Chamber of Secrets - The Unexplained

[Pat]

No: HPFGUIDX 108885

> Bonny:
> 4) The use of the word "ancestor" as opposed to "descendant" 
> in regards to Riddle and Slytherin, in Harry's conversation 
> with Dumbledore.
>  
> - On page 245 of the Canadian soft-cover edition, Dumbledore 
> tells Harry that Voldemort is the last remaining ancestor of 
> Salazar Slytherin. The last remaining ANCESTOR. Not DESCENDANT. 
> Is this a flint? Or could there be some strange reversal of time 
> at work?  Because, of course, an ancestor is someone you are 
> descended from - so Tom should be Slytherin's DESCENDANT, not his 
> ancestor. Hmmm.

 
> Geoff:
> I'm  quite sure that I have seen it mentioned on the group more 
> than once that it /has/ been acknowledged as a flint.
> 
> Certainly, my UK edition (also p.245) has "descendant".


Pat:

It depends which version you are reading.  In my hard back, it says 
ancestor.  In the paperback, which naturally came out later, it was 
descendent.  But then, I think I read somewhere that JKR said that 
she had intentionally used "ancestor".  This one has always puzzled 
me, and I still don't know.  Perhaps I should go to the book store 
and look for a newer version than either of mine, and see which way 
it is written.  I'll let you know.

Pat