Scabbers

[Maria]

No: HPFGUIDX 27686

Hey there!!

i hope this comment is interesting enough to be in the
list, although it's not a bid deal...

I was thinking on how non-native english readers may not
catch all the details and meanings in the books, and also
how in the translations some of the meanings are lost. i'm
a native spanish speaker, although i read the books in
english. I had also the first one in spanish, and i read
the lists with the names and terms that change in the
translations, and some of them really are not fun as in
English.

Well, but what i wanted to say has to do with Scabbers. i
just finished reading "Little Women", a book i have been
wanting to read for a long time, although i had seen the
movie. In the book, there is kind of pet rat in the attic
where Jo reads, and it's name is Scabbers. I, of course,
laughed at it first. But then i thought, would Scabbers be
a typical rat name? I mean, you know how there are names
that are used a lot for dogs or cats, is it also for rats?
or is it just a coincidence? It's not an important
question, it's just a comment on how some little things can
easily be missed if the knowledge of the language and
culture is not that of a native or almost native.



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