And now for something completely different...

[l3al3y_Doll_3]

No: HPFGUIDX 137920

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Geoff Bannister" 
<gbannister10 at t...> wrote:
> 
> Secondly, I don't think that canon specifies which hand.
> 
> 'Harry raised the sharp, black quill, then realised what was 
missing.
> "You haven't given me any ink," he said.
> "Oh, you won't need ink," said Professor Umbridge with the merest 
> suggestion of a laugh in her voice.
> Harry placed the point of the quill on the paper and wrote: I must 
> not tell lies.
> He let out a gasp of pain. The words had appeared on the parchment 
in 
> what appeared to be shining red ink. At the same time, the words 
had 
> appeared on the back of Harry's right hand cut into his skin as 
> though traced there by a scalpel - yet even as he stared at the 
> shining cut, the skin healed over again, leaving the palce where 
it 
> had been slightly redder than before but quite smooth.'
> 
> (OOTP "Detention with Dolores" p.240 UK edition)
> 
> There does not seem to be any specific reference as to which hand 
> Harry is using to write.

In addition to what you wrote, there is more cannon to prove it is 
his right hand.

OotP US Edition top of page 272 Chapter 13 Detention with Delores

In a converstion with Ron-

" 'Yeah, so do - Harry what's that on the back of your hand?'

Harry, who had just scratched his nose with his free RIGHT hand, 
tried to hide it, but had as much success as Ron with his Cleansweep.

'It's just a cut - it's nothing - it's' "

Then again on page 274

"I must not tell lies, Harry wrote. The cut in the back of his RIGHT 
hand opened and began to bleed afresh."

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