[HPforGrownups] Re: The Creation of the Term "Put Outer"

[Amanda]

No: HPFGUIDX 37034

Catlady wrote:

> --- In HPforGrownups at y..., Jennifer Boggess Ramon <boggles at e...>
> wrote:
>
> > Oh, dear.  Am I the _only_ one who was delightfully tickled by the
> > play on "lighter"?  :(
>
> I didn't find it to be a delightful play on 'lighter'. Perhaps I
> would have done if it had been named 'darker'. Perhaps I would have
> done if I were able to stop pronouncing Put-Outer as Putter-Out.

Jennifer, don't feel alone! I liked the contrast to "lighter" too. I thought
JKR probably did it on purpose, as this was what, page 2 of book 1? As  new
readers, we were being brought into a new world gradually, and she was still
using "muggle"-flavored omniscient eyes. All of us are criticizing this term
from a position of four books and many readings' familiarity with the
wizarding world and its toys. Remembering my first-time read, I was
delighted with the Put-Outer and wanted to see more.

--Amanda