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[Snuffes MacGoo]

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eccleston at clara.co.uk said "Harry Potter arrived courtesy of Santa in 
my houeshold this Christmas & I'm under considerable pressure from my 
kids to tell them when the next book arrives. I'm sure you know. 
Having now read them my self (and finding myself surprisingly hooked) 
I'm wondering where the 
story line is going. Harry's older, the storyline is a bit darker and 
adolescence has set in, what's the consensus?"

I think the general feeling is it's going to get worse before it gets 
better. Bets are on to which of our favourites are going to get it.

Date for the next book keeps getting pushed back, was July 2001 (now 
close, then November 2001 and now some time in 2002 – Am I right in 
that?) Too far away in my opinion. At least we will have Quidditch 
through the ages and fabulous beasts to entertain us in the interim 
(though without them we might get HP5 more quickly)

"used to could"

Maybe I'm a more badly spoken Aust than most but I use this phrase. 
Course it sounds more like 
"she useda coulda run all day but now I gotta make sure she take 
breaks cause she's never gunna done learn that it makes her back's 
sore but eh?"

(ie I have a sight hound who loves to run all day but now must be 
made to take breaks or she will hurt herself.) The `but eh?' or `eh 
but?' and making things that are statements questions is very common. 
The use of `learn' instead of `teach' is common too ie – (chiding 
someone after they have done something silly) `don't s'pose that'll 
learn ya not to do it again but eh?'

<g> Simon Biber may disagree with me about this.

(re meaning of Malfoy) Charmian said "What are the other ones? I like 
the French thing too. Seems like Rowling uses a lot of French in 
naming."

Err, can't remember, was a thread about this some time ago. Will post 
you off-list if I remember

Angela – love your plan for Lucius' day. Nice to know he is busy

Minnesota girlie said "Oh no no no. Snape's much too greasy for 
Lucius. If ever they had a  fling, I think Lucius would have to have 
Snape's hair washed and 
thoroughly combed before _anything_ happened."

It's not just Lucius that would want Snape to clean up before taking 
him to bed. I think there are a few list members out there too who 
feel the same.

"And of course Draco's  not their love-child -- I have a feeling that 
Snape's nastiness is a  dominant genetic trait, meaning Draco'd have 
to be nasty too... "

<bg> I thought this might explain Snape's fawning over Draco ... but 
you may well be right <sigh>

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