(OoP Spoilers) I Found A FLINT!

[Ignacio]

No: HPFGUIDX 63429

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Gail Bohacek" 
<gandharvika at h...> wrote:
> In the very first chapter of OoP, Harry hears a cracking 
sound: "Harry was 
> sure that the cracking had been made by someone Apparating of 
Disapparating. 
>   It was exactly the sound Dobby made when he vanished in thin air" 
(OoP 
> p.7, US hardcover)
> 
> And indeed, you read in CoS, when Dobby Disapparates, it does make 
a 
> cracking sound:
> 
> "With a crack like a whip Dobby vanished." (CoS, page 19 US 
hardcover)
> 
> "With a final loud crack Dobby disappeared." (CoS, page 339)
> 
> But it turns out that it was Mundungus: "'I'm going, I'm going!' 
And with 
> another loud crack, he vanished."  (OoP, page 23,  US hardcover)
> 
> In later chapters, when Fred and George Dis/apparate, the same 
cracking 
> sound is made.
> 
> But in previous books, that's not the sound Dis/apparation makes:
> 
> "Bagman swore loudly.  'Damn them," he said looking quite 
distracted, and 
> without another word, he Disapparated with a small pop." (GoF 
chapter 9 p. 
> 114 UK softcover)
> 
> "...a series of popping noises announced the arrival of 20 wizards, 
> appearing from thin air, surrounding them." (p.116 UK softcover)
> 
> Cracks versus Pops....looks like a Flint to me!
> 
> 
> -Gail B...so, do I get a reward or something?   ;)>
> 
> _________________________________________________________________


Weird, I always thought that crack and pop meant the same thing, so I 
looked them up

crack:
To make a sharp snapping sound. 

pop:
To make a short, sharp, explosive sound.

they seem very similar to me. It is like describing something the 
same way, but using synonyms.
IE, would you write the same word every time to describe an action?

it's like saying roar, shout, hollared, yelled, screamed, etc. it 
just livens up the text a little bit to break up the monotomy
I may be wrong though

also, the distances were different, so i suppose a crack would be a 
bigger sound than a pop, but maybe the people were closer when they 
heard the crack...

"Ignacio"