If effing considered a curse? I was reading HP 7, and Ron used it several times.
2007-08-03 13:11:20 · 14 answers · asked by Sa_San 6 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
Yes it is considered a curse. It was actually handled well using it that way. Don't you ever hear people say that? I use the real F word a lot in my novels, but then again I don't expect young kids to read my books. I understand that kids say and hear the F word a lot anyway, but I do respect JK for using the blur technique here. It was the right thing to do. After all, these are 17 year old kids in present day England. It would have been unrealistic for them NOT to have cussed once in a while. Pax - C
2007-08-03 13:15:59 · answer #1 · answered by Persiphone_Hellecat 7 · 5⤊ 0⤋
Rowling said in an interview once that Ron was a character who would swear but the editors wouldn't allow it.
"JKR: Well, I think - I've got a feeling I've told Stephen this already. My editor won't let any of the characters swear. Which is sometimes difficult because Ron is definitely a boy who would swear. So you will have noticed that I get round that by having him - Ron used a word that made Hermione say "Ron!". So I do that quite a bit with Ron."
So the last book and she finally gets to have some swearing, albeit most has been censored in such a way to let it get past the censors while still being clear what's being said.
2007-08-03 20:24:28 · answer #2 · answered by knight1192a 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Harry Potter was meant to be childrens books, but the problem with that and, what JKR soon found out, children DO grow up. The only way you can actually keep them as children is to actually keep them as 'books.' In today's world, some kids swear like sailors. If the editors failed to allow her to show Ron's swear words; bravo to them!
In the movie Goblet of Fire movie, Ron told Harry to 'p*ss off'
At first I didn't like it at all, but I thought about it for a while and realized, Ron was jealous because Harry always ends up getting all the attention. And Ron thought Harry put his name in behind everyone else's back. So, I decided it was a logical thing for Ron to say at the time.
2007-08-03 21:31:03 · answer #3 · answered by pj m 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, I think you know what it stands for, but in itself, what's wrong with the word effing, really? BTW, his mother says the "B" word, and I think that's going to cause some commotion.
2007-08-03 20:25:25 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
i think it is because its abvious what the real word is and its censored but i also think its ok because younger kids might not get what the real word is....Ron is just the cusing type...idk i guess its ok since its not the real word but at the same time its a curse because its abvious...ughh ..sorry repeating ...
so yeah if this makes since ....
2007-08-03 20:35:03 · answer #5 · answered by Kim H 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I believe it is similar to us using 'F-ing' or 'freaking' instead of the actual f word. So it isn't saying it outright, but still not a good thing to go around saying.
2007-08-03 20:16:46 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
yea...just another way of saying the actual word w/o...well, actually saying it. i guess jk rowling doesn't want the younger children who read her books' parents 2 complain or anything. i thought i read a b***h and d**n there 2.
2007-08-03 22:39:29 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I personally wouldent consider it a swear word but when mrs weasley said to belatrix "NOT MY DAUGHTER YOU *****" i was flabbergasted because i never thought J.K.R. would put profanity in her books.
Hayley
2007-08-03 20:28:20 · answer #8 · answered by Hayley B 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Not really but I figured his mom wouldn't want him to say it. I mean it's the same as trying not to actually say *ucking.
2007-08-03 20:17:56 · answer #9 · answered by dreamofanotaku 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think it is because Ron used it when he was mad or upset.
2007-08-03 20:14:31 · answer #10 · answered by Emily 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋