We'll drink the poor beast's I believe this construction is fairly common in British English, or at least poetic British English. I'm going out on a limb here and guessing that "health" is used as a noun, the actual slug of alcohol going down the celebrants' mourners' throats.
Poor spider's dead, poor giant spider's dead....
There was considerable grumbling among some fans that Aragog got a huge funeral chapter to himself, while Harry's beloved late godfather barely got a handwave in chapter 3. Considering the OMG Sirius is dead!!! angsting Harry did in book 5, it seems a bit crass that no one even pretends to shed a tear in book 6. Hmph.
Yeah, you have the right ideajazzypomOctober 5 2005, 07:08:17 UTC
skipping chapters here and there. After the initial read through, I found myself skimming some parts of the book that just seemed like filler.
For the 'we'll drink the poor beasts' you may want to put a [sic] just to show that it's the books fault, and not your grammar, because for a swift second there (before the explaination) I was like 'buh?'.
Oh and this? GINNY: (sipping champagne in back of fancy limo) Oh, Harry, ever since you patented a magic spell to double the length of your... wand, I've found myself irresistibly attracted to nearsighted men with distinctive scars on their heads
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Re: Yeah, you have the right ideapersephone_koreOctober 5 2005, 15:16:58 UTC
tekalynn's right, actually -- "to drink someone's health" is a pretty standard phrase. Doesn't strike me as particularly poetic, actually.... Heck, I never encountered the idea that it was only British and not in use in the US, but this may be because I'm oblivious and don't pick up on the fact that I'm reading regional phrasing differences until someone starts an argument or gets confused.
Wow, maybe someone should write a book about that.
Rowling claims once the series is finished we will know everything we need to know about the Marauders' generation so there will be no need for a prequel. A part of me respects her for not pushing out more books just for money's sake, but tons of (adult) fans would love it if she wrote a whole book about Lupin or Snape. Or Lily, because we hardly know anything about her.
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Poor spider's dead, poor giant spider's dead....
There was considerable grumbling among some fans that Aragog got a huge funeral chapter to himself, while Harry's beloved late godfather barely got a handwave in chapter 3. Considering the OMG Sirius is dead!!! angsting Harry did in book 5, it seems a bit crass that no one even pretends to shed a tear in book 6. Hmph.
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Oh man, this phrase is gonna give me nightmares.
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For the 'we'll drink the poor beasts' you may want to put a [sic] just to show that it's the books fault, and not your grammar, because for a swift second there (before the explaination) I was like 'buh?'.
Oh and this?
GINNY: (sipping champagne in back of fancy limo) Oh, Harry, ever since you patented a magic spell to double the length of your... wand, I've found myself irresistibly attracted to nearsighted men with distinctive scars on their heads ( ... )
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Rowling claims once the series is finished we will know everything we need to know about the Marauders' generation so there will be no need for a prequel. A part of me respects her for not pushing out more books just for money's sake, but tons of (adult) fans would love it if she wrote a whole book about Lupin or Snape. Or Lily, because we hardly know anything about her.
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On a completely unrelated note, we need to plot for Artifice soon. I've been sort of waiting for Jill to get her computer repaired. Any ideas?
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