Re: Gilderoy Lockhart

>From: John Cowan <jcowan@...>
>Date: Wed, 5 Dec 2001 13:18:31 -0500
>
>Dan Jones wrote:
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>>Missing the reference but curious- who's Gilderoy Lockhart?
>
>Lame-brained Professor of Defense Against the Dark Arts
>in Harry Potter 2.
Very pompous and full of himself.  All gild and no gold.  I love the way
Rowling plays with her names.  Diagon Alley - diagonally; spellotape; floo
powder.  And the pseudolatin like expelliarmus! which is a "disarming
spell".

Adam

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