Dumbledore's death

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No: HPFGUIDX 135483

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, Meliss9900 at a... wrote:
> 
> In OOTP Fudge also uses "Oho!"  It's during Harry's hearing and 
> Dumbledore is pointing out that a student school intransgressions are 
> not under the ministries authority.

And I noticed that Hagrid uses the same interjection at least once in
the first half of HBP, though I'd have to search for a while to find
it.  I think the "Oho!" is just one of those verbal tics that JKR has
in HBP, not an indicator that DD is Slughorn in disguise.

You probably know the kind I mean.  They typically are an adjective or
adverb that is repeatedly used to describe the a particular character,
or sometimes more than one.  For example, I tend to associate
"loftily" with Hermione and "grumpily" with Ron.  I may be mistaken in
these associations, but they're what I think I recall.  And does
"airily" go with Ginny, Fleur, and Luna?

These tics probably can't be helped in books this long.  Some
repetition is bound to occur, and perhaps JKR just has a short list of
each character's defining traits in mind.

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