Unfamiliar Words in GoF

[Doreen Rich]

An easy way to remember which is which when spelling dessert and 
desert is that you always want seconds when it comes to dessert... 
and this is true for the "s" ... a second "s" in dessert.

Also, I think the whole giggling incessantly thing is a matter 
of "terminology"... In order for it to have the same effect on young 
British boys, it would have to be called "Spotted Willy". Correct me 
if I am wrong.

Doreen, who is now giggling incessantly


--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at y..., Dzof Azmi <mailinglist at d...> wrote:
> --jenny from ravenclaw******************************************
> >I just can't imagine a group of 14 year olds knowing that a 
dessert in 
> >front of them is called 'Spotted Dick' and not giggling 
incessantly, 
> >not to mention avoiding the dessert like the plague!  Or maybe 
> >American kids just aren't as mature as British wizard kids.
> 
> <delurking>
> Hah. Maybe American kids are just a bit more aware. When I first 
saw Spotted Dick my first thoughts were "dessert!" not "pimply 
private parts!". Anyway, I 
> like Spotted Dick, as well as all those desserts that fall into 
> the "should be eaten with custard" category. On the other hand, are 
there any good British desserts that don't?!
> 
> Dzof
> Who hopes he hasn't confused "desserts" with "deserts"
> </delurking>