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Ocelot II
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Marthe48
(21,304 posts)In the Harry Potter books:
'Expecto Patronus'
'Alarto Ascendare'
If you haven't read the Harry Potter stories, they aren't just for kids. I describe the series as a coming of age story, set against a backdrop of larger events involving an elemental battle between good vs. evil.
3catwoman3
(27,194 posts)...expensive petroLEum, and it sorta works.
PoindexterOglethorpe
(28,003 posts)Marthe48
(21,304 posts)In the Harry Potter books:
'Expecto Patronus'
'Alarto Ascendare'
If you haven't read the Harry Potter stories, they aren't just for kids. I describe the series as a coming of age story, set against a backdrop of larger events involving an elemental battle between good vs. evil.
PoindexterOglethorpe
(28,003 posts)To me, "expensive petroleum" sounds EXACTLY like "expensive petroleum", not a Harry Potter spell.
3catwoman3
(27,194 posts)...expensive petroLEum
Marthe48
(21,304 posts)
PoindexterOglethorpe
(28,003 posts)or exPENsive petroleum, or even expensive peTROLeum.
Changing the prenunciation doesn't help. It simply doesn't work.
Marthe48
(21,304 posts)Just thought it was funny word play and passed it along.
Your comment is even funnier
Niagara
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