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€ gypsycaine says, test?

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catlady_de_los_angeles says, Finally in!

catlady_de_los_angeles says, I errored out three times

gypsycaine is back.

€ gypsycaine says, i did too.

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€ gypsycaine says, did it upgrade you then?

catlady_de_los_angeles says, Then I tried to dl the Cheetah upgrade with claims to fix the Yahoo logon problem

€ gypsycaine says, (ooo, here comes the hail!)

 hert0661isme says, Hi

€ gypsycaine says, that's what I got.

€ gypsycaine says, exactly.!

catlady_de_los_angeles says, then my upgrade .exe errored out at 36%

€ gypsycaine says, and HI!

€ gypsycaine says, mine didn't let me blink.

catlady_de_los_angeles says, What hail?

€ gypsycaine says, outside my window.

€ gypsycaine says, it's about 40 degrees

catlady_de_los_angeles says, in yesterday's frp game, hailstones the size of softballs fell from a clear sunny sky in Poitiers, June 1200, and Tim asked the GM what temperature they were

€ gypsycaine says, cold?

catlady_de_los_angeles says, She said they were 32 degrees (F) and Tim said, good, if they were hot he'd be worried because flaming hailstones are part of the book of Revelations

 hert0661isme says, Yes - I had to put a coat on!

€ gypsycaine says, lol!

catlady_de_los_angeles says, and everyone said, "They are???'

€ gypsycaine says, I had to put pants on... lol

catlady_de_los_angeles says, and soon , FLAMING hailstones came out of the sky, setting wooden buildings on fire -- never give the GM ideas!

€ gypsycaine says, lol

catlady_de_los_angeles says, By the way, Hi Dee, and Hi Simon

€ gypsycaine says, it's rather nice.

€ gypsycaine says, the DM is usually under my control anymore.

 hert0661isme says, LOL - to teh American/British use of the word pants!

€ gypsycaine blinks, confused and blonde?

catlady_de_los_angeles says, The Brits think pants are (men's) underpant (girls' undies are "knickers")

gypsycaine . o O ( i usually run around my apt in shorts and a t-shirt. )

gypsycaine . o O ( i am now wearing sweatpants... )

€ gypsycaine says, well, they were my fathers.

catlady_de_los_angeles says, (so Brits crack up in helpless hysteria when anyone talks about turn of the (previous) century newsboys, or modern pro golfers, wearng caps and knickers

catlady_de_los_angeles says, Has everyone fallen into silence?

 hert0661isme says, was chosing a cd to play!

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 hert0661isme says, Hello

 hert0661isme says, Also going to be doing some stuff in the background

catlady_de_los_angeles says, If I were mentally capable of doing two things at once, the other things would be listening to news radio instead of CD

 hert0661isme says, Does my avatar picture show up?

catlady_de_los_angeles says, Simon: you avatar picture is the tiny thing that Dee said is HPMOVIE

 hert0661isme says, Doh! At my end it is a little picture with SIMON written on it - to let people know who I am!

€ gypsycaine says, (making popcorn!)

€ gypsycaine says, I have him as a little cheeta.

 hert0661isme says, Just had dinner - so no need fo the snack food yet

 hert0661isme says, OK - will turn it off as it does not work!

€ gypsycaine says, (that's what I did... lol)

catlady_de_los_angeles says, But, Dee, you did get it to be a little picture saying DEE last time!

€ gypsycaine says, I know. the other ones didn't tho

 catlady_de_los_angeles says, Assume that an avator shows up on this line and that it is the one I clicked on, what is it a picture of?

 catlady_de_los_angeles says, A witch in purple or a clown in purple?

€ hert0661isme says, clown in purple

€ hert0661isme says, Penny has just sent out chapter 9 of ASA

 gypsycaine says, indistinct thing with red nose

 gypsycaine says, kewl. i can read 1-9 now.

 catlady_de_los_angeles says, Has it changed now?

 gypsycaine says, kitty cat!

€ hert0661isme says, cat

 catlady_de_los_angeles says, Meow!

€ hert0661isme says, dee has roadrunner

 gypsycaine says, it's my last name

 gypsycaine says, (Rohleder)

 gypsycaine says, Road-runner....lol

 catlady_de_los_angeles says, Who put up a mesg from k3Wl dood without appearing in the name list

 gypsycaine says, not me

 hert0661isme says, I am reading ASA - back soon!

 gypsycaine says, (Penny's mean. She sends it out at chattime.... lol!)

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 catlady_de_los_angeles says, No, mean because she & carole didn't spend full-time writing so it could be sent out DAYS earlier

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 catlady_de_los_angeles says, Hi, Dennis

 gypsycaine says, hi Dennis~

+ p_dumbledore says, Hello, how is everyone today

 catlady_de_los_angeles says, Simon has just run off and left us to read NEWLY POSTED chapter 9 of ASA

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+ p_dumbledore says, Ah ha! I missed that one, better activate my e-mail

 gypsycaine says, i still need to read ASA>

 gypsycaine says, sighs.

 gypsycaine says, right now, Driver's ED book is more important.

+ p_dumbledore says, Is this so you act like a road runner and read it.. Beep Beep..

 gypsycaine says, lol

 catlady_de_los_angeles says, I don't know how things are in Ohio, but in California, in 1972 when I took required Driver's Ed in high school (didn't pass, btw)

 catlady_de_los_angeles says, the little booklet from DMV was only like 30 pages long

+ p_dumbledore says, Are you cornering the CheetaChat logo market..

 gypsycaine says, that's what I have to do.

 gypsycaine says, Mom bought me a car.

 gypsycaine says, a 91 Sundance.

 gypsycaine says, I don't have a license

+ p_dumbledore says, Ah, the next step !!

 catlady_de_los_angeles says, there were only four classes of drivers' license, class 4 was for a motorcycle over a certain power, but motorcycle below that, scooter, moped, did n't require a license

changeling_de says, Hello?

 gypsycaine says, HI!

+ p_dumbledore says, Hello

fizzwhizbee says, Hi

 catlady_de_los_angeles says, Hi, changeling, are you Delwyin_March or am I confused as usual?

 catlady_de_los_angeles says, Hi, fizzwhizbee, do I know you?

fizzwhizbee says, I'm Pippin. There were too many Pippins in yahoo

 gypsycaine says, hi, re hi!

changeling_de says, Ok, finally, this seems to work.

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fizzwhizbee says, Hi everyone

 gypsycaine says, couldn't get in via yahoo either earlier.

changeling_de says, I'm Christina, pretty new to the list. How is everybody?

+ p_dumbledore says, Hello Christina, welcome to our little chat party

 catlady_de_los_angeles says, And a couple of years ago, a friend pursuaded me to try again to learn to drive (it didn't take this time either) so I got the little booklet from DMV

gypsycaine . o O ( too many friends tooling about without a license. I decided not to emulate them! )

+ p_dumbledore says, Don't feel bad, Diann is 54 and dosen't have one either.

 catlady_de_los_angeles says, and now it was like 90 pages long

 gypsycaine locates the booklet

 catlady_de_los_angeles says, twice as many classes of licenses, now with letters instead of numbers

 gypsycaine says, 73

changeling_de says, Thanks.

 catlady_de_los_angeles says, and motorcycle have M1 for the real bikes and M2 for all the low-powered things that didn't use to require a license

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 gypsycaine says, ah

 catlady_de_los_angeles says, and I went into shock at seeing HOW MANY NEW LAWS had appeared in less than 20 years!

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 gypsycaine says, we added a whooooole bunch in ten years since I last saw a book.

 gypsycaine says, including mantatory seatbelts.

fizzwhizbee says, Hi Catlady, really an Angeleno without a car? Wow! I live in Acton, CA BTW

 catlady_de_los_angeles says, Really an Angelino without a drivers' license. My domestic partner has a car which I bought for him and therefore refer to as 'our car' or 'my car'

 catlady_de_los_angeles says, So he has to drive me to work during the transit strike.

fizzwhizbee says, Bummer!

 gypsycaine says, i've been lucky not to have had one...

 gypsycaine says, single mom, etc...

 catlady_de_los_angeles says, I LIKE being driven to work, but most of the half-million bus riders are poor immigrants who can't afford even a rotten old car, so the strike is REALLY hard on them.

 gypsycaine says, sounds like the wizard world...

+ p_dumbledore says, Ah! but if you get a good boom, you can avoid those traffic problems!

 gypsycaine says, some use brooms, some apparate, and some go by train?

+ p_dumbledore says, I wonder if California Wizards are required to have a broom license to fly ??

 catlady_de_los_angeles says, A different pciture that says DEE

 gypsycaine says, do you think Hagrid can apparate?

 catlady_de_los_angeles says, I suppose people on Broomsticks have to be careful not to be seen by Muggles?

 catlady_de_los_angeles says, And would it be windblown and exceedingly uncormfortable, maybe danger of falling off, for long journeys?

+ p_dumbledore says, Invisibility Cloak !!

 catlady_de_los_angeles says, Invisibility Cloaks seem to be a lot scarcer than broomsticks!

fizzwhizbee says, No, I think Hagrid must have used a portkey to get from Harry's to Hogwarts in Book one

 catlady_de_los_angeles says, And how can one carry luggage, or a week's worth of groceries, on a broomstick?

fizzwhizbee says, I think a broomstick is the wizarding equivalent of a sports car

 catlady_de_los_angeles says, Maybe Hagrid still had the flying motorcycle by the time of Book 1??????

changeling_de says, That's what I wondered when Charlie Weasley's friends went to Romania on brooms

changeling_de says, With Norbert in tow.

 gypsycaine says, the phrase is that Harry gets on the train in London, and turns, but Hagrid's gone

 catlady_de_los_angeles says, Anita Man. Who are these strangers sticking their msgs in our chat????

 gypsycaine says, pardon, Rita?

 catlady_de_los_angeles says, At least they rigged Norbert's cage up to be carried by FOUR broomsticks

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fizzwhizbee says, Do we know that Charlie and co went the whole way on broomsticks?

 catlady_de_los_angeles says, (messages advertising Yahoo Messenger are appearing in my chat window as if they were msgs from chatters, most recently one "ANITA MANN says". Are you not getting them, lucky you?)

 gypsycaine says, ahhhhhhh

changeling_de says, Maybe not. But to what kind of transport would they have changed?

 gypsycaine says, you can fix that via settings

 catlady_de_los_angeles says, One corner of box to each broomstick, that is kind of balanced, but trying to dangle a steamer trunk from ONE broomstick sounds like a way to overbalance and fall off

+ p_dumbledore says, I just get the ones from some lonely lady who for $$$ will be my friend

 catlady_de_los_angeles says, I get those in the messenger window, not the chat window

 gypsycaine says, i havent gotten any?

fizzwhizbee says, Broomstick away from Hogwarts, then portkey back to Romania.

 catlady_de_los_angeles says, Charlies' friends are all grown-ups, why didn't they Apparate as soon as they were off the Hogwarts grounds?;

 gypsycaine says, my question is how hard is it to make a portkey?

 gypsycaine says, perhaps you can't apparate with a dragon?

fizzwhizbee says, I don't think you can apparate with anybody. You might Splinch

 gypsycaine says, i wonder what the distance on apparating is anyway?

 gypsycaine says, i have the feeling it isn't a Samantha kind of thing.

 catlady_de_los_angeles says, I think a racing broom i s the wizarding equivalent of a sports car (yes, Pippin) and therefore similarly priced --- except that a little bit of wood and twigs souldn't add anything like as much to the price as titanium and fibrous ceramincs invented for space program

 gypsycaine says, (one minute in Middletown, USA, and the next in Paris)

+ p_dumbledore says, Seems like the flying carpets would be a better choice for longer trips and transporting of possessions with you

 gypsycaine says, but they're illegal in England.

 catlady_de_los_angeles says, Yes, wasn't it STUPID of them to outlaw flyinbg carpets?

changeling_de says, Too easy to spot by muggles

+ p_dumbledore says, Yes, only because of slush money from the broom industry.

fizzwhizbee says, Little bit of wood and twigs...have you priced a Steinway recently? How about a Stradivarius

+ p_dumbledore says, Influce on the MOM

 catlady_de_los_angeles says, I'm so glad that here in America, there aren't any laws?

fizzwhizbee says, There aren't?

 gypsycaine says, i have the perfect rug for it.

 gypsycaine says,

 catlady_de_los_angeles says, (wizarding America, wizarding laws, my universe, which imay not be cannonical)

 gypsycaine says, here's a question.

 gypsycaine says, (unless it's like Bedknobs and Broomsticks) how do you get a rug out a small window?

fizzwhizbee says, roll it up!

 gypsycaine says, while you're flying on it?

changeling_de says, Do you think it means something that Hermione keeps rubbing it in that you can't apparate on Hogwarts grounds?

 catlady_de_los_angeles says, But the brooms that were advertised on the scoreboard of the World Quidditch Cup before the pre-game show started, were advertised as sedate brooms for the entire family

 gypsycaine says, how could you do that?

 gypsycaine says, like a tandem bike?

fizzwhizbee says, It just has to be restated each book for the Newbies...like the Prime Direective.

+ p_dumbledore says, Sort of the station wagon of broom sticks.. Extra length for the large family with a tag along hook for your trunks.

 gypsycaine says, how do you install the carseat for the toddlers?

fizzwhizbee says, Does Hermione know that Dobby can apparate into Hogwarts?

 catlady_de_los_angeles says, Stand on the window, shaking your carpet open out the window, and mount it like a small boat (bearing in mind that every action has an oppostive reaction thatpsuhes the boat/carpet away from where it was when you started stepping in it)

 gypsycaine says, i can't help but think of Brian's dad in Witch Week.

changeling_de says, Or maybe JKR is shoving a clue in our faces so we won't see it anymore and then pull off some spectacular stunt.

+ p_dumbledore says, Hello Christina, welcome to our little chat party

+ p_dumbledore says, Arrggh!! wrong message.

 catlady_de_los_angeles says, There weren't carseats for kiddies when I was a kiddie ... in fact, seatbelts were installed by small time entrepreneurs in cars that people already owned

+ p_dumbledore says, I think i would prefer the flying Ford Anglia as transport. or perhaps the flying Porche 911 !!

fizzwhizbee says, The wizarding world isn't big on safety equipment. They don't wear helmets at Quidditch

 gypsycaine says, the American version, the Flying Plymouth Sundance...

 catlady_de_los_angeles says, There were as many little booths selling seatbelts at the County Fair in those days as selling Encyclopedia Brittanica

+ p_dumbledore says, I thought in the 50's kids were 'spose to ride in the back window of the car ???

 catlady_de_los_angeles says, i don't really *remember* before 1960

 gypsycaine says, i don't remember before 1969... (68-born)

fizzwhizbee says, Kids sat in your lap b. 1952

 gypsycaine says, i vaguely recall the moon-launch

fizzwhizbee says, I don't remember before last week!

 catlady_de_los_angeles says, If the Triwizard Tournament was the Quadwizard Tournament and included an American school, the American competitors would arrive in a giant flying two-tone gold and silver 1957 Cadillac convertible, the one with the greatest tailfins

 gypsycaine says, Not a Saturn?

 catlady_de_los_angeles says, Except Tim keeps claiming the ones from California would arrive in a Wells Fargo stagecoach, the ones from New England in a clipper ship,,,,

 catlady_de_los_angeles says, "We can't resist showing off" -- that's an old Classic, not a new Economy car

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+ p_dumbledore says, Maybe just a big Greyhound Bus !!

 gypsycaine says, prolly a SUV.

+ p_dumbledore says, Sure with Firestone tyres !

 gypsycaine says, i swear, here in oh, we either have rust buckets, SUV's or Saturns, or Mini-vans!

fizzwhizbee says, But we're (oh the shame of it) Muggles!

 gypsycaine says, but so was the ship, and the coach---muggle inventions?

+ p_dumbledore says, Here in Oregon, it's the Jeep Cherokee, they are everywhere !

 gypsycaine says, (that's a SUV here...lol)

 gypsycaine says, (it's lumped in with the Jimmy's, and etc..)

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 hert0661isme says, Hello - I am back!

fizzwhizbee says, Inventions with a Faery pedigree...Flying Dutchman and Cinderella's coach

 hert0661isme says,

+ p_dumbledore says, Speaking of flying... Kathy Rigby in Peter Pan on A&E Television tonight !

hert0661isme ponders thoughtfully.

 gypsycaine says, that's tonite?

 gypsycaine says, ack...

 gypsycaine says, wonder if I have a tape?

 gypsycaine says, my son is "peter pan" nuts!

fizzwhizbee says, Interesting contrast, the boy who won't grow up and the boy who lived

+ p_dumbledore says, 8pm and 10pm PST time on A&E

 hert0661isme says, The boy who is having to grow up to fast!

 catlady_de_los_angeles says, I'm glad I'm not the only person who recognized the Flying Dutchman's ship and Cinderella's coach -- I was afraid that I might be hallucinating

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 gypsycaine says, but was it the flying dutchman?

 gypsycaine says, it came from under the water.

 gypsycaine says, (Cinderella, I rec'd immediately)

fizzwhizbee says, Well, it could be the Pirate Ship from Peter Pan

 catlady_de_los_angeles says, He was enable to die at last, perhaps by his ship sinking, because the stupid girl determined to abandon her father and fiance in order to die for him.

 gypsycaine says, that one flew, tho..

+ p_dumbledore says, Ummm within this framework of fairy tale or ghost ship transport - what would an American contingent come in?

 gypsycaine says, Rita, I am sorry.

 gypsycaine says, I am confused again?

 catlady_de_los_angeles says, I'm not at all favorably impressed by Wagner's view of love -- his idea of a happy ending is 'everyone dies'

fizzwhizbee says, We don't know that the Durmstrang ship *can't* fly

 catlady_de_los_angeles says, the Flying Dutchman was for some reason cursed to try for all eternity to get into the harbor of Capetown (South Africa) but always thwarted by storms

fizzwhizbee says, The American contingent arrives on a Dumbo style flying elephant!

 gypsycaine says, 747...

 gypsycaine says, lol

 catlady_de_los_angeles says, He could only be freed from this tiring and boring curse by dying -- he could only be freed from this tiring and boring curse if a woman married him with love so true that she died for him

+ p_dumbledore says, Yes, sort of like the trojan horse

 gypsycaine says, that's not the "Rip Van Winkle" writer version, is it?

 gypsycaine says, MIKE!

€ Aberforths_Goat says, Hi folks!

 hert0661isme says, Hellooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

 catlady_de_los_angeles says, a romanctic young Boer girl heard the story, saw his protrait, and fell in love with him, swaering that she would die fo his sake

 catlady_de_los_angeles says, Even tho' her father and her fiance tried to talk her out of such foolishness

€ Aberforths_Goat says, Oh dear--are you telling the story of how I met Aberforth?

 catlady_de_los_angeles says, So she did, and they did, and everyone died, the end. I don't think favorably of Wagner (he wrote the opera)'s idea of love OR happy endings

 catlady_de_los_angeles says, Was Peter Pan's pirates' ship ripped and torn from the time it had spent underwater as a shipwreck? Did it glow with spectral lights caused by ghosts or fungus?

 catlady_de_los_angeles says, the Durmstrang ship was ripped and torn and glowing, so I don't think it was Peter Pan's pirates' ship

 catlady_de_los_angeles says, Hi, Goat, actually, I was telling about the FLying Dutchman

€ Aberforths_Goat says, Err, I picked up on that ... ;-)

€ Aberforths_Goat says, But how does the Durmstrang ship tie in??

 catlady_de_los_angeles says, I figure, after the happy ending in which he was freed from the curse by dying, having been enabled to die by the stupid young girl demonstrating her love's fidelity by desrting her fiance to die for him, his ship sank, and was dragged up and sold to Durmstrang

€ Aberforths_Goat says, Not bad!

fizzwhizbee says, Or maybe Durmstrang bought it from the Neverland and rehabbed it to look more sinister

+ p_dumbledore says, Gee, the Titanic might have been a better choice ?

€ Aberforths_Goat says, Too expensive--Hollywood had already bought rights

 catlady_de_los_angeles says, The Flying Dutchman's ship had the advantage that it already spoke German, which I believe to be the language of instruction at Durmstrang, altho' not the native language of most of the students

fizzwhizbee says, Sehr Gut!

€ Aberforths_Goat says, German? I'd guess Russian.

fizzwhizbee says, Durmstrang is a pun auf Deutsch not Russian

+ p_dumbledore says, Was the Dutchman German, Or from Holland ?

fizzwhizbee says, Fleigender Hollander, at least in Wagner's version

 catlady_de_los_angeles says, From Holland, presumably, but I have been told that all the Dutch speak their own language plus german anbd french and english

€ Aberforths_Goat says, at least ... they're sickening

 gypsycaine says, sickening?

€ Aberforths_Goat says, to ignorant people like myself, yes.

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 catlady_de_los_angeles says, I started it by saying that if it were the QUADwizard tournament, including a North American school, the American contestants would arrive in a giant flying two-tone gold and silver 1957 Cadillac convertible (the one with the giant tailfins) but no one beliefs me

Your buddy flying_ford_anglia is in chat

€ Aberforths_Goat says, Having nearly killed myself learning three languages when they just know four or so to begin with ...

 catlady_de_los_angeles says, Hi, Neil

gypsycaine picks up a pillow off the couch, and walks over to where she bonks Neil in the head with it repeatedly until the feathers fly! <<<<<-----

gypsycaine picks up a pillow off the couch, and walks over to where she bonks Neil in the head with it repeatedly until the feathers fly! <<<<<-----

 catlady_de_los_angeles says, Hi, neil

€ Aberforths_Goat says, Hi Neil!

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fizzwhizbee says, Hi Neil (I'm Pippin)

flying_ford_anglia says, Hi all!

 catlady_de_los_angeles says, It is said that English-speakers are the people in the world for whom learning more languages is diffficult

+ p_dumbledore says, Hello Neil

flying_ford_anglia says, Why do I always get bonked on the head, Dee?

 catlady_de_los_angeles says, I wonder if there woulc be some reason that English as a first language burns out the language=learning centers of the brain

 gypsycaine says, 'cause i have that macro...

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 hert0661isme says, Hello

€ Aberforths_Goat says, Oh no. Do we realy have to start this one again?

flying_ford_anglia says, English-speakers are just spoiled...

fizzwhizbee says, Fudge sure is an example of it

+ p_dumbledore says, Just watch out for those low hanging branches Flying Ford !

gypsycaine I am saving this chat to post in the egroup Harry Potter For Grown Ups Chatscripts for everyone to read; his is an annoying macros but it's saving my butt!

gypsycaine http://www.egroups.com/group/HPforGrownupsChatScripts

 catlady_de_los_angeles says, Okay, Dee, tell me what I should set how to keep those advertising chat msgs away!!!

flying_ford_anglia says, Yes - the foliage in here is a hazard...

 gypsycaine says, go to settings/preferences.

 catlady_de_los_angeles says, Simon, you are sill showing the avator of the little bitty tiny blur things

 gypsycaine says, see if your settings on either the first or yahoo tab are set to that.

flying_ford_anglia says, Are we discussing Fudge - the person, not the sweet, tooth-rotting thing?

 catlady_de_los_angeles says, Someone said we were supposed to discuss Cornelius Fudge this week.

fizzwhizbee says, Right, Cornelius Fudge, Minister of Magic, Neville Chamberlain clone

€ Aberforths_Goat says, Speaking of news for non English speakers: GoF will beach here in Switzerland on the 14th Okt.

 catlady_de_los_angeles says, Dee, I don't' see any of the click boxes having a name that sounds like 'no advertisingsen

flying_ford_anglia says, I think Dee suggested it. He is the character up for discussion on the Board< i guess

 gypsycaine says, hmmm.

 catlady_de_los_angeles says, Is there a reason for his personal name being Cornelius (presumably nicknamed Corny by old friends)?

flying_ford_anglia says, Mike - that ties in with the German release, i think...

 gypsycaine says, there isn't something about message boxes?

 catlady_de_los_angeles says, For that matter, is there a reason why one or both Crouches are named Bartemius?

€ Aberforths_Goat says, right--the Zúrich train station has hired out the red steam engine from the UK release.

flying_ford_anglia says, Those -ius names sound rather strict and biblical

€ Aberforths_Goat says, serious, yes; biblical, weel, it's the wrong language

flying_ford_anglia says, Really? It was maroon, not red - surely they have one in Switzerland?

 catlady_de_los_angeles says, 'Bartemius' may sound Biblical by reminding us of Bartholemew, but -ius is a Latin ending, like Lucius

 catlady_de_los_angeles says, and for that matter Sirius

€ Aberforths_Goat says, maroon - pink -red --whatever

 gypsycaine says, how many of those are in HP anyway? Ius?

flying_ford_anglia says, They sound biblical to me - an ignorant atheist

€ Aberforths_Goat says, i thought agnostics were ignorant

 catlady_de_los_angeles says, Bartemius may sound a BIT like abstemious, a nice strict word, but that's stretching things pretty far

fizzwhizbee says, I can't think of any Hebraic derived names in HP.

flying_ford_anglia says, Undecided, I think

€ Aberforths_Goat says, jk

 catlady_de_los_angeles says, Amos

fizzwhizbee says, Ah, thanks, catlady

€ Aberforths_Goat says, gosh Rita!

€ Aberforths_Goat says, Or are you a name buff?

 catlady_de_los_angeles says, Molly (and Malkin, as Madam Malkin the robe maker) are traditional English nicknames for Mary, which is from Hebrew Miriam

flying_ford_anglia says, All the names have a vaguely ancient feel to them, biblical or not..

 catlady_de_los_angeles says, I like names as part of my trivia obssesion. HP is a good place for a trivia obsession\

 gypsycaine says, i just collect names.

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 gypsycaine says, Someday I am a going to write a fan fic, and you'll know me by the love interest to harry--Angadresma~

+ p_dumbledore says, Oh, it's that new perfume... "Trivial Obsession"

 catlady_de_los_angeles says, Altho' Molly Weasely may have been given Molly as what I call her 'birth certificate name'

flying_ford_anglia says, Any thoughts on the first names of Flitwick , Binns and some of the other smaller characters?

 catlady_de_los_angeles says, anagram dresm