Oh! Circe!
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resonantI've stopped thinking of this as a practical problem and started thinking of it as a linguistic puzzle.
What would wizards use where we use blasphemy?
The elements? "Fire and water, I could use a drink just now."
Place names important in the history of magic? "Will you stop that awful noise? Salem, it's annoying."
Are there any Latin exclamations? The only one I remember from high school was io, which is pronounced more or less "yo" and thus would add an unfortunate bit of MTVishness to the proceedings.
What would wizards use where we use blasphemy?
The elements? "Fire and water, I could use a drink just now."
Place names important in the history of magic? "Will you stop that awful noise? Salem, it's annoying."
Are there any Latin exclamations? The only one I remember from high school was io, which is pronounced more or less "yo" and thus would add an unfortunate bit of MTVishness to the proceedings.
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Date: 9/11/02 09:52 pm (UTC)"Merlin's Beard!" - Amos Diggory (GF6, 25)
"pull a Crouch" - Ron (GF
"Gallopin' Gorgons" - Hagrid (SS4)
"working like house-elves" - Ron (much to Hermione's chagrin) (GF14)
"like some common goblin" (GF8)
"gulping gargoyles" (GF9)
"eat dung" - Ron to Malfoy (GF11)
"eat slugs" - also Ron to Malfoy, shortly before the Slug Curse backfired (CS
"obsolete dingbat" - Rita Skeeter called Dumbledore (GF
"lousy, biased scum-bag" - Ron, about Karkaroff's low score for Harry's performance on the first task (GF20)