I'm sure she did it to be annoying (at least i hope)....
-------------------- ....and there was a noise like a plunger being withdrawn from a blocked sink......
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Nov 24 2008, 12:50 PM
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Perusing the Magical Menagerie Posts: 95 Joined: 8:28am August 23, 2008 Location: in hagrids hut attending a "support harry potter party " |
QUOTE(seeR @ Nov 7 2008, 03:01 PM) When my Nanny tried talking to me about Harry Potter (she knows nothing about it really, she took me and my brothers to see the first film years ago, that's it) she asked "So, in the end did Harry and Hermyown get married?" and I'm like "HERMIONE! It's Hermione!, and no, he never loved her like that. He married Ginny" and then she's like "Really? well that's a shocker, didn't picture the two lads getting together..." and I was like "Two lads...? Ginny's Ron's sister!" and she was completely lost and changed the subject to ask what I wanted for lunch. Hohum. - seeR your post made me laugh and my mum who was in the same room asked what I was laughing at so i told her and shes says "but didn't that jenny girl died in the second film and lived in the toilet" --------------------  To Harry Potter, the boy who lived and to JK Rowling, the woman who told us his amazing story |
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Dec 6 2008, 10:39 PM
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Stocking Snitches at Quality Quidditch Supplies Posts: 682 Joined: 6:54pm August 3, 2008 Location: New York, NY |
My entire family (me, mom, dad, younger brother) pronounced Hermione's name wrong (Er-mee-ohn) for YEARS and YEARS! In fact, I don't think any of us had any clue how to pronounce it until Book 4 finally came out (a year before the first movie, when you finally hear the name spoken), featuring the passage where Hermione explains the proper pronunciation to Viktor Krum.
Oh, yeah, I forgot -- that isn't even so bad! We all pronounced Ms. Rowling's name "Rolling" for years and years as well. I don't think we got that one right until Book 5. Maybe even Book 6! Linnea |
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Dec 9 2008, 03:42 PM
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Monster Book Stacker Posts: 389 Joined: 3:23pm November 19, 2008 Location: tickling the pear to get into the hogwarts kitchens |
my mom can never get Dumbledores name right she has only ever seen the movies and once eacha nd she has a HORRIBLE memory so when she decides to bring up the topic she calls him dumbledorf mumbledore or my favorite you know the wizard guy to which my response is always mom all the guys are wizards! i think the only name that she really knows is harry and only because its the name of the book
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Apr 11 2009, 04:33 PM
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Selling Illegal Items at Borgin and Burkes Posts: 2,806 Joined: 7:59am June 6, 2006 |
QUOTE(MonieLou @ Jul 31 2008, 02:42 AM) What non-HP screw ups have you had to endure? My dad has out-done himelf once again, now in addition to the "Rat Catchers" and "Meat Eaters" (i.e. Death Eaters), Yesterday he was asking me about Platform seven and a half -------------------- |
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May 22 2009, 08:14 AM
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Expert Wand-Waver at Ollivander's Posts: 2,125 Joined: 10:58pm January 6, 2007 Location: Curled up with a book |
I was reading a news article today on the Harry Potter exhibit in Chicago, and there's a picture of Voldemort's wand. The caption reads "Lord Valdemort's magic wand..." It made me laugh a little bit that a big newspaper would have a mistake like that.
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May 22 2009, 02:32 PM
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Kibble Boy/Girl at the Magical Menagerie Posts: 267 Joined: 10:09pm August 25, 2008 Location: Waiting for DD to resurrect.. any second now.. |
QUOTE(Mrs_Linnea_Snape @ Dec 6 2008, 08:39 PM) Oh, yeah, I forgot -- that isn't even so bad! We all pronounced Ms. Rowling's name "Rolling" for years and years as well. I don't think we got that one right until Book 5. Maybe even Book 6! Linnea Isn't that how her name is pronounced, "Rolling"?? I used to pronounce the first part, Row, like wow. That is, until I heard JKR say it at the beginning of the first episode of PotterCast that I listened to, and she says "Rolling". Anyway, here's my story I was flying to Atlanta, GA about a month ago or so, and I was reading umm... i believe GoF on the plane. I'd brought a couple of the HP books with me and carried them in my purse. So anyway, I take out GoF and start reading. I'm at the window, there is an older man next to me, and an older lady in the aisle. The lady sees me reading and goes, "Oh, you're reading Harry Potter? Which one is that?" so I told her it was the fourth one. And she goes, "Oh well I'm on the fifth one right now, you'll really like it when you get to it. It's my first time reading all of them." I HATE when people see me reading one of the books and assume it's the first time I've read it... sigh. So anyway, I say, "Oh, I've already read all of them many, many times." And she says, "Oh, well have you read her new one? The next Harry Potter book she wrote?" And I'm like, "Well, she didn't write another Harry Potter book. She's planning on writing an encyclopedia of the whole HP world, but she hasn't started that yet." And then the woman says, "Oh yes she has, I have it and I've read it." I'm thinking to myself, "Umm... if JKR had already written and finished the Scottish book, I of all people would effing know about it, lady..." But I just say, "No, she hasn't even started that yet." And then the lady contradicts me again and procedes to describe not only what the cover of this "encyclopedia" looks like, but the size of the book as well. And I realize she's probably describing Beedle, so I say, "Actually, I think you're talking about The Tales of Beedle the Bard." And she actually looks at me and says, "Yes, that's the one I'm talking about." At this point, I'm trying my hardest to not just slap myself on the forehead... I restrain myself fairly well and say, "Well um, that's not an encyclopedia... it's just a book she decided to write that was in Deathly Hallows, and it's a collection of wizard children stories." And she didn't really say anything to me after that.... but can someone please explain to me how in the world you can get an encyclopedia mixed up with a small, thin book filled with fairy tales??? This post has been edited by Courtney Dumbledore: May 22 2009, 05:24 PM --------------------  Do not pity the dead. Pity the living, and above all, those who live without love. -- Albus Dumbledore  |
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May 24 2009, 10:13 AM
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Getting Fitted for New Dress Robes Posts: 58 Joined: 12:50pm February 8, 2009 |
My mom (no matter how many times i tell her) still thinks that Dumbledore is
the Boy Who Lived not Harry and she thinks that Hagrid is harrys' father! I asked her many many times to read the books but she says that Harry Potter is too deep for her to read! |
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May 24 2009, 02:28 PM
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Kibble Boy/Girl at the Magical Menagerie Posts: 288 Joined: 4:08pm December 12, 2008 Location: in a hole in the ground (and the green grass grows all around, all around...) |
It's Rowling like bowling... are we seriously still on that point??
My parents don't even try to care anymore, they just ask me about the finer points of the series from time to time... -------------------- 'You haven't got a letter on yours,' George observed. 'I suppose she thinks you don't forget your name. But we're not stupid — we know we're called Gred and Forge. (PS, p. 149)
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May 24 2009, 06:01 PM
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Getting Fitted for New Dress Robes Posts: 53 Joined: 2:37pm May 1, 2009 Location: Reading HP in lieu of doing homework |
These were all so hilarious that I can't even remember half of the things I wanted to say when I first clicked into this topic! Here's a couple that happened to me: My older cousin who has read all the books multiple times (and actually read them before I did) and I were talking and somehow got on the topic of the Quidditch team and she called Oliver Wood "Oliver Twist". Yeah.
My mom has seen the first two movies but always confuses them. I'll say I'm watching PoA and she's like "Oh is that the one with the spiders?" And I explain that that's the second one and then she'll say "Oh is it the one where the boy throws up slugs? I don't like that one" and I'm like "no...that's still the second one." Not really mistakes but I thought I'd share anyway: My mom thinks that HP is "too scary" and when I ask her why she says she doesn't like the moving staircases and that people run into walls...because those were pretty much the scariest parts of the whole series right??? I love her for trying though -------------------- Avatar by JeffHpFan
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May 25 2009, 11:07 AM
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Grand Pooh-Bah of the Poking Sticks Emporium Posts: 6,839 Joined: 3:53pm January 4, 2008 Location: Fine-tuning her Spambot Magnet |
QUOTE(LassieLupin @ May 24 2009, 03:28 PM) It's Rowling like bowling... are we seriously still on that point?? Well, I think that fans do like to get Rowling's name right in conversation, so I don't think we can fault each other for that And I remember that I too didn't know how to pronounce it until I heard my favorite author herself, say her own name.My mom, who hasn't read any of the books, pronounces her name wrong all the time lol. --------------------  |
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Jun 1 2009, 03:09 PM
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Just Through the Brick Wall Posts: 3 Joined: 11:15am May 28, 2009 Location: Uk |
Haha I remember when I first got into Harry Potter.
I watched PS and for a while I thought Hagrid was actually called Griffindor! I was 8 at the time though.
-------------------- 'That sounds worse than Percy singing in the shower!'
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Jun 1 2009, 07:51 PM
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Cuteologist  Posts: 525 Joined: 10:26pm December 29, 2005 Location: surrounded by pandas! |
When I came back from LeakyCon, my mother mentioned the names "Dusseldorf," "Huffinpuff," and "Slytherine".
She likes the movies and fantasy as well, so I've just decided she's a bit crazy in the head and that explains it all. This is an awesome thread. -------------------- |
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Jun 1 2009, 10:48 PM
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Kibble Boy/Girl at the Magical Menagerie Posts: 288 Joined: 4:08pm December 12, 2008 Location: in a hole in the ground (and the green grass grows all around, all around...) |
"Dussledorf" ... LOL!
My friends get confused by names, particularly the Marauders... I just correct everyone constantly -------------------- 'You haven't got a letter on yours,' George observed. 'I suppose she thinks you don't forget your name. But we're not stupid — we know we're called Gred and Forge. (PS, p. 149)
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Jun 7 2009, 07:23 PM
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Flesh-Eating-Slug Catcher Posts: 181 Joined: 8:57am August 23, 2007 |
My sister once said to me
"I don't care about an orphan with a scar on his face who's mother keeps him under the stairs." Orphan whose mother keeps him under the stairs? I kept quiet. It's too late for her. -------------------- Hear the words I sing, war's a horrid thing, but still i sing sing sing, ding-a-ling-a-ling |
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Jun 7 2009, 09:36 PM
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Just Through the Brick Wall Posts: 16 Joined: 8:10pm July 9, 2008 |
Hmm, well my older sister always calls Ginny 'Jenny'! Even though I correct her every time. And I tried to force her to read the books, and she got like half way through the first one, and was like, oh this is too different from the movie, and stopped reading it. She actually had the nerve to say that the movies were better than the books! I got sooo mad at her.
Then one time this guy told me he was watching Harry Potter, and I was like oh really, which one? And he was like the last one. And so I was like Order of the Pheonix? since that's the last movie out so far. And he was like haha what? noo, Prisoner of Azkaban. And so then I had to go into a giant lecture about how he said that last movie, which I assumed meant the 5th one, since HBP comes out in July, and POA is the 3rd one, most certainly not the last one. And at school one day I was sitting in p.e. class, and these girls were talking, and it was right after The Tales of Beedle the Bard came out, and they were like OMG did you know the 8th Harry Potter came out? I saw it, it is like really short!! I was like what the hell is wrong with yall? There is no 8th harry potter, and that is a book that j.k. rowling wrote based on the book within the 7th book, and don't you dare insult it's length, etc. Everytime at school anyone says something about Harry Potter, I go into a giant speech about it, and it freaks everyone out since I am really quiet normally. I don't let anyone talk bad about Harry Potter, or say something ridiculously ignorant about the books/movies though. --------------------   "The last enemy that shall be destroyed is Death." |
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Jun 21 2009, 11:05 PM
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Flesh-Eating-Slug Catcher Posts: 175 Joined: 7:39pm March 4, 2008 Location: Grimmauld Place, Number 12 |
When they have no clue what you are talking about when you say Philosopher's stone instead of Sorcerer's stone.
When they change the title names. (Prisoner of Alcatraz, Club of the Owl (OotP), the Deadly trees (DH), or my personal favorite, "the one about Snape where Dumbledore dies.")
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Jul 6 2009, 01:39 PM
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Just Through the Brick Wall Posts: 9 Joined: 10:04pm July 5, 2009 |
even thought it was my mom that brought me to the first HP movie when I was 10, she still refers to each one (movie because she doesn't read much) as the final battle. If I happen to mention anything that had to do with a certain one of the books... she'll ask "which one was that again?" and I have to reply with something along the lines of "that was the one with the giant snake/guy in the back of the head/hitting tree."
QUOTE(JulieSevenfold @ Jun 7 2009, 09:36 PM) Hmm, well my older sister always calls Ginny 'Jenny'! Even though I correct her every time. And I tried to force her to read the books, and she got like half way through the first one, and was like, oh this is too different from the movie, and stopped reading it. She actually had the nerve to say that the movies were better than the books! I got sooo mad at her. Don't worry. i had to correct my mom with that SAME thing yesterday. and that's not the first time (just the first time in a while... we don't talk about Ginny around my house.... I love Hermione and Ron too much) My mom doesnt' even like the movies... I think I turned her off of harry potter with my super love.... This post has been edited by lirene: Jul 7 2009, 11:36 AM
Reason for edit: Edited by moderator in order to merge consecutive posts :)
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