Harry's protection

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No: HPFGUIDX 113160

Carol asked:
I wonder if "wonderful" means what we Americans usually use it to 
mean, something really, really good...

I would refer her to Terry Pratchett's "Lords and Ladies". Writing 
about how words have degenerated, he says:
Elves are wonderful.  They provoke wonder.
Elves are marvellous.  They cause marvels
Elves are fantastic.  They create fantasies.
Elves are glamorous.  They project glamour.
Elves are enchanting.  They weave enchantment.
Elves are terrific.  They beget terror.

The thing about words is that meanings can twist just like a snake, 
and if you want to find snakes, look for them behind words that have 
changed their meaning.
No-one ever said elves are nice.
Elves are bad

Terry Pratchett - "Lords and Ladies"

So it may be quite possible that Dumbledore's understanding of the 
word "wonderful" may be somewhat different from the meaning we (on 
both sides of the pond) now attach to it

Sylvia (who has to admit that though Pratchett's elves are nasty 
people, they are the essence of cool).