[HPFGU-OTChatter] Re: Tom Swifties ... Gentles????

[Doreen]

> Wotan wrote:
> > "Don't be scared Gin, it's just a maggot," Harry said gently.
>
> Please explain that to the stupid Kitten.
> Catlady
>
> Don't feel lonely, Catlady, I didn't get it either, but by the time
> I read it, was too tired to ask. I am surprised that the Ministry of
> Magical Humour didn't catch that one.
> Doreen

May be the "two nations divided by a common language" problem!
In the UK a 'gentle' is another name for a maggot. Not in the States
I guess!
Wotan

Maggots called gentles? No, not here. They are called nastly, slimey,
disgusting, filthy, and on and on ... but never gentle. It sounds like
Hagrid coined that description for them. Why on earth would you call them,
gentles?
Doreen