[HPforGrownups] Corrected: Protections on Privet Drive & Put-Outer (LONG)

[Mary Jennings]

No: HPFGUIDX 36902

Cindy wrote:

>as for the name "Put-Outer," I think JKR didn't want a clever
>name; she wanted a painfully obvious name to misdirect us all and get
>us to think Dumbledore really is just turning the lights off and on
>again.

Interesting thoughts!  I was thinking that perhaps JKR also used the dull 
"Put-Outer" term instead of a more fanciful one in order not to turn the 
reader off.  Bearing in mind that these are supposedly childrens' 
books:::::ducks from flying objects:::::and we're talking about the 
beginning of the first book of the series, she may have thought that, say, 
an 11-year-old coming across a term such as pensieve, which has no obvious 
meaning and must be explained in detail, would be turned off and stop 
reading the book.  Once the reader is well into the book, though, it's safe 
to introduce the wierd and the wonderful Potterverse vocabulary.

Just my two knuts.

Cheers!

Mary Ann :)


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