Translation oddities and s*xual innuendos in Harry Potter (no spoilers)

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Translation oddities and s*xual innuendos in Harry Potter (no spoilers)

Short entertaining article on "translating" from British English to American English: http://www.radosh.net/writing/potter.html

Innuendo List from "Order of the Phoenix": http://www.clockwork-harlequin.net/harry_potter/smut.html

"Ah well...wand still in your jeans?" (53)

"Quite astonishing, the way you contrive to wriggle out of very tight holes." (154)

"He's having a go at my mother!" Seamus yelled. (218)

"Or any part of your body, really, we're not fussy where we stick this." (343)

"Stand up and take out your wand, Potter." (533)

and for all the Snape fans...

"I thought not," said Snape, watching him closely. "You let me get in too far. You lost control." (535)

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