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Oh, that bit made me giggle. I thought it was quite a Pratchett kind of gag, inasmuchasit fitted in so naturally that anyone who didn't get the reference (which, given the youth of HP fandom, will probably be a depressing chunk of them) wouldn't even register that it was there. YCheeseToleranceMV.
fwiw, incidentally, my impression also was that you don't get to choose your animal - that it's almost like a Pullman-style daemon in that respect. But I don't think JKR explicitly states that in the text...
True, but most of the time if someone says vest they do mean undershirt. It's way more common.
Ah, so it must've evolved to be more an Aussie thing then.
I think I agree that JKR seems to say the patronis is very much influenced by who you are. That's why Snape's patronis was a doe like Lily's.
But your patronus can change. I'd be quite surprised if your animagus form could.
I think that your patronus is what makes you happy or confident, which can change. Your animagus is more about who you are. which can change as well, but not nearly as much.
Did I say breetches? I meant breeches
sorry that was probably just my misspelling what you wrote! And was too lazy to go back and check.
So "vest" in the American sense (as in a 3-piece suit) - would that be waistcoat?
IIRC, yes, but it's pronounced 'weskit' if you're being authenticlike.
But you don't have to write it like that. . . ever, right?
