JKR's new words (was Chap 30 summary)

[Neil Ward]

No: HPFGUIDX 12112

CMC said:

"Writers create new words all the time, and I'm tempted to say that 
the better the writer, the more such coinages you will find, since 
good writers have greater creativity.  Just think of Shakespeare and 
Joyce.  And until Rowling came along, Dementor, Quidditch, time-
turners, floo powder, pensieve, etc. were not "real" words, either.

But they are now."

Caius, I couldn't agree more.  However, I think there is a difference 
between using the word "muscly" instead of "muscular" and creating a 
wonderful new vocabulary to describe things that don't, in reality, 
exist.  

My point related to the fact that some had argued that JKR would 
never have used the term "untidy-haired," as featured in the 
rewritten GoF wand scene.  I was suggesting that maybe she does use 
the occasional awkward-sounding word or phrase among all those gems 
she creates.

Maybe we should create a dictionary of 'Rowlingisms' on top of all 
our other 'let's not get bored before Book 5' projects?

Neil
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