| harry potter money [message #253078] |
Sa, 22 April 2006 17:39 |
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just a thought. i bought 4 notes, harry potter, hermione, ron and hogwarts
express. all £50 exept harry which ie £20.they are 99p each.
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| Re: harry potter money [message #253127 ] |
So, 23 April 2006 15:54 |
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mewthree wrote:
> just a thought. i bought 4 notes, harry potter, hermione, ron and
> hogwarts express. all £50 exept harry which ie £20.they are 99p each.
£50? Shouldn't that be 18 galleons, 8 sickles and 21 knuts?
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| Re: harry potter money [message #253258 ] |
Di, 25 April 2006 09:43 |
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"Here in Minnesota" <neverwillicheckthis [at] hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:RGL2g.4$VQ4.0 [at] newsfe13.phx...
> mewthree wrote:
>> just a thought. i bought 4 notes, harry potter, hermione, ron and
>> hogwarts express. all £50 exept harry which ie £20.they are 99p each.
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> £50? Shouldn't that be 18 galleons, 8 sickles and 21 knuts?
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depends on the exchange rate, but thanks for that.
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| Re: harry potter money [message #253282 ] |
Di, 25 April 2006 16:07 |
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"mewthree" <paul [at] mewthree.plus.com> wrote in message
news:bqk3g.147998$8Q3.27634 [at] fe1.news.blueyonder.co.uk...
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> "Here in Minnesota" <neverwillicheckthis [at] hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:RGL2g.4$VQ4.0 [at] newsfe13.phx...
>> mewthree wrote:
>>> just a thought. i bought 4 notes, harry potter, hermione, ron and
>>> hogwarts express. all £50 exept harry which ie £20.they are 99p each.
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>> £50? Shouldn't that be 18 galleons, 8 sickles and 21 knuts?
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> depends on the exchange rate, but thanks for that.
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got the notes today. received extra note. very good.
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| Re: harry potter money [message #261836 ] |
Do, 04 Mai 2006 23:38 |
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On Sun, 23 Apr 2006 08:54:54 -0500, "Here in Minnesota"
<neverwillicheckthis [at] hotmail.com> wrote:
>mewthree wrote:
>> just a thought. i bought 4 notes, harry potter, hermione, ron and
>> hogwarts express. all £50 exept harry which ie £20.they are 99p each.
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>£50? Shouldn't that be 18 galleons, 8 sickles and 21 knuts?
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Just a question about proper pronounciation......
is "knuts" supposed to be pronounced as "nuts" or "newts"?
- Chip
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| Re: harry potter money [message #261867 ] |
Fr, 05 Mai 2006 03:28 |
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At Thu, 04 May 2006 17:38:06 -0400,
Godzilla <admin [at] aol.com> strode forth and proclaimed:
> Just a question about proper pronounciation......
> is "knuts" supposed to be pronounced as "nuts" or "newts"?
I believe, in the absence of any definitive statement from Rowling, that
it's "nuts". I've tried coming up with some way for it to be linked to the
name Knut, which would be close to "newt", but failed.
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Petrea Mitchell <|> <|> <pravn [at] m5p.com> <mitchep [at] osm.com>
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| Re: harry potter money [message #261870 ] |
Fr, 05 Mai 2006 05:37 |
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Godzilla wrote:
> On Sun, 23 Apr 2006 08:54:54 -0500, "Here in Minnesota"
> <neverwillicheckthis [at] hotmail.com> wrote:
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>> mewthree wrote:
>>> just a thought. i bought 4 notes, harry potter, hermione, ron and
>>> hogwarts express. all £50 exept harry which ie £20.they are 99p
>>> each.
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>> £50? Shouldn't that be 18 galleons, 8 sickles and 21 knuts?
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> Just a question about proper pronounciation......
> is "knuts" supposed to be pronounced as "nuts" or "newts"?
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> - Chip
Jim Dale pronounces it "k-nuts"
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| Re: harry potter money [message #261873 ] |
Fr, 05 Mai 2006 06:41 |
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Here in Minnesota wrote:
> > Just a question about proper pronounciation......
> > is "knuts" supposed to be pronounced as "nuts" or "newts"?
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> > - Chip
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> Jim Dale pronounces it "k-nuts"
He also says "a nih MAH jus" where I always read it as "a nih MAE gus";
it is also pronounced *my* way in the movie, although there is no
telling how much input JKR has on how things should be pronounced.
M_m
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| Re: harry potter money [message #261897 ] |
Fr, 05 Mai 2006 16:02 |
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Petrea Mitchell wrote:
> At Thu, 04 May 2006 17:38:06 -0400,
> Godzilla <admin [at] aol.com> strode forth and proclaimed:
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> > Just a question about proper pronounciation......
> > is "knuts" supposed to be pronounced as "nuts" or "newts"?
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> I believe, in the absence of any definitive statement from Rowling, that
> it's "nuts". I've tried coming up with some way for it to be linked to the
> name Knut, which would be close to "newt", but failed.
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Well, the king of England 1016-1035 was Canute, sometimes spelt Cnut or
Knut, but usually pronounced ker-newt.
Hope this helps,
Andy
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| Re: harry potter money [message #262491 ] |
Sa, 06 Mai 2006 18:20 |
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At 5 May 2006 07:02:59 -0700,
andy_scott55 [at] hotmail.com strode forth and proclaimed:
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> Petrea Mitchell wrote:
> > I believe, in the absence of any definitive statement from Rowling, that
> > it's "nuts". I've tried coming up with some way for it to be linked to the
> > name Knut, which would be close to "newt", but failed.
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> Well, the king of England 1016-1035 was Canute, sometimes spelt Cnut or
> Knut, but usually pronounced ker-newt.
Yes, Knut would be the Viking spelling and Canute the Anglicized form. But
I can't figure how to connect him to bronze wizard coins.
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Petrea Mitchell <|> <|> <pravn [at] m5p.com> <mitchep [at] osm.com>
"Been there. Done that. Released the code." ---"Marty" on MOO-Cows
"The URLy bird catches the WWWorm." ---Brian "AAGH" Phillips
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| Re: harry potter money [message #265211 ] |
Sa, 13 Mai 2006 10:16 |
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In article <125pj648v97ifec [at] corp.supernews.com>,
Petrea Mitchell <pravn [at] parkstreet.m5p.com> wrote:
>andy_scott55 [at] hotmail.com strode forth and proclaimed:
>> Petrea Mitchell wrote:
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>> > I believe, in the absence of any definitive statement from Rowling, that
>> > it's "nuts". I've tried coming up with some way for it to be linked to the
>> > name Knut, which would be close to "newt", but failed.
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>> Well, the king of England 1016-1035 was Canute, sometimes spelt Cnut or
>> Knut, but usually pronounced ker-newt.
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>Yes, Knut would be the Viking spelling and Canute the Anglicized form. But
>I can't figure how to connect him to bronze wizard coins.
Here's a guess:
Canute or Knut, he has gotten a bad rap over the years because people
misread the legend about him: some courtiers were doing exaggerated
flattery, saying he could hold back the tide, etc, and he decided he
was sick of it and had his throne carried to the edge of the water, sat
on it and ordered the tide not to come in. Of course it came in and
the courtiers had to admit they had been exaggerating. However, the
popular misreading was that he was both foolish and weak.
The connection I'm imagining is that the knut is the smallest (weakest,
least valuable) of the wizard coins. Any attempt to make the tide not
come in would require powerful magic; since Knut supposedly tried it,
that attempt would look like a weak wizard failing to make a spell work.
=Tamar
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