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I'm in Germany for the summer and I was just at amazon.de looking to order my copy of Harry Potter 6. In Germany, you can get either the British version or a German translation. The english version comes both in the standard edition and an adult edition.
Does anyone no anything about the adult addition? Does it differ from the standard edition in anyway but the cover? If its simply it is smaller print and therefore more compact, I'd prefer it but not if it has any changes in the text. I don't need any adult scenes.
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quote: Anyone else wonder why you drive on a parkway and park in a driveway?
Sighs.
Because the "park" in "parkway" isn't the same "park" as in "park the car". It's more akin to the "park" in "Central Park". That is, it's a road through a (usually) maintained greenspace.
People park in a driveway because they don't leave room for their car in the garage or carport, or else they don't have them. The "driveway" is their own private "way" (meaning lane or road) they use to drive to their house, garage, or carport.
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Holy cow. I first heard that joke from Gallagher when I was about 5 years old, but never bothered to think if there was an actual reason. Thanks KarlEd! I love getting little language tidbits like that.
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Ya'll know why they call it a raspberry (the "so there" sticking out of the tounge and blowing at a person)
Old English loved word games, esp. rhymes. One of the favorite deserts was a raspberry tart-- which rhymes with ____ (the sound you make when you raspberry someone).
True story! My mom has a book all about the origins of unique English words.
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Karl, I was just trying to be annoying. Glad to see that it worked.
ill malkier, it's not actually Old English. It's not even Middle or Early Modern English. Apparently it dates back to the late 1800s. Sounds like Cockney rhyming slang to me, which is more of a localism than a widespread English thing.
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To read or not to read, That is the question. Whether 'tis nobler on a forum post To admit that I have no idea what it's called And never read it-- just heard the raspberry thing from my Mom. *sheepish* But I'll see if I can find out and let you know.
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Echoing katharina, and speaking as somebody who once wrote a full report on different editions of Harry Potter, the two British editions are identical in every way except the cover art and the price. It's marketing to people who don't want to be seen on the Tube reading a book with a cartoonish drawing on the cover.
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quote:Anyone else wonder why a person who rides a bike is called a cyclist but a person who rides a motorcycle is called a biker?
Easy. Bicycle = cyclist. Motorbike = biker.
Also, Biker has a tougher edge to it which is more in line with the whole Vrrrrrrroom and leather thing. Cyclist sounds more wussy.
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But for an adult version of Harry Potter, you can read Barry Trotter and the Unnecessary Sequel. Sequel to Barry Trotter and the Shameless parody, which doesn't exist.
Actually it's pretty a well written parody, and only PG-13, maybe. And the theme park ride "Ermine's wild libido" would probably go right over most kids' heads.
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I used to be in a "live along with the movie" stage version called "Lips unlimited." We wanted to call it "Lips Inc.," but that was kind of taken.
I played Rocky, cause no one else was willing to. But we had two Frankenfurters.
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Midnights at the Naro in Norfolk. Toast, newspapers, squirt bottles, lighters: check. But I was never in a cast nor did I ever dress up.
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