books and accents

[susanbones2003]

--- In HPFGU-Movie at yahoogroups.com, Valerie Flowe 
<valerie.flowe at ...> wrote:
>Val wrote (jen snipped)
 
> And yes, loved the slang, especially since they are teens 
now. "right 
> foul git" was my fav. WHAT was it that Harry said when Ron was 
talking 
> about Hermione not having a date "Because she'd tear(?) or take(?) 
the 
> mickey out of us if she did" What does that mean??
> What were some of the other great slang phrases? "Piss off" was 
quite 
> daring.
> Loved the "Go back to your knitting!"
> Valerie

Val,
To take the mickey out of someone means to tease them mercilessly, 
so Hermione didn't tell Harry and Ron who her date was because she 
knew they'd take the mickey out of her. 

Also, listening to LOTR is a good intro to the books. I think it 
helps get you into the rhythm of the writing and then the actual 
written word won't be so daunting. I am finding now that I am into 
the story that I do want to see the words. Tolkien was a philologist 
and the words, the look, the shape, the sound of them was the reason 
for the story. He created the stories to have a foundation for the 
languages, not to downplay the absolutely enthralling stories. I 
think it was the perfect marriage...You will see a lot of HP in his 
work. And Jo's obvious love of language and myth echo Tolkien so 
beautifully.
Jen D.
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