[HPFGU-Movie] Help from UK viewers/readers? language

[bert.coules at fonix.org]

Ivis the elderly wrote...

IN>I was really surprised by "bloody brilliant" from the first time I 
  >heard it trailer. Back in the Dark Ages when I lived in London, 
  >no child would have said that in front of an adult, much less a 
  >teacher. 

I agree.  I haven't seen the film as yet, but that moment in the 
trailer really struck a jarring note.  I seem to recall a couple of 
instances in the books where Ron is said to have sworn - isn't there a 
line like "He called Snape something which made Hermione exclaim 
'Ron!'" somewhere or other? - but making it concrete, and in front of a 
teacher, is surely quite wrong.

In reported speech, even in the most critical of situations, the 
strongest oath that Ron can come out with is usually "Blimey!" - which 
of course is totally in keeping with the generally 30s - 40s 
private-boarding-school atmosphere of the books.  Rowling and the 
writers of the Frank Richards/Anthony Buckridge school have far more in 
common than is generally acknowledged, I think.

Bert

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