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Post subject: A hole in the logic  Posted: Fri Feb 17, 2012 5:14 pm |
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Has anyone else noticed that Harry Potter is supposed to take place in England, but they measured the wands in inches?
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Post subject: Re: A hole in the logic Posted: Fri Feb 17, 2012 5:28 pm |
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Er, they don't have inches in England?
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Post subject: Re: A hole in the logic Posted: Fri Feb 17, 2012 6:11 pm |
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Post subject: Re: A hole in the logic Posted: Fri Feb 17, 2012 6:12 pm |
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but i thought they stopped doing that like years ago (1930s-1950s?)
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Post subject: Re: A hole in the logic Posted: Fri Feb 17, 2012 6:52 pm |
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But the wizarding world is way older than that. Maybe they found using inches was convenient for proper wand length and just stuck with it. 
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Post subject: Re: A hole in the logic Posted: Fri Feb 17, 2012 6:56 pm |
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RaginCajun wrote: But the wizarding world is way older than that. Maybe they found using inches was convenient for proper wand length and just stuck with it. They certainly aren't bothered about adopting even older modern things like electricity.
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Post subject: Re: A hole in the logic Posted: Sun Feb 19, 2012 5:59 pm |
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There are different versions of the books, aren't there? And even in the first movie, there were two versions made with slight differences, I thought. Maybe inches was part of the "American version" as in "Sorcerer's Stone" instead of "Philosopher's Stone." Maybe! I know there were a few other specific things changed between UK and American versions of the book.
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Post subject: Re: A hole in the logic Posted: Mon Feb 20, 2012 10:09 am |
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We have inches in England, but we use centimetres for most things nowadays. In the English Harry Potter books its refered too in inches aswell, I think it's probably what Tosser said it is, makes the most sense to me.
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Post subject: Re: A hole in the logic Posted: Mon Feb 20, 2012 6:20 pm |
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It is a wizards inch based on the length of tail a newt can grow back in a given moon cycle.
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