"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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