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Posted by The Rabbit (Member # 671) on :

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.

Posted by Dagonee (Member # 5818) on :

quote:
I don't need any adult scenes.

"Dumbledore!"
"McGonagel!"
"Severius!"
"Doctor Scott!"

[Angst]

Posted by fugu13 (Member # 2859) on :

I think its a different cover, and maybe the text size stuff.

Posted by katharina (Member # 827) on :

The text is the same.

For "adult" Harry Potter scenes, you'll need to look up some fan fiction.

Posted by Dagonee (Member # 5818) on :

Anyone else wonder why some of the most juvenile things written get called "adult" scenes?

Posted by Jon Boy (Member # 4284) on :

Anyone else wonder why you drive on a parkway and park in a driveway?

Neither have I.

Posted by James Tiberius Kirk (Member # 2832) on :

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?

/derailed

--j_k

Posted by KarlEd (Member # 571) on :

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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.

[Big Grin]

Posted by Enigmatic (Member # 7785) on :

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.

--Enigmatic

Posted by ill malkier (Member # 8244) on :

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.

Posted by Jon Boy (Member # 4284) on :

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.

Posted by ill malkier (Member # 8244) on :

JB-- eh... well, either way, my mom DOES have a book [Razz]

Posted by Jon Boy (Member # 4284) on :

But the question is, is it a good book? And if so, what's it called and where can I get it?

Posted by ill malkier (Member # 8244) on :

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.

Posted by Jon Boy (Member # 4284) on :

[Cool]

Posted by Shmuel (Member # 7586) on :

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.

Posted by romanylass (Member # 6306) on :

(thought there would be links to cool fanfic)
(tries not to be dissapointed)

Posted by Teshi (Member # 5024) on :

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.

Posted by Shmuel (Member # 7586) on :

Oh, very well, romanylass: A Lot to Be Upset About

Posted by Glenn Arnold (Member # 3192) on :

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"Dumbledore!"
"McGonagel!"
"Severius!"
"Doctor Scott!"

ACTUALLY LOL.

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.

Posted by romanylass (Member # 6306) on :

[ROFL]

Thanks!

Posted by Dagonee (Member # 5818) on :

I'm glad someone besides me has seen Rocky Horror. [Smile]

Posted by ChaosTheory (Member # 7069) on :

www.sugarquill.com ← Has lots of fanfics and fanart.

Good 'ol Rocky Horror, has anybody seen the stage version?

Posted by Glenn Arnold (Member # 3192) on :

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.

Posted by 0range7Penguin (Member # 7337) on :

Did you know that bonfire actually comes from bone fire? Its some ancient base of the word.

Posted by Kayla (Member # 2403) on :

Origins of bonfire.

Posted by Kayla (Member # 2403) on :

Hey, I'm old enough to have been to midnight showings of it in St. Louis. Toast, newspapers, squirt bottles, lighters, you name it.

Good times.

Posted by Dagonee (Member # 5818) on :

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.

Posted by Glenn Arnold (Member # 3192) on :

Don't forget SCOTT TISSUE!

Posted by Dagonee (Member # 5818) on :

Very convenient since they sell single rolls.