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06-17-2007, 02:14 PM
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Eric D. Randall is a father who read the Harry Potter novels to his daughter frequently. The more that he read to her, the more questions that she had. One day, Julia requested that someone create a dictionary with just those words in it ... so her father did.
They spent two years (20 minutes a day) on it, and now it's avaliabe for sale: “The Pottersaurus: 1,500 Words that Harry Potter Readers Need to Know.”
Randall is quoted saying that the humor in the books just isn't the same when you don't understand the bigger words.
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“That’s the type of humor that you would miss if you just skimmed over the words you didn’t know,” Randall said.
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“J.K. Rowling did not dumb down these books at all,” Randall said.
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“It would be great if kids could get over the habit of just skipping the words they don’t know, and, instead, actually look them up. It could be a great learning experience,” Randall said. “I hope it becomes more than just a reference book.”
I, personally, think that it's very cool that one man would go out of his way to make this possible. Go him! 
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Great idea...
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06-17-2007, 02:24 PM
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That's awesome!  I know I'm used to skip the words XD I should buy that book.
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06-17-2007, 02:48 PM
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cool! but my dad trained me to always have a dictionary nearby when I'm reading....to look up the words I don't know.... I'd still probably get this though! | |
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06-17-2007, 02:51 PM
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thats awsome
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That's a great idea!
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06-17-2007, 03:26 PM
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Thats amazing
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06-17-2007, 03:27 PM
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That is such a great idea!! | |
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06-17-2007, 03:48 PM
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Wow!!thats amazing!!!
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06-17-2007, 03:53 PM
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Originally Posted by griffin_girl  cool! but my dad trained me to always have a dictionary nearby when I'm reading....to look up the words I don't know.... I'd still probably get this though! Same here!
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Now that's a nice father
And I agree with Zyra, dictionary = <3. | |
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06-17-2007, 04:36 PM
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I am SSSSOOOOOO going to find that Dictionary thingy and buy it.
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Nice......... Great Idea!
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I've had to look up several words in the Potter books, and I'm 18, with a fair sized vocabulary!
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that's cool!
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06-17-2007, 06:18 PM
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That's awesome!
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That's Awsome! and Happy Father's Day to him! | |
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06-17-2007, 07:14 PM
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awe. that so cool.
I wonder what JK thinks about it?
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Ooh, that's great! I'm gonna go and see if it's in Coles when I get DH cause of my pre-order there!
I wish they'd do the same for Eldest.... I had a page, front and back, of big words I didn't get until looking them up. All those words covers about 10 pages in the book too, and that's saying something!
EDIT: And I wonder what J.K.R thinks of it...
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06-17-2007, 08:18 PM
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How can I get it?
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06-17-2007, 08:22 PM
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Available for sale, eh? I keep saying how I wish JKR would publish something like that after the last book, a sort of compendium with lists of characters, etc. Good for him!
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Oh. I like that. I would really like that book then. | |
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