"And he shall have power the Dark Lord knows not...."
Geoff Bannister
gbannister10 at tiscali.co.uk
Mon Aug 29 06:39:27 UTC 2005
No: HPFGUIDX 138984
--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "M.Clifford" <Aisbelmon at h...>
wrote:
phoenixgod2000:
> Sorry, the cheesiest line in the book is when Harry actually uses the
> word Hark in a sentence and he isn't singing a christmas song.
>
> I could not get over that one.
Valky:
> Where did he say that? I'm curious, I don't remember it.
> I dunno about cheesy there either, I think hark is still in common use
> in Britain, among the blue collar mob. Ever seen EastEnders?
Geoff:I'm also interested to know where he said that - to save me
trawling through the bok looking for it.
Harry was speaking in 1996/7 but I would still disagree that "Hark" is
in common use in the UK. Don't believe that the soaps give an accurate
guide to British life in the real world. :-)
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