http://thehogshead.org/four-hallows-relics-horcruxes-300/ Harry Potter News and Commentary Wed, 17 Mar 2010 21:34:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 http://thehogshead.org/four-hallows-relics-horcruxes-300/comment-page-1/#comment-27481 Alice Mon, 22 Jan 2007 05:34:52 +0000 http://swordofgryffindor.com/2006/12/26/four-hallows-relics-horcruxes/#comment-27481 I am intrigued by the difference between “deathly” and “deadly.” “Deadly” makes me think of an attribute of something capable of causing death. But JKR did not use the word “deadly.” To me, deathly describes a weakened state of being: She looked deathly pale….She was deathly ill. So…. Deathly Hallows? Part of me says, don’t bother. Who could have guessed the meaning of “goblet of fire” in advance, or “chamber of secrets?” Still…we have so much information now, and there are so many existing mysteries to resolve that I can’t imagine too much entirely new stuff coming out right at the end. I am intrigued by the difference between “deathly” and “deadly.”
“Deadly” makes me think of an attribute of something capable of causing death. But JKR did not use the word “deadly.”
To me, deathly describes a weakened state of being:
She looked deathly pale….She was deathly ill.
So…. Deathly Hallows?
Part of me says, don’t bother. Who could have guessed the meaning of “goblet of fire” in advance, or “chamber of secrets?”
Still…we have so much information now, and there are so many existing mysteries to resolve that I can’t imagine too much entirely new stuff coming out right at the end.

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