:How does Winky know Dobby

[Steve]

No: HPFGUIDX 53487

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "sevenhundredandthirteen"
<sevenhundredandthirteen at y...> wrote:


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> bboy_mn wrote:
> >
> >So we have Mother and Grandmother, is it safe to assume that means
> >that somewhere there is a Father and a Grandfather?


> Laurasia:
> Yeah, in the House-elf Breeding And Reproduction Faciltiy (B.A.R.F.) 
> of course!!! :)
> The B.A.R.F. is responsible for pairing elves and producing little 
> baby elves. :D
>

Bboy_mn again:
Thanks I needed that. I made me laugh out loud several times.

So it would seem that to a house-elf, house-elf BARF would be a good
thing.
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> bboy_mn:
> >I'm reminded of a very long discussion we had over the term
'Manor'. A 'house' is not as simple as a house; ...


> Laurasia:
> "bound to serve one house and one family forever ...' Stress the
> AND. ..., and what's more- Dobby's general  grammar and sentence 
> structure aren't always to be relied ... I suppose it all comes 
> down to interpretation.
> 

bboy_mn again:
Let's not forget, '..we keeps our master's secrets and our silence...'
that's not a direct quote from Dobby, but it's close enough. So we
have 'house and family' and 'secrets and silence'; I'm sure there are
other example too of the weird way in which Dobby structure his
sentences. At sometimes his speech is oddly formal in terms of
language, at other times it seems very primitive. So personally, I
take the 'house and family' as just Dobby's odd way of speaking.

On an unrelated note: 
Can hous-elves read and write? 
I think not, it's typical not to educate slaves because their master
know the deep wisdom of the phrase 'Knowledge is Power'.
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> 
> And that's all for now!
> 
> ~<(Laurasia)>~

Just a few extra thoughts.

bboy_mn