Female dogs in PoA and other innocent words WAS Re: Spoilers - my POA review

[Haggridd]

--- In HPFGU-Movie at yahoogroups.com, "Theresa" <anmsmom333 at c...> 
wrote:
> Okay some of you asked for a spoiler type review so if you are not 
> one of the fans who wants to know spoilers please STOP reading 
now. 
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> Here let me do this properly...
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> There. Sure you want to know? Well...
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Aunt Marge is blabbing away about what a nuisance 
> Harry is. There is a line that shocked me, they put this line in 
the 
> film. Marge states the breeding problem (referring to Harry) comes 
> from the mother comparing it to dogs. I think it was something 
> like "if there is something wrong with the b*#%h then there is 
> something wrong with the pup" and that is when Harry shouts "shut 
up" 
> and she begins to inflate like a helium balloon. That was well 
done 
> and quite amusing. 

> Theresa

Thank you, Theresa, for a fine review of the new HP movie.  I would 
like to talk about Aunt Marge's comment about dog breeding for a 
moment.  I am sad for you that you were shocked by the word "b---h", 
but there was no reason for it, since the word as used is perectly 
innocent.  If I understand it correctly, the word does not carry the 
same emotional impact in England as it does here, when used t 
describe a female dog, an even in the U.S., dog breeders use the 
word with no intent to curse.

Think of it this way:  We all don't get upset at the name for the 
big wall put up in a river to hold back the floodwater, and 
sometimes make hydroelectricity, do we?  Nobody insists we call it 
a "darn"!

Interestingly enough we ignore this when the strength of emotion in 
the word goes the other way.  We named the Austin Powers movie "The 
Spy Who S----d Me".  In England, "s----ed" is as srong a curse as 
the F-word is here.

I hope this helps you feel better about JKR's language, which is 
perfectly innocent-- except for Dumbledore's brother Aberforth, 
perhaps!  :)

Haggridd