What happened is JKR saw a chart of the 16 signs of Sikidy and noticed that *part of the description of Alohomora* says that it's "favorable to thieves" And then she went and decided that's literally what the word *meant* https://www.serenapowers.com/sikidy.html
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Lol I went back to get the full context of the original quote where she scolds Steve Vander Ark for getting the etymology of Alohomora "wrong" (he guessed it came from "aloha") and Jesus Christ the sheer audacitypic.twitter.com/Gmyp2RPtne
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"Maybe he should do some actual research" Jfc listen to yourself woman
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Never forget "Mah-hoot-o-koh-ro"
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that there is the biggest insult to japanese culture since dragon ball evolution
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And Kingsley Shaklebolt basically means African runaway slave. Because that's not offensive at all /s
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It's interestingly located in a part of Japan that was historically English speaking, and not colonized by the Japanese until the 1870s
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Could have been Charlotte but no.
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