[stylist] Discrepancies in Harry Potter

[Eve Sanchez]

Ahhh, you sound as nerdy as me. I also noticed the discrepancy concerning
the cloak and there are others. These, though are not due to the
publications, but to Rowling herself. At the moment I cannot think of
anything, but I know somewhere I have a list I made. It has become a sort
of game to find them. Also to find where names pop up such as someone who
was only mentioned briefly in book one and then killed by death eaters in
book seven, or perhaps turned out to be a death eater. Fun scavenger hunts
for those who have read them so many times. Maybe we should have a strictly
Harry Potter list serve. hahaha   Never mind, it would be too busy for one
moderator to handle. hahaha  Eve

On Tue, Apr 23, 2013 at 2:12 PM, Bridgit Pollpeter
<bpollpeter at hotmail.com>wrote:

> Eve,
>
> I took a class about the Harry Potter books while at university. The
> instructor was awed by the response to HP by the young and old alike, so
> she decided to teach a class on it. We read all the books in a semester,
> having to provide discussions based on a variety of topics each week.
> The instructor also posted other sources giving literary and historical
> background and context to much of the material Rowling borrows from and
> references in the novels. We had to write a character analysis for a
> final project; I chose Bellatrix.
>
> Anyway, I read the books via audio from what is now Learning Aly, and I
> caught several mistakes like the one you mention about the wand. I
> pointed these out during classes, and it was surprising how many never
> noticed them. Some were reading books with the corrections, but many had
> editions similar to mine.
>
> Another mistake I pointed out was that it's stated nothing and no one,
> including Death, can see through Harry's invisibility cloak, yet
> Professor Moody is able to see Harry while under it with his magic eye.
>
> Another discrepancy I noticed had something to do with the Hallows, but
> I can't remember now what it was.
>
> Also, Rowling really loves ellipses. Is it a British thing? Noticed a
> ton of them though.
>
> Bridgit
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> Date: Mon, 22 Apr 2013 20:55:45 -0700
> From: Eve Sanchez <3rdeyeonly at gmail.com>
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> Donna, You bring up a good point. I own just about every type of
> publication that is Harry Potter and had read the books many many times
> while I was still able. The first time I was listening to the NLS
> versions I was shocked to find the mistakes and dialogue changes. I have
> always wondered about the Braille copies. Are they like the audio copies
> or like the printed books? There is a big difference and the mistakes I
> found, actually affect the story for us true followers. Mainly I am
> speaking of Incantado. The NLS version had the people coming out of the
> wand in the wrong order and the dialogue was changed. This is an
> important part as it is explained later and comes up again and again.
> )0( Eve
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