Okay, fine I think her use of "Alohomora", to anyone who actually knows what it means and where it comes from (which is a regrettably small minority), is cringey and awkward as hell I think that that's a generally shitty thing to do to minority cultures from other countries
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When I find some source that seems to affirm that she's right about it I have no indication of whether they actually confirmed that from an independent source or, like everyone else, they trusted her about it the way they trusted her about the "West African Sidiki dialect"
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Which is weird because... It's abracadabra. A word with disputed origins that almost seemed to come out of nowhere. So JK is very sus and if she was playing Among Us I would space her.
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I used to be fascinated with Abracadabra when I was a child (way before HP). This short 1999 source summarises what I found through old dictionaries and encyclopedias, and speculates on JK’s use in books at end. This was before movies, so less dominant.http://www.worldwidewords.org/qa/qa-abr1.htm
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Yes, it really seems like if there is a plausible etymology it's the "I will create as I speak one", and the "Let the thing be destroyed" meaning is just made up and is the result of Rowling making a (very corny) pun with the word "cadaver"
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