The word "order" (was My *One* Most Rock-Solid OoP Prediction)

[Leon Adato]

No: HPFGUIDX 60067

On Tue, 2003-06-10 at 15:09, rachelbeth007 wrote:
> Interesting.  Are you implying that the title in German will give us an insight 
> into which definition of "order" the English title uses?  I took German in 
> college, but I'm pretty rusty.  There are a ton of different definitions for order in 
> both German and English, but here are the two that are what most think the 
> title is referring to:

(appologies if this has already been discussed).

You bring up a point that my daughters (11 and 8) and I were discussing
last week. I had just assumed that "order" meant "organization". My 11
year old assumed it was "command". The 8 year old was sure it meant that
Harry was going to buy (order via post) a phoenix as a pet!

Based on that single word, the entire plot of the book could be
revealed!!

Leon's List of Possible ORDER meanings:
      * organization/society
      * command
      * prioritization/distribution/pattern/placement
      * classification (order, genus, species)
      * procedure
      * rule/monarchy
      * lawfullness/peacefullness
      * purchase/shipment

(admittedly with help from www.thesaurus.com)

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