[HPforGrownups] Worst-Case Casting, wasRe: Could the Movie be this bad?

Amanda Lewanski editor at texas.net
Sat Jan 13 23:17:09 UTC 2001


No: HPFGUIDX 9185

Scott wrote:

> (btw, can anyone tell me why the British ed. puts
> an appostrophy in the word- Hallowe'en?).

Because it is actually a contraction. Originally All Hallows Eve, or
Evening. "e'en" is a contraction of "even," an archaic form of eve or
evening. The use of the apostrophe is merely a bit more conservative way
to spell it.

--Amanda "I told you I was a font of useless trivia"





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