Hungarian books + a quiz :) (was: Book prices)
Isabelle
joe_from_the_button_factory at hotmail.com
Sun Jan 28 03:02:54 UTC 2001
No: HPFGUIDX 11016
The quiz at the end is the part where Dumbledore tells Harry (?) that
the first ever time he tried Bertie Botts' EVery Flavour Beans, he
got a vomit flavoured one. Then he pops one into his mouth , chokes
and says "Alas, earwax"!
Isabelle
--- In HPforGrownups at y..., fefe at f... wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at y..., rhodhry at y... wrote:
> > What are nromal prices for the translated versions of the Harry
> > Potter-books? The Norwegian edition of "The Prisoner of Azkaban"
> > (GoF bot being translated to Norwegian yet) goes for USD30/GBP20
> per
> > copy - How does this compare to other countries?
>
> Prices of Hungarian books (only hardcover):
>
> PS - $5
> CoS - $5
> PoA - $6
> GoF - $9
>
> Don't laugh, they ARE expensive for us, especially GoF :) (OT) But
> it's still cheaper than 3 gallons of gasoline, and much more fun
than
> driving 90-100 miles :) Excuse me for constantly whining about
> European gasoline prices, but my another obsession is cars and
> driving...
> Back to topic: i like these books, the translations of funny names
> are funny too, and the text is translated correctly. The only
problem
> is that they were edited and printed in a hurry, so they contain
> punctuation errors (the most annoying type of errors, i think) and
> things like that. I hope that they will be corrected in later
> editions.
>
> bye
> Fefe
>
> "Ah! Bogoly Berti féle Mindenízû drazsé! Ifjúkoromban
> az a
> szerencsétlenség ért, hogy kifogtam egy hm...
> hányásízû darabot.
> Azóta, sajna, nem sok kedvem van kísérletezni vele - de
> ettõl a finom
> tejkaramellától nem kell félnem, igaz-e?
> Dumbledore mosolygott, és bekapta az egyik aranybarna drazsét.
> Nyomban köhögni kezdett tõle.
> - Mordizomadta! Fülviasz!" (Harry Potter és a bölcsek
> köve, 17. fejezet)
>
> OK, this is a quiz :) who can tell me which part is the above
one ? :)
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