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So you are not now a fan? You don't care for those stories any more? I asked because of the Kwisatz Haderach reference, so important in Dune. I'm probably one of three people that actually liked the movie version. It stars some very well known and respectable actors. I need to reread the books; it's been years, but they are so vividly written I almost felt as if the places existed. :0)
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So you are not now a fan?
Oh, I still am. I was being dyspeptic. The Dune series got less and less likable. Did you know that Bene Gesserit is Latin? It's kind of Dog Hebrew, too.
Ceci n'est pas un seing.
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dyspeptic: The Dune series got more and more unlikable.
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I derive quiddich from Kwisatz Haderach. That would be plausible if Quidditch was the title of the heir of Slytherin or something, but I see no connection between a Messiah-like figure and a brutal game. Phonemically it doesn't fit either - the 'ch' in Kwisatz Haderach is like the 'ch' in loch or chemist, not the 'ch' in china.
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Do you think that "quidditch" (in the Harry Potter books) also has its root in the Latin "quid"? (e.g.WHAT is this game all about??) And what about the slang term for a pound, both in Britain and Australia, pre decimal? A pound was a quid - also used in such phrases as "I wouldn't be in his shoes for quids".
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