If apples are red, why do horses have four legs? (^_^)

Quidditch could also be a combination of the three balls:
Quaffle, Bludger, Snitch

Some of the "special" words in Harry Potter are so-so Latin (expecto patronum - I await a protector except it should be patronus), some are bad Latin (expelliarmus - expello = I thrust away, arma = weapon - but it's a made-up word and the ending makes no sense - is it a 1st person plural verb "we expelliar" or has the noun arma changed declensions and genders), some are not Latin at all (avada kedevra is sort of Hebrew, alohamora is sort of African). Even in the decent Latin spells, it's an unusual mix of first person (I do something), 2nd person imperatives (You do it! Flagrate = You glow!) and just Noun! (ferula = stick - creates a splint and bandage).

But that's probably more than anyone wanted to know... ;-)

Last edited by Myridon; 10/31/2008 4:16 PM.