tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9864334.post8062705260382798041..comments2023-10-24T05:49:04.269-04:00Comments on The Chaliceblog: Liveblogging Harry Potter and the Deathly HallowsChalicechickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07781469958573869914noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9864334.post-85799105830140699782007-07-23T11:22:00.000-04:002007-07-23T11:22:00.000-04:00I know what effing means. But at least it is a eu...I know what effing means. But at least it is a euphemnism. By invented dirty word, I meant "Mudblood" which to me seems like the wizarding equivilent of one of our nastier racial slurs. <BR/><BR/>I'd notice "bitch" if one of the theoretical Chalicekids said it.Chalicechickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07781469958573869914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9864334.post-80319190713709366312007-07-23T11:19:00.000-04:002007-07-23T11:19:00.000-04:00Actually, "effing" is a real-life euphemism for, u...Actually, "effing" is a real-life euphemism for, uh, YOU-KNOW-WHAT (Sorry, Harry!). _F_-ing, get it? Check The Urban Dictionary website, for example, or just Google it. My impression is that it is much more common in GB than the US. I almost fainted when I first found it in TOOTP. By now, though, I am inured to it--I barely batted an eye at "bitch."<BR/><BR/>I wonder if that might have been a US only thing?Joehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01095909930372193434noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9864334.post-62379679814309723752007-07-23T10:18:00.000-04:002007-07-23T10:18:00.000-04:00((Hehe! "Mommy, what's effing?")))In some ways, th...((Hehe! "Mommy, what's effing?")))<BR/><BR/>In some ways, that bugged me. I thought it was very clever of Rowling to have invented her own slur that the characters could use on one another, but that wasn't a dirty word in the real world so it wouldn't matter if kids picked it up. (Mudblood)<BR/><BR/>Actually, what surprised me more is the word "bitch" toward the end. So much so that I had started to wonder if I had imagined it.Chalicechickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07781469958573869914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9864334.post-22454399619009941762007-07-21T18:34:00.000-04:002007-07-21T18:34:00.000-04:00Hehe! "Mommy, what's effing?"This is great stuff-...Hehe! "Mommy, what's effing?"<BR/><BR/>This is great stuff--like Lord of the Rings written in the style of the Hobbit.<BR/><BR/>Rowling needs work on proper use of the subjunctive mode...Joehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01095909930372193434noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9864334.post-24295007080218464502007-07-21T17:46:00.000-04:002007-07-21T17:46:00.000-04:00ack, you stopped blogging! What happened?ack, you stopped blogging! What happened?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com