[HPFGU-Movie] Re: More OOTP comments

[Charlotte Roberts]

>From: "rdhdwldflwr" <willow58 at comcast.net>
>Reply-To: HPFGU-Movie at yahoogroups.com
>To: HPFGU-Movie at yahoogroups.com
>Subject: [HPFGU-Movie] Re: More OOTP comments
>Date: Sun, 22 Jul 2007 19:04:35 -0000
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>More grips - WHY do we have to have Hermione call Ron, Ronald in every
>movie?  She has never done this?   WHY did they call them Owls and not
>O.W.Ls?  WHY did everyone pronounce Bellitrix's last name wrong?  It's
>not La STRANGE.
>

Hermione only calls him Ronald once in a while, not EVERY single time she 
addresses him, otherwise it would be cumbersome and superfluous.

As for the OWLs, they probably just say that in the movie because it happens 
to spell out the word.  Remember the SPEW incident in GOF?  In the book, Ron 
calls it by the word "spew" that it spells out, but Hermione insists on 
calling it by "initials" only.  (I don't care what anyone else says, I 
always mentally called it "spew," and I always will, lol.)  Whereas when it 
comes to OWLs, no narrative pronounciation is given in the books.  Not to 
mention it's easier to say verbally instead of articulating every letter, 
especially the "W," which takes more time than it should to say!  LOL.

I always mentally pronounced Bellatrix's last name Le STRANGE, I guess 
because it's spelled that way.  I had no clue how to pronounce Hermione's 
name until I read that part at the Yule Ball in GOF when she's telling it to 
Viktor.  No correct pronounciation is explicitly explained by any character 
when it comes to Bellatrix.  She is a "strange" woman herself, so I think it 
has a minor validity, lol.

Speaking of names, I couldn't help but notice something: at Harry's hearing 
in OOTP, Fudge announced that the hearing is for "Harry James Potter."  But 
"Harry" is actually a short form of the name Harold.... shouldn't that have 
been the form of address if he was stating his full name there?  Just a 
little observation to consider.  ;)

Charlotte, who just revised her emails and couldn't believe some of the 
things people said about Harry's scene at King's Cross, among the other 
stuff people said!  *blush*  (Not to mention that I dread my mom will make a 
comment about that after she's read the book.)