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| Автор | *Hermione* (Нерегистриран) | |
| Публикувано | 15.04.03 05:58 |
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WIZARD WORD Harry Potter works his magic to get muggle into Ј34million dictionary
Toby Mcdonald
SCHOOLBOY wizard Harry Potter has cast such a spell over his fans that he's forced his way into the language.
The word muggle - Harry's name for a non-wizard - is to appear in the Oxford English Dictionary, an honour that would make Hogwarts' head Albus Dumbledore very proud.
Muggle came into popular usage after JK Rowling's first book Harry Potter And The Philosopher's Stone was published in 1997.
It has since been incorporated into everyday language to mean a person who lacks a particular skill.
Muggle will be included in the revised OED which is being updated for only the third time in its 146- year history at a cost of Ј34million.
An OED entry for a living author is almost unheard of. Other writers such as JRR Tolkien and CS Lewis had to wait until their death for words such as Hobbit and Jabberwock to be included.
A spokeswoman for the OED said the worldwide popularity of Rowling's stories led to the word's speedy inclusion.
She said: "It normally takes some time before a word starts to be used outside of its fictional context but with muggle this seemed to happen quite quickly.
"If a word is used consistently over a period of at least five years it becomes a candidate for drafting with a view to inclusion."
The word muggle, originally an early 20th- century slang for weed, features prominently in all the Potter books.
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