Two Plot Problems

[geoff_bannister]

No: HPFGUIDX 187618

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "zfshiruba" <zfshiruba at ...> wrote:

zfshiruba:
>Harry may even have an incorrect visual of what the spell will do; the first time I read the incantation, I thought of Rictusempra. 

Geoff:
Depends on how good Harry's Latin is. '-sempra' is merely a form of 'semper' 
= always or forever. Rictus is a fixed grin or grimace and 'Sectum-'is derived 
from the verb 'seco' = to cut. So the only real link between the two is a sense 
of continuous action.