Wingardium Leviosa Joke

[john at walton.to]

No: HPFGUIDX 24530

Herald Talia said:

> In SS, when Harry, Ron and Hermione are learning the Wingardium Leviosa
> charm, Prof. Flitwick says "Never forget Wizard Barruffio, who said S
> instead of F and ended up with a buffalo on his chest." What am I not
> getting? 

I reckon that Barruffio said "Wingardium Leviofa", which is a pun on 
"LeviaTHan", which in common parlance does not mean a political work by 
Thomas Hobbes last century but rather means something very very large, which 
is definitely a buffalo.  

PS. Quick ADMIN-y note -- it's GREAT that you're combining posts! However, 
out of consideration for the folks who will be writing/updating the FAQs, 
which are taken from list messages, please use the actual topics instead of 
"other stuff" in the subject.

Cheers,

--John

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John Walton -- john at walton.to

"In Xanadu did Kubla Khan
A stately pleasure-dome decree
Where Alph, the sacred river, ran
Through caverns measureless to man
Down to the sunless sea."

--Samuel Taylor Coleridge, "Kubla Khan". 
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