Kerry and I finished Harry Potter and the Unbelievable Piles of Money on our way to West Virginia last weekend. (OK, we really finished it after arriving that night, but there were less than 10 pages to do at that point.) It was good, maybe the most twisty of the books yet. We like the way the series keeps growing through its characters. (All credit to J. K. Rowling for letting Harry become a whiny git in book 5, but thank heavens he's passed that phase.) So we're marking our calendars for a few years hence, when we'll re-read books 1-6 and be properly prepared for the conclusion of the series.
By the bye, the author's name rhymes with "bowling", not "howling". I've been botching it all along.
Tuesday, July 26, 2005
Harry Potter - spoiler-free
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Speaking of pronunciation: A few years back we had a meeting of IT managers and I met the head of the IT for the UK region, who was born, raised, and based out of Aberdeen. He pointed out to me that the proper pronunciation of "Quiddich" is with a very throaty prefix and a hard "K" sound suffix. The head of the Brazillian region pointed out that in Portugese its "Quadroball" which I think is brilliant.
Louren and I got Eric a translation in latin, so stay tuned.
I wonder if the "dd" is meant to be a "th" sound, as in Glenfiddich whiskey (which suggests an absolutely terrible promotional tie-in for the next Harry Potter movie or book).
Yes exactly. Quiddich was pronounced to rhyme with Glenfiddich.
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