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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: draconian #52270 01/10/02 02:27 AM Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 866 Perth, Western Australia stales old hand stales old hand Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 866 Perth, Western Australia Harry Potter fans may recall that "draco" is not only a character in the series, but also part of the Hogwarts' school motto. Having looked it up when I read the books, I can report that draco is Latin for dragon. In this sense it is also the name for the dragon constellation. The Hogwarts motto translates to "don't tickle a sleeping dragon". It seems to me therefore that "tough" punishments could be referred to as "dragon-like"???? stales Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted draconian wwh 01/09/02 04:01 PM Re: draconian wwh 01/09/02 04:17 PM Re: draconian tsuwm 01/09/02 04:21 PM Re: draconian wwh 01/09/02 04:52 PM Re: draconian Capital Kiwi 01/09/02 09:59 PM Re: draconian wwh 01/09/02 10:26 PM Re: draconian wwh 01/09/02 10:36 PM Re: draconian stales 01/10/02 02:03 AM Re: draconian Wordwind 01/10/02 12:42 AM Re: draconian stales 01/10/02 02:20 AM Re: draconian hat tricks Faldage 01/10/02 11:07 AM Special to Anu (and tsuwm) Jackie 01/10/02 06:20 PM Re: Special to Anu (and tsuwm) wwh 01/10/02 07:33 PM Re: Special to Anu (and tsuwm) Wordwind 01/10/02 08:11 PM Re: draconian WhitmanO'Neill 01/10/02 03:31 PM Re: draconian wwh 01/10/02 04:54 PM Re: draconian tsuwm 01/10/02 05:46 PM Re: draconian wwh 01/10/02 06:09 PM . Max Quordlepleen 01/10/02 09:17 PM Re: draconian Keiva 01/10/02 09:22 PM Re: draconian Akatsukami 01/10/02 08:25 PM Re: draconian stales 01/10/02 02:27 AM Re: draconian Bingley 01/12/02 09:15 AM Re: draconian Capital Kiwi 01/12/02 04:05 PM Re: draconian Keiva 01/12/02 09:51 PM Re: draconian Jazzoctopus 01/13/02 02:19 AM Re: draconian Capital Kiwi 01/13/02 02:30 AM . Max Quordlepleen 01/13/02 02:54 AM Re: draconian Keiva 01/13/02 04:35 AM Re: draconian Capital Kiwi 01/13/02 10:08 PM Re: draconian Keiva 01/13/02 10:18 PM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,913 Posts229,328 Members9,182 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members Ineffable, ddrinnan, TRIALNERRA, befuddledmind, KILL_YOUR_SUV 9,182 Registered Users Who's Online Now 0 members (), 937 guests, and 0 robots. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 29 A C Bowden 15 ddrinnan 1 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 tsuwm 10,542 wofahulicodoc 10,539 LukeJavan8 9,916 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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