Neville's broken nose
erinellii
erinellii at yahoo.com
Wed Sep 3 15:30:46 UTC 2003
No: HPFGUIDX 79654
--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "watsola79" <watsola79 at y...>
wrote:
> In the battle scene in OOP, after Neville's nose gets broken and he
> is taunted by Bellatrix about his parents, he screams "I DOE YOU
HAB" at her.
>
> I have always interpreted this as "I DO YOU HARM", but I recently
got to thinking about it, and it seems a grammatically and
syntactically *odd* thing to say.
>
> Are there any other thoughts or interpretations as to what Neville
> meant to say?
Yes, silly. Bellatrix just finished saying she'd "met" Neville's
parents, and Neville said "I know you have!" meaning he knew EXACTLY
what Bellatrix had done to his parents...
Erin
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