[HPforGrownups] Least Fave Characters

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No: HPFGUIDX 19414


--- Magda Grantwich <mgrantwich at yahoo.com> wrote:
> 
> The characters I DON'T like are those that jar or
> take me out of the
> story.  Such as:
> 
> Winky: as someone (sorry, can't remember the name)
> said, it's Jar Jar
> Binks time.  She's just so irritating and I kept
> expecting her to say
> something about "birthin' babies".  I hope the other
> elves sound more
> like Dobby who has some great lines.
> 
The house elves in general annoy me, too. But then, as
big a Tolkien fan as I am, I usually skip over Tom
Bombadil, as well.

> 
> I also thought Madame Maxine's and Fleur's "French"
> accents were
> silly.  The French Canadians I know and work with
> don't sound
> anything like that, no matter how strong their
> accents are.
> 
> 
> 
Getting OT, but there's a reason for that. Canadian
French and French French don't sound anything alike,
just as North American English differs in accent from
the Queen's English. The difference in the French
dialects is enough to make for a different accent even
in English. I have heard French (from France) people
speak English with an accent similar to Mme Maxime's
or Fleur's. But no, French Canadians don't sound at
all like that when they speak English.

Anne

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