But I'm not talking about that, or about how JKR thinks "Enervate" means the opposite of "Stupefy" when in fact it means the same thing No, I'm talking about one of the most obnoxious acts of appropriation in the series since the very beginning The Unlocking Charm, "Alohomora"
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That’s funny, because almost every French word (with a few notable exceptions) ending in “ation” is the same in English.
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The song Californication takes on a nice extra meaning from this fact.
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I'm presuming they are English because deep patronisation based on ignorance and presumption is very much our thing. I once walked out of a tedious marketing meeting and told them it was enervating and they took it as a compliment. I'd hoped they would.
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