I'm very glad alethiaxx had that link, because it can be difficult to find individual words buried in seven books.
Here are two ways to think about the example of wizarding vs. Muggle that might help:
1) The magical inhabitants accept the wizarding world they live in as easily as fish swim in water--nothing special about it. But the Muggle world is as strange and exotic to them as any foreign culture. Mr. Weasely has as much trouble pronouncing a Muggle word like "electricity" as one might have pronouncing a Czech or Chinese word.
2) JKR's made-up words tend to be capitalized. Even though our world doesn't really have magic, we acknowledge "wizard" as a word in the dictionary. "Muggle," however, was a purely JKR invention. This holds true for Flue, Metamorphagus, and her other inventions as well. Still, check the books or Potterwords website to be sure.
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23/12/09 04:16 (UTC)Here are two ways to think about the example of wizarding vs. Muggle that might help:
1) The magical inhabitants accept the wizarding world they live in as easily as fish swim in water--nothing special about it. But the Muggle world is as strange and exotic to them as any foreign culture. Mr. Weasely has as much trouble pronouncing a Muggle word like "electricity" as one might have pronouncing a Czech or Chinese word.
2) JKR's made-up words tend to be capitalized. Even though our world doesn't really have magic, we acknowledge "wizard" as a word in the dictionary. "Muggle," however, was a purely JKR invention. This holds true for Flue, Metamorphagus, and her other inventions as well. Still, check the books or Potterwords website to be sure.