Yeah, I first got it when we were reading Jane Eyre for Academic Decathlon, and really, I only got it because the study materials told us how it should be pronounced.
You got all kinds of learnin' and you made me look the fool without tryin', and yet here I am with a gun to your head. That's 'cause I got people with me. People who trust each other, who do for each other, and ain't always lookin' for the advantage.
Mal ,'Our Mrs. Reynolds'
The Buffista Book Club: the Harry Potter iteration
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Hil R. - Aug 27, 2007 7:31:43 am PDT #2697 of 3301
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
Sue - Aug 27, 2007 7:57:57 am PDT #2698 of 3301
hip deep in pie
I always wondered whether St. Clare was meant to be pronounced Sinclair, but it's never mentioned in the text.
I know of a St. Claire who is Sinclair. Actually I knew the St. Clair before I had even heard of any St. John, so that's the name I was totally tripped up on.
beekaytee - Aug 27, 2007 8:13:25 am PDT #2699 of 3301
Compassionately intolerant
Listening to the audiobook of Dealthy Hallows is bringing so many details to a new light. Mostly, I suppose, because I read the book so quickly.
The big Dobby scene...You. Must. Not. Hurt. Harry. Potter!! nearly killed me ded all over again. Jim Dale's interpretation is even more heart breaking than the printed version. ::sniff::
Then, later, when Luna is arranging wild flowers in a jam jar next to the headstone. Such a small moment, and yet so lovely.
Java cat - Aug 27, 2007 10:35:46 am PDT #2700 of 3301
Not javachik
Jim Dale deserves another Grammy, no question. He makes listening to the books on tape or CD such a wonderful experience. He's a master. I don't know how he does it, to go from Grorp's (sp? that's one problem with listening; I'm not sure how to spell some of the names) voice to Luna's to Ron to Hermione in a breath. He's AMAZING.
beekaytee - Aug 27, 2007 11:43:13 am PDT #2701 of 3301
Compassionately intolerant
He's AMAZING.
Truly so.
I hear so many new things with each listening. And the sheer volume of recognizable voices is mind boggling.
Much as I love Stephen Fry...and I really do...have you heard his reading? It's so much less a dramatization, than a lovely uncle reading the story out loud. Not the same experience at ALL.
I did notice in DH that Jim Dale reused a voice from a previous book. A minor character...but with something like 143 individual representations in total, you'd expect even more difficulty in discerning from one to the other.
In this reading, he pronounced Scrimgour as Scrimjer vs. the ScrimJAW of the last book. Makes me wonder if JK gives him phonetic direction at all.
Polter-Cow - Aug 27, 2007 11:49:56 am PDT #2702 of 3301
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
I don't know how he does it, to go from Grorp's (sp? that's one problem with listening; I'm not sure how to spell some of the names)
Grawp?
lisah - Aug 27, 2007 7:10:43 pm PDT #2703 of 3301
Punishingly Intricate
Wait! Is there a Harry Potter Tarot yet?
Because my friends and I had an awesome idea for one tonight.
aurelia - Aug 27, 2007 8:37:50 pm PDT #2704 of 3301
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
Is there a Harry Potter Tarot yet?
A quick google indicates yes, but I haven't gone through the links.
lisah - Aug 28, 2007 9:38:38 am PDT #2705 of 3301
Punishingly Intricate
A quick google indicates yes, but I haven't gone through the links.
hmm...well...I have no memory about what our awesome idea actually was so. Damned bourbon.
Sue - Aug 28, 2007 9:54:02 am PDT #2706 of 3301
hip deep in pie
hmm...well...I have no memory about what our awesome idea actually was so. Damned bourbon.
Let's see, the houses of Hogwarts as the suits. ETA: Slytherin - Swords, Gryffindor - Cups, Hufflepuff - Coins, Ravenclaw - Wands. (I'm not sure about Cups and Wands.)
Marjor Arcana:
The Fool - Harry?
The Magician - Dumbledore, Harry
The High Priestess - Luna Lovegood? Trelawney?
The Empress - Lily, Mrs. Weasley
The Emperor - James
The Hierophant - Dumbledore
The Lovers - Ron & Hermione/ Ginny and Harry
The Chariot - Thestrals/ Flying car
Strength - Buckbeak and Sirius/ Hagrid
The Hermit - Snape
Wheel of Fortune - Sirius?
Justice - Tonks
The Hanged Man - Sirius?
Death - Dementors
Temperance - Hermoine?
The Devil - Voldemort
The Tower - Azkaban
The Star -
The Moon - Lupin
The Sun -
Judgment -
The World -