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--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, Maria Holub <sopraniste at y...>
wrote:
> 
> Gail wrote:
> > But one of the clues at the BBC site,
> > Aberforth Dumbledore being the barman
> > at the Hogs Head . . . I had guessed
> > that one (hahaha) .  Then the one about
> 
> I'd just like to point out that if you read the full
> transcript of the Q & A (which is still the top news
> item on jkrowling.com) you'll see that she DOESN"T
> actually confirm this. She comes very close, in fact I
> think she tapdances the question quite masterfully.
> She certainly strongly IMPLIES it "Ooh... you are
> getting good" and "I was quite proud of that clue."
> but then she finishes neatly with "That is all that I
> am going to say." So, while I still think it likely
> that he IS Aberforth, she does not give the question a
> straight answer, which implies that whether or not he
> is Aberforth becomes a relatively important plot point
> in either book six or seven.
> 
> Flop

I like to amuse myself by thinking that, at least part of the time,
the barman was Albus dressed in Aberforth's clothes.

'Idiot girl - Dumbledore won't be sitting in a pub when the whole
Ministry's looking for him!' -- Dolores Umbridge (ch. 32)

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