No: HPFGUIDX 174782 Bart: >>Trio into a Duo, and he uses the term "effing". I wonder if, being >>British, JKR even knows what "effing" is "short" for. Katie: > Um, not to be rude or anything, but yes, British people know > what "effing" means. Why would you think they didn't? Because most Americans don't know what "bloody" means? Bart