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Hmmmm... not sure if I care for that title. I think it might be my least favorite of the 7 titles.
I think "Harry Potter and the Death of Voldemort" would have been better, although it might be spoilerish
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welll Spellbinder, looks like we have different perspective on the title. I, for one, like it a lot. It does ring true when JK Rowling announced that there would be some deaths (at least two) in the book, makes the title sounds appropriate. IMHO.
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I'm with Cru on this one. Librarians and teachers everywhere are just going to have a ball explaining what "Deathly Hallows" means. And I'm sure most of the people who try to say it will say "deadly hollows".
Then again they did change the title of the first book to "Sorcerer's Stone" for the US market, assuming American kids would have no idea what a "Philosopher's Stone" was.
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quote:Originally posted by Tekwych: And Spellbinder, do you really think Voldemort will be the only major character to die?
Well, as long as Voldemort goes instead of Harry, that's the main thing
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OK, so could someone please explain to me what this title means? I've been looking for the word 'hallows' in on-line dictionaries (hey, I'm far away from my books), and can't find it. 'to hallow', in the sense of 'to sanctify', yes, but I have no idea what the noun means.
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From The New Shorter Oxford English Dictionary
quote:deathly /"dETli/ a.
[OE deaŢlic (= OHG todl<dlessi>h), f. as DEATH + -LY1.]
1 Subject to death, mortal. Long rare. OE. 2 Causing death, fatal, deadly. arch. ME. 3 Of the nature of or resembling death; deathlike; gloomy, pale, etc., as death. ME. 4 Of or pertaining to death. poet. M19. deathliness n. ME.
And two sets of definition as a noun, from the same dictionary:
quote:hallow /"hal<schwa>U/ n.1
[OE halga use as n. of definite form of halig HOLY.]
1 A holy person, a saint. Usu. in pl. obs. exc. in ALL HALLOWS & in comb. below. OE.
†2 In pl. The shrines or relics of saints; (the shrines of) heathen gods. ME–M16.
Comb.: Hallow day Sc. & dial. All Hallows’ Day; a saint’s day, a holiday; Hallowmass (now chiefly Sc.) Allhallowmass; Hallowtide Allhallowtide.
quote:hallow /"hal<schwa>U/ n.2 Now rare.
LME. [f. HALLOW v.2]
A loud shout or cry to encourage, esp. dogs in the chase, or to attract attention.
So, Harry Potter and the Holy Corpses or Harry Potter and the Dying Cries, basically. I expect the ambiguity is deliberate.
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And I'm sure most of the people who try to say it will say "deadly hollows". ![[Wink]](wink.gif)
