help with JKR quote/ Children's reactions

[Barbara Key]

No: HPFGUIDX 176498

> From JKR's website:
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> 
> Hexes:
> Has a connotation of dark magic, as do jinxes, but
> of a minor sort. 
> I see 'hex' as slightly worse. I usually use 'jinx'
> for spells whose 
> effects are irritating but amusing.



Amusing to whom. While I am sure the casters (James
and Sirius) are rolling around laughing, I doubt very
much if the child that found his head swollen to twice
its size (HBP) got a good chuckle out of it.

Barbara