[Retros] linguistic hole

[Kevin Begley]

Harry Potter is nowhere near the same context, Nicolas.

In fact, your suggestion would completely shift the context, from a
term which is long standing and universally understood, to some
obscure reference from a recent children's book (and movie) series.

Harry Potter is not likely to endure, like the Phenix (which it draws upon).
Plus, the term is already quite obscure -- no need to wait and see how
fast it fades.

 Kevin.


On 1/20/10, Nicolas.Dupont at math.univ-lille1.fr
<Nicolas.Dupont at math.univ-lille1.fr> wrote:

> Hi Andy,

>

>

> "Horcrux" is my favorite. I don't remember if it has been mentionned

>  before (too obvious ?) but "Phoenix" is also important in Harry Potter's

>  world : this is the favorite magic bird of Dumbledore, and it helped Harry

>  to survive against the Basilic. So we stay in the same context, nice

>  thing.

>

>  Best,

>

>  Nicolas.

>