"And he shall have power the Dark Lord knows not...."

[M.Clifford]

No: HPFGUIDX 138990

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, digger <altered.earth at n...> wrote:
> phoenixgod2000 wrote:
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> > 
> > I found it!
> > 
> > "Hark who's talking," he whispered back. "Confunded anyone lately?" 
> 
> > 
> > I'm surprised that the line didn't stick out for more people. It 
> > struck me as one of several truly bizzare turns of phrase in the 
> > book.
> > phoenixgod2000
> > 
> 
> 'Hark who's talking' is a commonplace phrase in British English.
> Using the work 'Hark!' on its own, or as an exclamation, is pretty  
> much obsolote though.
> 
> digger
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> 


Valky:
Ahh yeah thats the common use that I was talking about. I was actually
kind of expecting a phrase like "'ark at you, then.", my cockney
grandmother often uses tht one, but yeah 'Hark who's talking' is the
same thing as 'look who's talking', with the word hark thrown in to
really rub in the sarcasm nice and dry. You'd definitely hear it in
EastEnders and probably still hear it in the East end, at least.