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lol asked in Arts & HumanitiesBooks & Authors · 1 decade ago

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows mistake?

Does this seem like a mistake?

In the American version hardcover on page 101 in the second to last paragraph, Ron exclaims "How in the name of Merlin's pants have you managed to get your hands on those Horcrux books?

On page 226, Hermione says, "Like committing murder and cuttig off people's ears, I suppose! Snape, headmaster! Snape in Dumbledore's study -- Merlin's pants!"

Ron says, "'Merlin's pants?'" "She must be upset."

This suggests that Ron has never heard the expression before; that Hermione fabricated it in her frenzied exclamation, but he himself used the expression on page 101.

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  • 1 decade ago
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    No its just that hermione wouldnt say Merlin pants unless she was really upset because its mot an appropriate thing to say in her eyes

  • 1 decade ago

    No. He was making fun of her (in a non-rude way) for using the expression. Because Hermione never swears, so her saying something like Merlin's pants would symbolize how upset she is.

    He has heard of the expression though.

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  • 1 decade ago

    No it is not a mistake, Hermione does not approve of using the phrase "Merlin's Pants" so it would take something truly horrible to make her say that.

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  • 1 decade ago

    No I think the idea is that "Merlin's pants" is not a phrase Hermione would ever use normally unless she was very upset, it's a bit crude for her usual vocabulary but perfect for Ron's.

  • 1 decade ago

    I don't think it was a mistake.

    I took it to mean that Hermione does not normally swear, and that therefore saying 'Merlin's Pants!' indicated that she was seriously upset (i am assuming that Merlin's Pants is considered swearing among wizards).

  • 1 decade ago

    Ron has never heard Hermione use that expression before that's all. She usually never says bad words.

  • 1 decade ago

    No, he's acknowledging that Hermione is upset by her use of the words "Merlin's pants!"

  • hidaka
    Lv 4
    5 years ago

    i think of the school will reopen. Afterall, that would make experience because of the fact it somewhat is the seventh e book and the seventh twelve months of faculty. Plus, Dumbledore could prefer it that way. commencing the school could additionally make vacationing with the portrait greater in all probability. i think of there will be a lot that occurs earlier he is going to college even with the shown fact that. i think of he will could desire to stay on the Dursleys, yet we are able to learn greater approximately Petunia and her previous comments. I additionally think of that he will bypass to Godric's Hallow interior the summertime. i did no longer think of that Harry strengthen right into a horcrux, yet now i'm giving that concept some attention. perhaps, if he's, the scar could enable an escape or something. yet i'm nonetheless no longer completely confident. interior the 1st e book Dumbledore does remark that scars have a humorous way of being sensible later in existence. i think of Sirius isn't ineffective, consistent with se. i'm only approximately beneficial he will play a evaluate this e book from Rowling's interviews. I agree that Neville could have an even bigger place, yet i think of there is something up together with his mom and father. His memory jogs my memory of Bertha Jorkins. i prefer to correctly known why he keeps his mom's papers. i prefer to correctly known why the nurse did no longer understand a perilous plant whilst she observed one, and that i prefer to correctly known why Malfoy strengthen into donating a lot to the wellbeing center. i think of i could have my solutions in this e book. I additionally think of that the Weasleys could be descendents of the Hufflepuffs and Neville Ravenclaw. If no longer, i think of we are able to locate out who's. Harry is Gryffindor's descendant. i think of that the fountain is a real existence scene in e book 7. We already understand a house elf that would look at Harry that way, or perhaps Ron. We additionally understand a centaur that would stand in the back of Harry too. yet frequently I trust maximum of what you may desire to assert, different than approximately Umbridge. I do think of we are able to work out her back even with the shown fact that.

  • No.

    I expect he means that Hermione would never say such an expression if she weren't particularly upset, because it isn't in her nature.

    Hardly a mistake.

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