Harry Potter

[mrspunkysmom]

I've never read Harry Potter, but for all of you who were confused by British terminology, why didn't you post your questions and let us help you?

Okay.

Bin = Trashcan
Jumper = sweater?

pasty?

take the mickey out on?

I believe there is a difference in how candies are named? lemon drop and such?

I like it when she uses the British vocabulary (or vernacular). It's a good lesson for American students.

[Killearn Kitties]

Okay.

Bin = Trashcan

Yes.

Jumper = sweater?

Yes.

pasty?

A little hard to say without context, but if used of a person it would mean pale / wan / hadn't seen the sun in a while. Quite common in Britain.

take the mickey out on?

To take the mickey out of someone is to make fun of them.

I believe there is a difference in how candies are named? lemon drop and such?

I think what you would call candies, we would call sweets.

I like it when she uses the British vocabulary (or vernacular). It's a good lesson for American students.

I agree. I always enjoy that aspect of reading things from other countries. It is very informative.

[mrspunkysmom]

Pasty as in pumpkin pasty. I thought the publisher had misspelled pastry. But it's really pasty or pastie?

What is the origin of "Take the mickey"?

I read somewhere that US lemon drops are not the same as British Lemon drops. I jsut do not remember the difference now.

I know there are other words that confuse me. I'll look.

[Felicia's Mom]

I have never read any of the books or seen any of the movies. I don't plan on doing either one.

[shais_mom]

I took me myself and I to the movie tonite
and
LOVED IT!!
LOVED IT!!

[mrspunkysmom]

so did the three of you make notes for comparisons or keep a running commentary going?

Perhaps i'll go instead of waiting for the DVD.

[Uabassoon]

I wanted to see the movie on opening night but I had to work at 4:00 a.m. the following morning so that didn't happen! However Alexa, two of my workfriends and I traveled nearly 2 hours to see the movie at the IMAX in Phoenix this past friday! This Friday we are going to the book release party at my favorite local bookstore, we will all be dressed up in costume of course

[Killearn Kitties]

Pasty as in pumpkin pasty. I thought the publisher had misspelled pastry. But it's really pasty or pastie?

Pasty, in a food context, is some kind of filling wrapped in pastry. The original Cornish pasty was meat and vegetables wrapped in pastry with a thick crust at one side where the two ends of the pastry had been joined. Supposedly they were a lunch for miners because they still held a little heat by lunchtime (I've always doubted that part, unless they ate their lunch soon after leaving home, but it is supposed to be true). They would hold the pasties by the crust, eat the rest, but discard the crust which they had been holding.

The picture on this link is terrible, but you get the idea. Pasties

Nowadays you get all kind of fillings, but I have to say that I have never seen pumpkin! I assume that must have been for the purposes of the plot.

Take the Mickey This link explains a couple of derivations. Certainly the one they think is the most likely, I have seen before elsewhere.

Look! Lemon drops I found a Wikipedia link which has a brief description of both types. Ours are not lemon shaped though, more lozenge shaped.