The word "order", was: Re: Hopes for Book 5

[alice_loves_cats]

No: HPFGUIDX 59026

Chuck wrote:

> PS - My guess is that "Order of the Phoenix" is not a rank or 
> organization.  "Order" can also mean "Command."  And there was a lot 
> of Phoenix song at the end of book 4.  Maybe Fawkes was "Ordering" 
> the wands to do something.

Now Alice:

I used to think that, but then the general internet opinion
overwhelmed me. An interesting addition, though:

Although the book hasn't even been released, we Hungarian readers have
a promise from the publisher that the book will be out in Hungrian by
Christmas, with the title "Harry Potter es a Fonix Rendje", in which
"Rend" means Order as in some sort of organisation, and NOT Order as
in Command, which would be "Parancs". I was wondering whether the
publisher was just assuming that this was the meaning intended, or
whether they were tipped off. I really can't see them contacting
Bloomsbury to ask and really can't see Bloomsbury answering the
question, but on the other hand it would be rather a fat assumption to
make otherwise, wouldn't it? It'd be quite embarassing for them if
they turned out to be wrong. The marketing campaign is in full swing
already, after all, featuring this title.

Love, Alice