Profanity - Harry too

[Stephanie Roark Keener]

No: HPFGUIDX 19747

Lama wrote:
> I don't think Harry is averse to a bit of schoolboy bad language 
> either.  In one of the books (can't remember where) he remarks to 
> Malfoy something about Malfoy's mother always looking 'as if she 
has 
> dung under her nose'.  I can't imagine that Harry really used the 
word 
> 'dung' - I think JKR was just being very polite about what he 
really 
> said!
> 
> Lama

(I don't know, I like the word "dung" personally.  It's a very harsh 
word to hear.  I think it really sounds like what it is.  Sh*t 
wouldn't have made the same sort of impression of a stench.)

And don't forget Ron's, "Hey Pavarti, can I get a look at Uranus?" in 
Divination.  (snicker snicker -- CLASSIC teenage boy behavior -- I 
love Ron.)
  
Also, Cedric said "Hell" in the maze as Krum attacked him.  I think 
we'll see more and more profanity as the kids age.  It's part of 
growing up.  (I knew I was an adult when I shouted F- You at someone 
in traffic with my mother in the car, and she didn't even get mad -- 
she just flipped him off too.) 

Stephanie