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

[Haggridd]

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> > > 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 
> > Thank you, Theresa, for a fine review of the new HP movie.  I 
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> > 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---
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> I hope this helps you feel better about JKR's language, which is 
> > perfectly innocent-- except for Dumbledore's brother Aberforth, 
> > perhaps!  :)
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> > Haggridd
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> I don't know that it's entirely innocent. I agree of course that 
> Marge is using "bitch" in the dog-breeding sense, but what makes 
it 
> so particularly offensive nevertheless,(and I rather think she 
knows 
> it) is that she's using it to make a direct parallel to Lily and 
> Harry!
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> Sophia

Sophia, you are entirely correct that Aunt Marge is being very 
insulting and is implying poor breeding to Lily and Harry.  My point 
is that the word "bitch" is not used as a curseword, but only to the 
extent that it means to cheapen the Potter-Evans bloodline.  She 
might just as easily said "dam" and "colt", but Aunt Marge is a dog 
breeder, not a horse breeder.


Haggridd