[HPforGrownups] Question: Baruffio and the buffalo
Taryn Kimel
amani at charter.net
Tue Feb 3 00:58:56 UTC 2004
No: HPFGUIDX 90125
Neri:
Since English is not my mother tongue, I always suspect I'm missing
puns and clues in HP. It took me two years to realize there is a pun
in "Diagon Alley" <hang head in shame>. Now, could someone please
explain to me (slowly, with diagrams) if there is a pun in:
SS/PS, Ch. 10:
"Now, don't forget that nice wrist movement we've been practicing!"
squeaked Professor Flitwick, perched on top of his pile of books as
usual. "Swish and flick, remember, swish and flick. And saying the
magic words properly is very important, too - never forget Wizard
Baruffio, who said `s' instead of `f' and found himself on the floor
with a buffalo on his chest."
I would have thought that the editors got it mixed up as usual and it
actually should have written "said `f' instead of `s' ", but what the
@$#& is a "bussalo"??? Do we need a Latin expert here?
Taryn:
Flitwick is referring to mispronouncing the spell, which we don't know, which PRODUCED the buffalo on Baruffio's chest. The spell probably didn't have "buffalo" in it, he just mis-pronounced the spell and accidently ended up with it. So we don't know what the spell was.
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