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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