Chamber of Secrets - The Unexplained

[Geoff Bannister]

No: HPFGUIDX 108306

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, Magda Grantwich 
<mgrantwich at y...> wrote:

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.

Magda:
> Actually, in the 19th century (where the wizarding world seems to be
> stuck half the time and when Dumbledore was born), the word
> "ancestor" could be used in place of "descendent".  It's used that
> way in some novels.  So no, it's not a flint.
> 

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".