Magical Latin / Scoring of Triwizard Tournament

[Geoff Bannister]

No: HPFGUIDX 186101

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

Catlady:
> > One spell in English is Tonks's 'Locomotor trunk!' Which ought to be 'Locomotor cysta!'
 
Zara:
> I took this to mean that the spell incantation was "Locomotor!" Rather as one might "Accio broomstick!" or "Accio Professor Dumbledore's Dark Arts Book collection!"

Geoff:
Harry does something similar in the first GOF task when he shouts 
"Accio Firebolt".

Shelley makes a useful point when mentioning trying to stop a child 
if the [parent had to translate their name into Latin.

Imagine if Harry had to use the Latin form of a word in a confrontation 
with Voldemort:
"Hang on a minute, Tom old chap. Bear with me, I'm trying to remember 
the Latin word for a hatchet because I want to summon one with which 
to hit."
:-)
you."