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May 22, 2006 10:20

A quick ficlet for fun to show some language issues that come up in britpicking. (Totally unbeta'd - please excuse errors!)

An exchange student at Hogwarts )

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sherylyn May 22 2006, 00:17:48 UTC
LOL And those issues are only a beginning! LOL! And for what it's worth... most guys named "Randy" that I've ever known -- it's not "short" for anything, it's just what they're named! LOL!!

That's a great ficlet, Allie. We oughta post it somewhere on-site ;-)

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alliekiwi May 22 2006, 00:26:46 UTC
We could change it to 'My middle name's Jack, would that do?' instead. Randolph sounds quite pompous to me, anyway.

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sherylyn May 22 2006, 07:01:17 UTC
*snort* except that "Jack" is related to the same idea as "Randy" here -- or more technically, it's about the same reason as why you didn't want me to ever say that Harry "jerked" off his glasses or anything of the sort ;-)

Of course, you may well know that, but yeesh, for a US kid in a UK school, that name combination would be about as bad as it could get! LOL!!! "Randy Jack" *shudders*

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alliekiwi May 22 2006, 07:37:47 UTC
Oh my. I *didn't* know that! Robert, Paul, John, Jacob... any of those sin-free?

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sherylyn May 22 2006, 17:12:23 UTC
LOL I think all of those would be sin-free!! LOL!! Of course, the name "Jack" is still popular in the US (to make it "naughty", it'd actually be "jack off" but still... if you're trying to make a name that *doesn't* connect with that idea in some way, best to stay away from it! LOL!), b/c it doesn't have *quite* the same literal "association" that "Randy" has in the UK. In the context of this fic, though, I think the association is close enough! LOL!!

I love this whole "discussion" in the dormitory, though! LOL!!

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