[HPforGrownups] Re: A message?

Bart Ldiofsky bartl at sprynet.com
Thu Nov 8 15:32:46 UTC 2007


No: HPFGUIDX 178938

muscatel1988 wrote:
> I'm a linguist (syntax is my field), and if I might make one final
> stab at the house elf thing, there's one thing that always irked me
> about it.  JRRT was scrupulous in his treatment of languages, devising
> coherent grammars for his invented languages; it's possible to write a
> grammar of  Yodish (the English-lexified language that Yoda speaks);
>   
I just kind of assumed it was putting English words into Japanese syntax.

> There are a number of fathers in canon: Vernon (if Muggles count),
>   
Considering the WW currency as described in PS/SS, I would say that 
Muggles count a lot better than Wizards...

Bart





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