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Skriven 2007-07-23 03:16:29 av Wendy of NJ (2589.babylon5)
     Kommentar till en text av rec.arts.sf.tv.babylon5.moderated
Ärende: Re: Harry Potter stuff (was Re: SPOILERS (through link) -Positive Lost 
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On Sat, 21 Jul 2007 15:59:00 GMT, Amy Guskin <aisling@fjordstone.com>
wrote:

>>> On Sat, 21 Jul 2007 05:51:21 -0400, Angelika Tobisch wrote
>(in article <46a1d72d$0$5714$9b4e6d93@newsspool2.arcor-online.net>):
>
>> Amy Guskin schrieb:
>> 
>>> Amy (four and a half hours until Harry Potter #7!)
>> 
>> While we're at it, I'm still busy reading HP #5 again <<
>
>Ooh!  Oooh!  Me, too!  I'm just finishing up #5 again this morning and will 
>start my re-read of #6 later today -- that way my husband will get to read 
>our copy of #7 first (which is being delivered today, thank you, 
>Amazon.com!).
>
>>> and have a
>> language question to the native speakers:
>> 
>> After the Sorting Hat recites its rather long poem, Ron says: "Branched
>> out a bit this year, hasn't it?" and Harry answers: "Too right it has."
>> 
>> Now the official German translations took that to mean "Yes, and rightly
>> so." while I would have gone for "It certainly did."
>> 
>> So, who's right? Are they both possible? <<
>
>You're more correct with your interpretation.  "Right" in this context 
>doesn't mean the hat was correct, or justified, which is what I take "Yes, 
>and rightly so" to mean.  "Too right" is a colloquial way of saying, "It sure 
>has" or "Yes, indeed" or "I agree with you" -- Harry didn't even need to add 
>"it has" to have been understood by Ron.  It's a general phrase of agreement.
>
>You might find this site interesting, especially if you're reading the Potter 
>books as a non-English speaker (although probably some US English speakers 
>would find it userful, too):
>
>http://www.peevish.co.uk/slang
>
>It's a site devoted to explanations/definitions of British slang.
>
>Well, my postman is usually here by now -- I expect he's slowed down by the 
>piles of Amazon.com packages he's probably delivering today!  I can't wait to 
>see him to ask about that.
>
>Amy

My advance Costco order got cancelled Thursday because I apparently
had a typo in the order form.

So Rich got me a copy at the Pathmark (local grocery chain) yesterday
about 3 PM. I finished it at noon today, with 5 hours for meals and
sleep. 

Certainly a page turner. And I did tear up in a few spots (but
probably not the spots I was "supposed to" tear up in.

-Wendy
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