Foreshadowing Clues in CoS
bluesqueak <pipdowns@etchells0.demon.co.uk>
pipdowns at etchells0.demon.co.uk
Thu Feb 27 01:00:13 UTC 2003
No: HPFGUIDX 52910
--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Tasha <scarlet1912 at h...>"
<scarlet1912 at h...> wrote:
<Snip>
If I remember correctly
> JKR has commented in interviews on the apparent mistake that
> Voldemort is the last living *ancestor* of Salazar Slytherin, she
> said something to the effect of "maybe it wasn't a mistake." <Snip>
> Tasha~ who needs to stop playing with the anagram maker ;)
Arrgh! (Sorry)
No, this one has come up before. JKR's exact phrase in the
*ancestor* interview were 'Ah, you've spotted the deliberate
mistake.'
This is Britspeak. It stands for 'ah, you've spotted the extremely
obvious error that I should have caught if I'd been paying any
attention whatsoever to my proofreading.'
It gets used a *lot* in the UK for glaring errors. It's a joky way
of saying 'Oops, yes, that was a big error, wasn't it?'
So Voldemort is *not* Slytherin's ancestor. He's his last remaining
*descendent*.
As far, that is, as Dumbledore knows ...
And I remember no canon statement that says Dumbledore is
omniscient. Hermione's comment, that since Slytherin lived 1000
years ago for all anyone knew Harry *could* be descended from him,
is actually far more likely to be accurate.[The Duelling Club
Chapter CoS, free paraphrase].
Pip
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