i was wondering if any body has read the sixth book of Harry potter. cuz if u have and u have this book, please go to page 485, or in other words when slughorn brought the mead to hargid's place after burieng aragog. read a few lines after " I have had it all tested for piosen" u will find that J.K. Rowling had put the name, Rupert, which is Ron's Charecter in the movies, instead of Ron. Please help me cuz i dont know if it is my book or all of them. PLEASE LOOK this is not a joke! please please please
2006-12-08 16:27:46 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
it's not a typo, but no you're not crazy :-) slughorn really does call him the wrong name.
Slughorn calls Ron the wrong name a lot (for example, on page 397 he calls him "Ralph.":) the idea is that Slughorn only really cares about people who are important - either famous (like harry) or incredibly talented (like Hermione or Ginny) or rich, or well-connected, etc. So Ron Weasley is, to Slughorn, so unimportant that he can't even get his name right.
I think, though, that PARTICULAR wrong name - Rupert for Ron - is J. K. Rowling's little joke, since of course it is the real name of the actor. :-)
PS it kind of reminds me of book 4... remember how Barty Crouch kept getting Percy's name wrong? in that case I thought it was showing us that Percy wasn't as important as he thought he was...
2006-12-08 17:27:00 · answer #1 · answered by lalabee 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
It isn't a typo. Slughorn is too dumb to remember people's names and he's drunk. It's a coincidence that she put Rupert.
2006-12-09 00:38:47 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You are right.Slughorn did say Rupert.But it isn't a mistake on the author's side.Slughorn doesn't bother to rememeber names of students he isn't fond of.Also he is drunk so the chances of him getting Ron's name right are even lesser than they are in the sober case.
2006-12-09 09:25:43 · answer #3 · answered by Polo 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You are absolutely right! (I don't know if this is in the American editon only or not...)http://www.mugglenet.com/search/index.php
However...It is Slughorn who says it and Slughorn never bothers to know anyone's proper name unless he likes them, so...it might well be JK Rowling having fun with us. (This observation comes from my daughter.) ; )
2006-12-09 00:40:23 · answer #4 · answered by tantiemeg 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
yep, I looked it up. definitely says rupert
2006-12-09 00:37:58 · answer #5 · answered by Nikki G 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It is mine also, but it is a first print. I wonder if they have corrected it yet.
2006-12-09 00:39:44 · answer #6 · answered by Speedracer 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
omg!!!! ur right jo made a typo, it's not just ur book
how wierd... do u think she meant to do that?
2006-12-09 00:31:04 · answer #7 · answered by Breanna 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
thats funny- she might have done it on purpose. probably not
2006-12-09 00:34:08 · answer #8 · answered by Mrs. Me 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋