Nearly Headless Nick? OK, "de Mimsy-Porpington" isn't quite French, but it's got a "de" in there. (And yes, I know I'm reaching here.)
(Also, I'd say that "Lupin" is just as French as "Malfoy" is.)
And you're sure this isn't just some fanboy thing? 'Cause I've fought more than a couple pimply, overweight vamps that called themselves Lestat.
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Hil R. - Oct 17, 2007 7:38:25 am PDT #3029 of 3301
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
Trudy Booth - Oct 17, 2007 7:41:17 am PDT #3030 of 3301
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
I thought of Lupin and Malfoy both as Latin... but I'm a linguistic troglodyte.
megan walker - Oct 17, 2007 7:53:50 am PDT #3031 of 3301
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
I thought of Lupin and Malfoy both as Latin... but I'm a linguistic troglodyte.
I always thought of Lupin as derived from Latin since I didn't even realize it was a plant in either language. However, mal, foi, vol, mort, étrange are all common French words. Voldemort has an obvious meaning as a French expression (or, rather, not that obvious, since it could mean "flight of death" or "theft of death"--both of which = cool).
beekaytee - Oct 17, 2007 7:55:37 am PDT #3032 of 3301
Compassionately intolerant
"theft of death"
Death Eater...makes a lot more sense all of a sudden.
Ailleann - Oct 17, 2007 7:57:06 am PDT #3033 of 3301
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There's a pretty direct tie-in between Latin and French, and there's a lot of Latin usage in the spell names. I tend to feel like it's more of a Latin influence.
megan walker - Oct 17, 2007 8:22:40 am PDT #3034 of 3301
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
You what I love? That I can look these things up at my desk and seem like I'm working.
Sue - Oct 17, 2007 9:16:22 am PDT #3035 of 3301
hip deep in pie
An interview where JK Rowling talks about what actors knew what:
“I told all of them little bits, [but] I told Emma Watson the most,” Rowling said of the actress who plays Hermione Granger, who in the seventh novel finally gets her romantic moment with Ron Weasley. “She nearly fell off the chair laughing when I told her who she had to kiss.”
Connie Neil - Oct 17, 2007 9:24:56 am PDT #3036 of 3301
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I tend to feel like it's more of a Latin influence.
And so help me, my first thought was, "Yeah, a good Cuban beat would be nice--oh, wait."
Tom Scola - Oct 17, 2007 2:35:28 pm PDT #3037 of 3301
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DCJensen - Oct 17, 2007 6:24:22 pm PDT #3038 of 3301
All is well that ends in pizza.
I thought of Lupin and Malfoy both as Latin...
"Mal. Bad. In the Latin."