"made me happy we haven't seen DH Hogwarts in greater detail."
Really? I'd love to have seen DH Hogwarts. We could have the DA trying to destabilise Snape, Snape balancing looking loyal to Voldemort with not treating the kids too harshly, Draco wondering whether he should tell Snape where the DA are hiding... It'd be really interesting and complex, IMO.
Actually, on second thoughts, maybe I should rephrase that. I would love to see DH Hogwarts, if I had any confidence in Rowling's ability to portray it. As the rule (sadly) seems to be that the bits we aren't shown much about seem the most realistic, we may be better off left in ignorance...
"According to wiki, wit is a form of intellectual humor, and a wit is someone skilled in making witty remarks. And I thought wit simply meant intelligence, like Snape's talent with potions."In the good old days (the seventeenth century), "wit" simply did mean "intelligence", and only later acquired its modern meaning
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Even though wit didn't get the connotations of intellectual humor until later, it did have another meaning back in the day which Shakespeare got a lot of mileage out of: it was also an Elizabethan slang term for "penis." I'm sure the Ravenclaws get the joke, too.
For, um, scholarly reference - nunnery: also slang for brothel; nothing: slang for female genitalia; country matters: if it wasn't already obvious with Hamlet's talk of lying in Ophelia's lap, just focus on the first syllable of "country..."
I am afraid JKR would concentrate on Draco's friends Crucio-ing, while Draco looks pale & slightly sick, on how cool Ginny is and, most of all, on DA members getting threatened & tortured by teachers and students alike. I've got the overdose of Harry standing up to Umbridge & consequently getting hurt. Wouldn't want to see re-run with Neville & the rest in the main role, only with more gore.
Really? I'd love to have seen DH Hogwarts. We could have the DA trying to destabilise Snape, Snape balancing looking loyal to Voldemort with not treating the kids too harshly, Draco wondering whether he should tell Snape where the DA are hiding... It'd be really interesting and complex, IMO.
Actually, on second thoughts, maybe I should rephrase that. I would love to see DH Hogwarts, if I had any confidence in Rowling's ability to portray it. As the rule (sadly) seems to be that the bits we aren't shown much about seem the most realistic, we may be better off left in ignorance...
"According to wiki, wit is a form of intellectual humor, and a wit is someone skilled in making witty remarks. And I thought wit simply meant intelligence, like Snape's talent with potions."In the good old days (the seventeenth century), "wit" simply did mean "intelligence", and only later acquired its modern meaning ( ... )
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For, um, scholarly reference - nunnery: also slang for brothel; nothing: slang for female genitalia; country matters: if it wasn't already obvious with Hamlet's talk of lying in Ophelia's lap, just focus on the first syllable of "country..."
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