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trollbogey90
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What do the words below the crest of Hogwarts mean; Draco Dormiens Nunquam Titillandus?
PS Sorry if I'm asking already asked questions - I'm a newb and want to get 10 posts to get sorted. |
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Never Tickle a Sleeping Dragon
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| Thanks - What a random thing to call it. Sounds kinda funny tho! |
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It's some good advice.
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^ too true
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| Thanks - What a random thing to call it. Sounds kinda funny tho! |
random indeed, i wonder who of the 4 founders thought of it 
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| bery26 wrote: |
^ too true
| trollbogey90 wrote: |
| Thanks - What a random thing to call it. Sounds kinda funny tho! |
random indeed, i wonder who of the 4 founders thought of it |
I'm sure it wasn't slytherin though
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I knew Draco meant Dragon.. But I never knew the rest of it..
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Draco = dragon
Dormiens = sleeping
Nunquam = never
Titillandus = tickle
It's all Latin, though... so I'm not sure about grammer and stuff like that. But, yeah, it's Latin meaning Never Tickle a Sleeping Dragon.
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LOL thats random! i wonder why jo chose that?
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Joe is male version of the name.
And she probably said it somewhere in a interview sometime. I dunno, Ginnyx might 
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WOOPS i will edit it now
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| bery26 wrote: |
^ too true
| trollbogey90 wrote: |
| Thanks - What a random thing to call it. Sounds kinda funny tho! |
random indeed, i wonder who of the 4 founders thought of it |
I'm sure it wasn't slytherin though |
yeah he doesnt seem the type to make that up does he?
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and.. what about.. nitwill odment blubber tweak?
what do u they mean? or do they mean anythin at all?
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| Indian_gal wrote: |
and.. what about.. nitwill odment blubber tweak?
what do u they mean? or do they mean anythin at all? |
You mean nitwit oddment blubber tweak?
They are just random words...It was a joke. He said he'd like to say a few words. And he did.
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I don't know
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| thnx for the feedback guys - ever wondered where the spell names came from? |
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| trollbogey90 wrote: |
| thnx for the feedback guys - ever wondered where the spell names came from? |
They are Latin based. I suggest using the search engine for this one beacuse there are tons of threads about this.
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| jreyes130 wrote: |
| bery26 wrote: |
^ too true
| trollbogey90 wrote: |
| Thanks - What a random thing to call it. Sounds kinda funny tho! |
random indeed, i wonder who of the 4 founders thought of it |
I'm sure it wasn't slytherin though |
yeah he doesnt seem the type to make that up does he? |
slytherin would probualy say to all of the muggleborns, "always tickle a sleeping dragon," |
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| Posted: May 17, 2008 11:55 am Post subject: |
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| GinnyX wrote: |
Draco = dragon
Dormiens = sleeping
Nunquam = never
Titillandus = tickle
It's all Latin, though... so I'm not sure about grammer and stuff like that. But, yeah, it's Latin meaning Never Tickle a Sleeping Dragon. |
The grammer makes no sense.
Translates to
Never tickling sleeping dragon.
Should say "Draco Dormiens Nunquam Titillat."
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| GinnyX wrote: |
Draco = dragon
Dormiens = sleeping
Nunquam = never
Titillandus = tickle
It's all Latin, though... so I'm not sure about grammer and stuff like that. But, yeah, it's Latin meaning Never Tickle a Sleeping Dragon. |
The grammer makes no sense.
Translates to
Never tickling sleeping dragon.
Should say "Draco Dormiens Nunquam Titillat." |
I don't know Latin, so it's your word againts JRK's.
Draco Dormiens Nunquam Titillandus translates to Never Tickle Sleeping Dragons, according to JKR.
http://www.accio-quote.org/articles/2005/0705-edinburgh-ITVcubreporters.htm
Ailsa Floyd for the Times Educational Supplement in Scotland - How did you think up the motto "Never tickle sleeping dragons", which appears under the crest? Is there a story about it?
JK Rowling: You know the way that most school slogans are thing like persevere and nobility, charity and fidelity or something, it just amused me to give an entirely practical piece of advice for the Hogwarts school motto. Then a friend of mine who is a professor of classics - my Latin was not up to the job, I did not think it should be cod Latin, it is good enough for cod Latin spells, that is they used to be a mixture of Latin and other things. When it came to a proper Latin slogan for the school I wanted it to be right, I went to him and asked him to translate. I think he really enjoyed it, he rang me up and said, "I think I found the exactly right word, 'Titillandus'", that was how that was dreamt up.
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Maybe its some weird grammar i dont know. Now that I think about it, i really dont know how to form an imperative with never, just with not
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 maybe it mean Draco's Nitendo Dooms Towns
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lol, ya never know!
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You can't be too sure, its could be it!
Maybe Hogwarts wands have small nitendos that come to life and use spells, lol
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