Animagery plus Re: Chapter 16: The Goblet of Fire

[Joywitch]

No: HPFGUIDX 4522

--- In HPforGrownups at egroups.com, "Rita Winston" <catlady at w...> wrote:
> I looked around in an English-French French-English dictionary 
> and it seemed to say that baton = staff and baguette = wand. 

I suspect that JKR figure that BATON was close enough to imply wand, 
since Beauxbaguette sounds like what you dunk in your soup.

> I find it astonishing that the only time that Hermione has had 
> bouillabaisse is when she vacationed in France with her parents. 
Here 
> in Southern California, many many restaurants that are not French 
> restaurants serve boullabaisse and some people cook it at home

I dont find it that astonishing, after all (at the risk of offending 
several members of this group, although I really dont mean to) the 
English are not exactly known for their cooking.  And in the U.S., 
despite the trendiness of gourmet and ethnic and fancy French food, 
there are lots of people who have never tried anything other than the 
plain boring food they grew up with.  I find it weird, personally, 
but I meet these people all the time.  They are mostly boring 
people.  Also, there are a lot of restaurants in places like LA and 
NY and London that have bouillabaisse, but a lot fewer in Podunk and 
Little Puddington (or where ever it is that Hermione is from).  Not 
that we know if Hermione is from somewhere outside a big city, but 
most people are.

--Joywitch, who is from New York, center of the universe and home of 
the Subway Series!!!!!!!!!!!!!