Translation and Cultural Issues

[pippin_999]

No: HPFGUIDX 34109

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., Alexander <lav at t...> wrote:
What Uranus joke? I want to hear it, as well as the place
> in the text where it's located.

GoF, chapter 13, page 201 US hardcover, Lavender Brown 
speaks:
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..."Oh Professor look! I think I've got an unaspected planet! Oooh, 
which one's that, Professor?"

"It is Uranus, my dear," said Professor Trelawney, peering down 
at the chart. 

"Can I have a look at Uranus too, Lavender?" said Ron.

Most unfortunately Professor Trelawney heard him...
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IIRC, the astronomical term "black hole", if translated literally into 
Russian, becomes a very vulgar term for the referenced body 
part 

Pippin
always happy to field weird ideas for the community