Talk:Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Books/Deathly Hallows/Chapter 4

You Learn Something New Everyday!

Bodged? I've never heard this word before in my life. I love it! A great word. Keep 'em coming. Thanks for expanding my vocabulary.PNW Raven 23:51, 12 August 2007 (UTC)

It's a very English word, which I dredged up as being only appropriate for this very English story. A bodge, or something that is bodged together, is something that is just sort of thrown together, and works so long as no real demands are made on it. As we see here, once it is used, it generally fails... An English friend of mine dreamed up a contracting firm, Bodgit and Scarper, whose name indicates that they would sort of ham-fistedly hang something together and then run out. Chazz (talk) 15:40, 14 August 2007 (UTC)

This brings up an issue I've been wondering about. So far the book synopsis have been done in a more general American style. The general Wikipedia pages for Harry Potter are being written in the British style (a real head trip for me). Do we want to do the same for the books? It's certainly OK with me, and it seem appropriate, although I'm still learning to write/speak British.PNW Raven 18:13, 15 August 2007 (UTC)

I would say no. What we're doing is a bit of a hybrid, mixed American and British, American with British spellings and the odd British word, which may be awkward, but is what the bulk of our audience, who are American, will be most comfortable with. And frankly, I don't think any of us here would be able to do much with the British style, not well enough to make it feel like British anyway. My feeling is that the best way for us is to continue what we're doing, and if a true Brit wants to come along later and anglicize us, fine. Chazz (talk) 19:32, 15 August 2007 (UTC)

Polyjuice and gender

It's not true that we've seen transformations only within gender; Crabbe and Goyle were transformed into little girls in the preceding book to stand guard outside the Room of Requirement. Bpmullins (discuss • contribs) 17:12, 27 April 2011 (UTC)

True. Thank you for mentioning that; I've modified the analysis accordingly. Chazz (talk) 18:30, 13 May 2011 (UTC)