Re: Open questions

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Aaron <aaronsan@xxxxxxx> wrote:

On Nov 15, 4:34 am, Green-Eyed Chris <cw...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I thought the snitch was worth too much.
Agree - thought it EXTREMELY silly.
Just what you'd expert from a very female writer who isnt really
interested in sport.
I am a female who is very interested in sports and I think it does make
sense. It's just tradition: there is a reason for the 150. 150 galleons
were first offered for the one who would catch the Golden Snitched that
get itself in the middle of a game, IICR.

Umm, can you say that last sentence again, a different way, Dru? I'm
not quite following.

-Aaron

All right, sorry but you _need_ to understand that my grammar and
orthography might not be at its best lately: I haven't sleep in 3
days... (and my classmates, a whole week). To be honest, even my talking
sounds as though I was drunk. So, I copy the whole thing from Wiki:

As a nod to the sport of Snidget-hunting, which was also popular at the
time, [Barberus] Bragge brought a Snidget to the game and released it
from its cage. He told the players that 150 Galleons - then an enormous
sum of money - would be awarded to the player who caught the bird. As
the promise of such a large reward would suggest, the players thence
totally ignored the game, and simply went off in pursuit of the Snidget,
which was kept within the arena by the crowd using Repelling Charms.

That's the origin of the 150 points.

Thanks, dru! I thought you meant something like that, but I am glad
you posted the whole explanation for my benefit! =)

Aaron obviously had one of his sober moments. I understood you the first
time.

No need to get nasty. Perhaps you already knew the story, and that
helped you to understand what she was saying? I mean, honestly, read
the sentence again.

I haven't really read QTTA and didn't know the story, but I got the
gist. I almost wish I _were_ known for getting nasty around here. I
thought I was poking more fun at myself and hate smileys. It was only
intended as a friendly ribbing with someone who, perhaps unwittingly,
has given me support in the past.


And no offense, dru...your writing is usually *much* easier to
understand than it was there. No mockery was intended about your
writing as a whole, though I admit I was trying to rib you about that
sentence in particular.

I was merely trying to soften that for my beloved Dru, who indicated
that most of her English came from dealing with Potterverse and this
group. I well know how often, what Nuki Mouse politely termed, my
"colloquial" English is misunderstood around here. I have understood
German all of my life and speak like a native, but I can't write a
letter without having one of my daughters proofread it. I think Dru is
amazing (...except for physics).


I wanted the whole story, anyway, and that is what I got. "Mission
Accomplished"!

Chris

-Aaron
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Chris
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