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

[Geoff Bannister]

No: HPFGUIDX 139016

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, digger <altered.earth at n...> 
wrote:
> phoenixgod2000 wrote:
> 
> > 
> > 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
> > 

digger:
> '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.

Geoff:
 "Hark who's talking" is indeed a common expression -  I use it 
myself. It suggests that the speaker isn't really in a position to 
comment because they have said or done something similar. It's along 
the same lines as "the pot calling the kettle black".

My apologies, I was completely thrown by the earlier post. It was the 
reference to Christmas carols ("Hark, the herald angels sing") which 
put me onto the wrong train of thought. "Hark", in that context is, 
as Digger rightly says, obsolete and archaic.