"True" Prediction. (Was: Time Of Trelawney's First)

[keith.fraser at st-annes.ox.ac.uk]

No: HPFGUIDX 24080

I would suggest that he called it a true prediction because she went 
into a trance, not necessarily because the stuff she said happened.

Keith "How Freudian" Fraser

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., prefectmarcus at y... wrote:
> > It is identified as a true prediction by Dumbledore, so it must 
have
> > come to pass. It can't be anything that hasn't happened yet. > --
> Amanda
> 
> The exact wording is, "That brings her total of real predictions up 
> to two.  I should offer her a pay raise...."
> 
> The second prediction included the words, "The Dark Lord will rise 
> again with his servant's aid, greater and more terrible than ever 
he 
> was."
> 
> That portion had not happened yet.  For that matter, it hasn't 
fully 
> happened by the end of GoF either.
> 
> The point?  The point is that he is calling it a "real" prediction, 
> even though it hadn't fully come to pass yet.
> 
> Marcus