Three Broomstick/Hogshead and other mysteries.

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--- In HPforGrownups at y..., morsethanatos at y... wrote:
> Hello, 
> I came to this group from a link at "The Harry Potter Lexicon," 
about 
> 3 days ago.  I wanted to see what others think of the 
> several "mistakes" that I have found, I apologize if any of the 
> below " have been previously discussed. 
> 
> 
> In Defense against Darks arts, Harry says he had the Imperious 
curse 
> on him four times, not counting the very first. But then later, 
when 
> Voldemort uses it: " For the THIRD time in his life, that feeling 
of 
> unconcern drifted over him."  
> 	Something is amiss here, though there is a number of mistakes 
> dealing with numbers. 

This has been discussed on this group; you might want to do a search
on "Imperious Curse" to find this discussion.
> 
> In the first book Hagrid says that he won a dragons egg in the 
> Hogshead, the pub in the village.  In later books the pub is called 
> the Three Broomsticks, and the village is Hogsmeade.
> 	 I am surprised that almost no one noticed this, or am I 
> clueless about something?

We have also discussed this, IIFC,we concluded that there are 2 pubs 
in Hogsmeade, Three Broomsticks and Hogshead.

> 
> In the 1st book, it was said that Marcaus Flint was a sixth year, 
but 
> he was still in Hogwarts when Harry was a third year, that would 
put 
> him in the Eighth Year.  

JKR was asked about this in an interview and she said that Flint had 
to repeat a year.  He was "left back" as we say in the U.S.

> 	
> In the first book, at the Sorting Ceremony, Nearly Headless Nick 
said 
> that he has not eaten for almost 400 years, but in the second book, 
> Nearly Headless Nick is having his 500th death day party.

Yep, we have discussed this too.  It sure sounds like an error.  
Personally I think JKRs math skils are a little weak.  THere are lots 
of errors having to do with numbers.
 
> On page 13 of Book 1 Professor Dumbledore sits down beside the cat 
> and says "Fancy seeing you here, Professor McGonagall." She 
> replys: "How did you know it was me?"
> 	This is a bit strange as she is a registered animagus.

Remember, this occurs when Harry is a baby.  Maybe that is around the 
time McGonagall becomes an animagus.


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  "How come the Muggles don't hear the bus?" said Harry.
  "Them!" said Stan contemptuously.  "Don't listen properly, do 
they?  Don't look properly either.  Never notice nuffink, they don'."

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