L.O.O.N., Impediment Jinx/Curse

[Sam Brown]

No: HPFGUIDX 23003

John Walton (or possibly Anal P. Lardbottom) wrote:
> We at L.O.O.N. have noted with interest your application for 
membership, and, following your recent post to the Wonderful 
Wizarding Web, the Board-In-General of L.O.O.N. (B-I-G  L.O.O.N) is 
delighted to pronounce you an Official Credentialed Member of the 
League of Overly Obsessed Nitpickers.

Hurray! <g> (Mental note: Never use word 'hurray' in public again 
unless have Memory charms handy)

John also wrote:
> L.O.O.N. would remind Mr Brown that death is irreversible.
Yes I know. I was just being pedantic <g> 

Now to point of my post:

Joel wrote:
> The Impediment Curse is a Curse, not a Jinx. Here's the actual 
quote from GoF: (snip quotes which contain the use of the 
term 'Impediment Curse')

Actually, in my copy of GoF, it's 'Impediment Jinx', not 'Impediment 
Curse', in all of the examples you've given. I think this is an 
inconsistency in editions rather than an error on my behalf, although 
I can't think why they'd change it from 'jinx' to 'curse'. Perhaps 
someone at Scholastic realised there was an inconsistency in jinxes 
between PS/SS and GoF and altered the books accordingly.

In any case, Hermione 'manage[s] to shatter [the Shield Charm] with a 
well placed Jelly Legs Jinx', and you couldn't exactly describe words 
as being 'well placed', at least not in terms of performing a magical 
spell. 

Sam, an Official Credentialed Member of the League of Overly Obsessed 
Nitpickers (at last!)