Ok, this is kinda goofy, but I couldn't help writing it down while I had it in my head. I was talking with Philip earlier on the phone and he remarked a little sheepishly that he started reading the Harry Potter series and is surprised by how much he's enjoying it. That's the preface to my thought (as I lay in bed getting ready to fall asleep). The thought:
In the movie (which is, so far, the only way I've interacted with the Harry Potter tales) Harry waved his wand around quite a bit pronouncing latin sounding words with such conviction that I think magical things actually felt obligated to happen. I think that is kind of funny, how they take latin-ish words and use them as "magical" words. So I wondered if they used those words in the book.. and thought how next time I see Philip I'll point at a car and declare "PETROLEUM!" (the endings of the words seem to be the critical characteristic. -leum, -eous, etc.. Point to the floor and say with climactic conviction, "LINOLEUM!" (c: A silly thought, I know, but it made me laugh.
And the last "magical" word, when someone makes a stupid statement point directly in their face and pronounce emphatically, "ERRONEOUS!"
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Plutonium!
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