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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: 9/12/02 05:57 am (UTC)also, i think 'merlin' is what they tend to use in place of a divinity.
also to some extent they should use 'bollocks' and the like, as they're still concerned with sex.
'muggle' is probably an insult somewhere too, like 'house elf.'
and if you think of janking--amusing things like couldn't light a wand without a match...