Sherbet lemon

[Doreen Rich]

No: HPFGUIDX 12935

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., Amanda Lewanski <editor at t...> wrote:
> Amy Z wrote:
> 
> > BTW, I've been going along thinking that sherbet lemon IS a lemon
> > drop, since that's how it got "translated" in book 2 (? brain-fog 
here
> > too--I think it was 2).  But it isn't, is it?
> 
> Yes. Sherbet lemon is Brit for lemon drop. Look at the scene (in 
GoF, I
> think) where Harry is trying to get into Dumbledore's office, and 
tries
> "candy" passwords--he starts with "sherbet lemon" (the password had 
been
> "lemon drop" in an earlier book), and then tries "pear drop," among
> others--and I had noted before that the transition from "sherbet 
lemon"
> to other flavors of fruit "drops" would make absolutely no sense to 
an
> American reader. [This is the scene where "cockroach cluster" does 
the
> trick.]
> 
> --Amanda, who still only considers sherbet to be an iced dessert
> 
> 
You are right .. this has been very confusing. So, the sherbet balls 
that make you levitate are also candy drops?

I think I first got confused when someone asked JKR why Dumbledore 
used "sherbet lemon" as a password ... and I could not find that in 
my book... but rather he used lemon drop (CS-11) and in (SS-1)he was 
eating lemon drops when he was talking to McGonagall in the Dursley's 
yard.

Thank you for clearing that up ... 
Doreen who is not sure she wants to know what tripe is