[HPforGrownups] Digest Number 4340

[Tammy Rizzo]

No: HPFGUIDX 92892

Julie wrote:
> I tried searching the archives but coule not find anything on this. 
> It is from the first book, so something must have been posted about
> it.  On US hardback 123, Dumbledore's few words were "Nitwit! 
> Blubber!  Oddment! Tweak!  Thank you!" Question 1: What in the world
> does it mean? Question 2: Are they the same in the UK version?

To which, I (Tammy) replied:
Personally, I figure those particular words, in that particular order, was some sort of 
spell trigger, activating some protection for Harry, beyond what is already in place at 
Hogwarts.  I mean, DD's never repeated such a strange and unexplained bit of 
business -- it was only on Harry's first arrival, and only after he'd been Sorted into 
Gryffendor.

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