Harry Potter 7CD Collection - Pictures, unboxing videos, and art design / liner notes discussion

[Manakin Skywalker 4,369]

Now we just need the lyrics to the GOF song. "Hogwarts, Hogwarts, Hoggy Warty Hogwarts!"

[Holko 8,612]

Just open the first book for that!

[redishere 697]

Isn't it titiLLandus? 

Ah, who cares! 

[Holko 8,612]

Hmm, I wonder  who proofread it... 

[Manakin Skywalker 4,369]

It's Leviosa, not Leviosaaa!

[Incanus 5,616]

12 minutes ago, redishere said:

Isn't it titiLLandus? 

Ah, who cares! 

I do. Such a travesty John Williams made that mistake. The whole set is ruined for me now.

 

I also feel intense pain when someone mispronounces emeritus. Such a shame there is no appreciation for the linguarum regina anymore.

[redishere 697]

6 minutes ago, Holko said:

Hmm, I wonder  who proofread it... 

 

The misser of A's strikes again 😱

I can't remember the correct spelling, though: it should be in the Hogwarts coat of arms, but I can't read it properly.
 

[Holko 8,612]

Two L's.

[Incanus 5,616]

2 minutes ago, Holko said:

Two L's.

Well everybody worth their salt knows that.

[Luke Skywalker 1,622]

LLL could have spared one L ...

 

Jason 'eBlanc damn you! *

 

*Just kidding lol.

[Holko 8,612]

Just now, Incanus said:

Well everybody worth their salt knows that.

And also what it means!

[Luke Skywalker 1,622]

Just now, Incanus said:

Well everybody worth their salt knows that.

For a Latin scholar, this seems to be your missing teeth fiasco eh, incanus?

[Incanus 5,616]

Just now, Luke Skywalker said:

For a Latin scholar, this seems to be your missing teeth fiasco eh, incanus?

Absolutely. I need to ask Stefan to add that extra "L" somehow. He is the wizard of booklet corrections.

[redishere 697]

4 minutes ago, Incanus said:

Well everybody worth their salt knows that.

I knew that 'cause Latin haunted my high school days, I just didn't want to be too Hermioney  

[Bespin 7,565]

Well Latin should be even more easy for an italian, than for a french speaking person, no?

 

At least it's good to speak latin with an italian acccent, that's better than with a french one (or an english one!)

[Holko 8,612]

French is also Neo-Latin, so...

[Bespin 7,565]

5 minutes ago, Holko said:

French is also Neo-Latin, so...

 

Well, some of our words (prefixes and suffixes) comes from Latin, but greek too.

 

But reading true latin is totally unreadable for a french speaking person.

We can recognize some part of words, but very few.

[redishere 697]

9 minutes ago, Bespin said:

Well Latin should be even more easy for an italian, than for a french speaking person, no?

 

At least it's good to speak latin with an italian acccent, that's better than with a french one (or an english one!)

Yeah, it is. A lot of words are quite intuitive.
Plus, spells in HP sound kinda weird when pronounced with an english accent  
 

[Bespin 7,565]

Yes, in right latin, you have to roll the "r" like in Italian.

[Jay 33,661]

Aww dang, for some reason it didn't occur to me to check the Latin.  Oh well.

[Holko 8,612]

And this is the time when, since there is absolutely nothing else to complain about, little things come up looking at the pictures again. Like in PS, wouldn't it make more sense to put the two score discs on one side together and the booklet and the bonus disc on the other?

 

Oh, I can just pop the two halves out from the black middle and switch them around. Fuck, this set is too perfect and gives me nothing to work with!

[Bilbo 3,707]

2 hours ago, Bespin said:

Yes, in right latin, you have to roll the "r" like in Italian.

 

And v is pronounced as w 

 

so veni vidi vici would be weni widi wici 

[Josh500 1,612]

I had Latin in school. I hated it.

 

Learning a language that's not spoken by anybody in the world... That's a good way of wasting your time!

[redishere 697]

1 minute ago, Bilbo said:

And v is pronounced as w 

 

so veni vidi vici would be weni widi wici 

Uh… isn't it a simple "v" like in italian?

Venni, vidi, vinsi.

[NERD ALERT]

[mstrox 6,057]

In Latin class, we were taught that Vs were pronounced as Ws as well.

[Disco Stu 15,483]

Yes and the greeting "Salve!"  is pronounced "Sal-way!"

[redishere 697]

1 minute ago, mstrox said:

In Latin class, we were taught that Vs were pronounced as Ws as well.

That's weird, didn't know that. We were taught Cs were like Ks, but we pronounced Vs like current Italian.
But then again, out Latin teacher was probably mentally unstable, and Ancient Romans are all dead, so who knows.
All I know is, if you go to Rome today, they pronounce curse words with a hard V  

[Disco Stu 15,483]

Why was my post funny?  The Latin greeting is pronounced "Sal-way!"

[redishere 697]

14 minutes ago, Disco Stu said:

Why was my post funny?  The Latin greeting is pronounced "Sal-way!"

 

In Italian it's also "Salve", but with a V, so salway sounds funny to me  

[Dr. Rick 985]

19 hours ago, Jay said:

Look what just arrived

 

 

Picture isn't coming up for me, can you re-post it?  Thanks!

[JoeinAR 1,933]

Clearly this isnt the set.

[redishere 697]

What's in the box

 

 

[Holko 8,612]

This "funny" thing

[Josh500 1,612]

That clown was scarier than the dementors!

[Jay 33,661]

15 minutes ago, ATXHusker said:

 

Picture isn't coming up for me, can you re-post it?  Thanks!

 

Fixed

[redishere 697]

1 minute ago, Holko said:

This "funny" thing

Oh, dear. That scene was the creepiest in the whole series.

Anyway, it's funny to see a Boggart transform into a scary clown, 'cause Pennywise the clown is basically a Boggart   

[Holko 8,612]

I purposefully chose this non-threatening angle, when it's not right in your face.

[gkgyver 1,644]

39 minutes ago, Disco Stu said:

Why was my post funny?  The Latin greeting is pronounced "Sal-way!"

 

It's actually sal-veh

 

You only pronounce it sal-way because you English dudes have an accent.

[Josh500 1,612]

4 minutes ago, Holko said:

I purposefully chose this non-threatening angle, when it's not right in your face.

 

Here's some better pictures viewed from the front... Coz, you know, I got nothing better to do... 😂 

[Alan 639]

Well I'm not sleeping tonight!

[Josh500 1,612]

That clown is basically a human skull with makeup, a red plastic nose, and wearing a clown costume!

 

2 minutes ago, Disco Stu said:

wrong thread

 

You scared? Are you afraaaaaid? 😂 

[JoeinAR 1,933]

31 minutes ago, Josh500 said:

 

Here's some better pictures viewed from the front... Coz, you know, I got nothing better to do... 😂 

What film is it from?

[Disco Stu 15,483]

Just now, JoeinAR said:

What film is it from?

 

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

[Bespin 7,565]

2 hours ago, Bilbo said:

 

And v is pronounced as w 

 

so veni vidi vici would be weni widi wici 

 

Absolutely not.

[Bilbo 3,707]

1 hour ago, redishere said:

That's weird, didn't know that. We were taught Cs were like Ks, but we pronounced Vs like current Italian.
But then again, out Latin teacher was probably mentally unstable, and Ancient Romans are all dead, so who knows.
All I know is, if you go to Rome today, they pronounce curse words with a hard V  

 

There are academics who’ve been able to work out what is most likely. Graffiti and common misspellings from the period are a good way of working out pronunciation apparently. 

Just now, Bespin said:

 

Absolutely not.

 

It is. I studied Latin at university as part of my Masters.

[Zanobard 71]

My set just arrived today. It's amazing. The quality of the box and CDs is sublime, and I haven't even started with the actual music yet.

 

My hastily cobbled together photobooth:

 

[Bespin 7,565]

Does english speaking persons tries to teach us how to pronouce latin?

 

That’s the funniest thing I read since a long time!

[Josh500 1,612]

@Zanobard

 

Congrats and great pic! Enjoy the music.

 

BTW, where are you located again? Europe?

[Jay 33,661]

Nice pic!

[Zanobard 71]

2 minutes ago, Josh500 said:

@Zanobard

 

Congrats and great pic! Enjoy the music.

 

BTW, where are you located again? Europe?

 

Thanks!

 

And yup I'm in Europe (though not for much longer). England to be exact.