[HPFGU-Catalogue] Away for a couple of days

[Barry Arrowsmith]

On 21 Jun 2004, at 17:19, a_reader2003 wrote:

> Just to let you all know I'm out until Thursday - catch up with any
>  queries then.
>
>  Cheers
>  Carolyn
>

Are you back yet?

I've finished my current batch, so if you'll assign another..... though 
I probably won't be able to do much with it until sometime next week.

A few observations about the last lot.

Dunno about anyone else but I found myself frowning at the screen more 
than ever before. Not the posts per se, but the fact that so many 
didn't seem to fit comfortably into the categories.

For example - we have Godric's Hollow as a geographical location, but 
to most posters it's used as shorthand for an *event*. Same goes for 
'Shrieking Shack'. Eventually we'll get to posts where 'The Ministry' 
falls into the same category.
There was a longish thread wondering where all the children of the 
Hogsmeade inhabitants were. That went into Geography too, though it's 
not really what I think the category was intended for. Maybe I'm wrong; 
if so - hooray!

More shorthand - 'Dumbledore's gleam'  We all know exactly what is 
being referred to, but it ain't easy deciding which categories to tick.

A few others (mostly ephemerals) that made me shift in my seat:-

Motivation
Forgiveness
Fear
Rashness
Plot hole - not quite the same as Flint, it was referring to Lupin's 
transformation when the moonlight hit him. (Nobody likes it. It's seen 
as a form of 'special pleading' to get round a weak spot in the plot.)

And a straight-forward one that got missed - Polyjuice Potion.

Is it just me, or is anyone else having similar dilemmas?

Barry
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