Appropriate terminology

tigerpatronus tigerpatronus at yahoo.com
Fri Jan 16 19:38:38 UTC 2004


No: HPFGUIDX 88926

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, Barry Arrowsmith 
<arrowsmithbt at b...> wrote:
> The post by punkieshazam (88875) pricked my conscience.
> 
> I am sure that we all  abhor the thoughtless and insensitive use of 
> inappropriate language when referring to individuals or groups in > 
> the > Potterverse. <snip>
> Kneasy
> (being socially concerned)

Omigod, you're soooo funny. I advance a few additions to your list: 

Muggle: Person who is Differently Abled (repeated for riffing reasons)

Wizard: Magically Enabled

Dark Wizard: Ambiguously moralled Magically Enabled ("Dark" has such 
negative overtones, not to mention the slightest racist tinge.)

Hogwarts: Elitist educational opportunity inaccessable to the 
Differently-Abled. 

Ministry of Magic: Government agency devoted to the continued 
ignorance of the Differently-Abled about denied educational and other 
opportunities. 

Potion: a mind- or otherwise-altering substance that, but for the 
ignorance propagated by the Ministry of Magic, would be a Scheduled 
Substance. 

Ollivander: Controller of the Means of Wand Production

Cornish Pixie: Person of Northen extraction and diminutive stature 
with ADHD. 

Fluffy: Person of Tricephalic quadrupedal canidity











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