Chess Flint?

[Doreen Rich]

No: HPFGUIDX 19037

Well, if he actually takes, "one step forward" JKR has made yet 
another flint. But he could have *meant* one turn ... but she didn't 
*say* that, did she? Maybe JKR doesn't know dip about chess. 

I still say that she should send the first 2,000 copies of each of 
her next books to US first. Why pay all those editors for a job which 
we can do for free? (and do it better)

I think Scholastic should have a contest with the prize being one 
hour with JKR, to ask her all the questions we all want to know. I 
would not want to be the winner, though. I can just see me coming 
back to this list and everyone saying, "You didn't ask her THIS 
question? You had an HOUR with JKR and you didn't ask her?!" :)))

Doreen, who would probably just be so flustered, she would forget to 
ask anything ... probably say things like, "So, how did you get 
started writing Harry Potter...."


--- In HPforGrownups at y..., catherine at c... wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at y..., "Doreen Rich" <nera at r...> wrote:
> > I know what a "flint" is ... but why is it called a "flint"?
> > 
> > Doreen
> 
> Because the most obvious mistake JKR ever made, was putting Marcus 
> Flint in the 6th year in PS - and he is still there as captain of 
the 
> Slytherin Quidditch team in PoA, when he should have left the 
school 
> by then.  So mistakes are now referred to as "Flints."
> 
> BTW: re the chess.  Seeing as this has come up, there is another 
line 
> I noticed which doesn't make sense:
> 
> Ron:  "I take one step forward, and she'll take me - "
> 
> and then: "He stepped forward and the white queen pounced."
> 
> I know this is probably just figure of speech, but it has always 
> annoyed me - Ron is a Knight, and they don't move forward one step 
at 
> a time - they move 3 forward, 1 across.  So another flint, or 
> imprecise language?  Or am I just being too nitpicky?
> 
> Catherine