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Posted November 4 2015 — 3:02 PM EST

American wizards have a completely different word for “Muggle.”

Eddie Redmayne hopes 'Fantastic Beasts' will be 'quite a ride'

Next year’s Harry Potter prequel film Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them is set in 1926 New York, where the wizarding community uses another term entirely for people without magical powers.

In shifting the franchise away from the U.K., author J.K. Rowling — who also wrote the movie’s screenplay — is poised to introduce several new words into the Potterverse lexicon, and the most significant might be what Stateside wizards say instead of Muggle: “No-Maj” (pronounced “no madge,” as in “no magic”).

GALLERY: 8 magical first photos from Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them

The blunt-sounding, hyphenated U.S. shorthand is used frequently by American wizards in the film, where English magizoologist Newt Scamander (Eddie Redmayne) comes to New York and has all sorts of adventures.

As noted many times over the years, one of Rowling’s greatest creative gifts is her ability to concoct marvelous new words and terms — from character names (Dolores Umbridge, Severus Snape …), to spells (Sectumsempra …), to creatures (lethifold …), to places (The Room of Requirement …). But “Muggle” has a special honor: It’s the first completely new magical word (not a character or place) introduced in Rowling’s first book in the series, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone (when Mr. Dursley overhears, “Even Muggles like yourself should be celebrating …”). It’s also almost certainly the one that’s the most widely known. In fact, The Oxford English dictionary added “muggle” in 2003 to mean “A person who is not conversant with a particular activity or skill.”

UPDATE: Fantastic Beasts, the bas...e revealed

The ultra-mysterious Fantastic Beasts is EW’s cover story this week, where we’re offering a behind-the-scenes (and spoiler-free) look at the film and interviews with producers and cast. Check out the cover here, get your copy here (say it with me: Accio EW!) and see our photo gallery. For ongoing Fantastic Beasts scoop, follow @jameshibberd.

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Posted November 4 2015 — 3:02 PM EST

American wizards have a completely different word for “Muggle.”

Eddie Redmayne hopes 'Fantastic Beasts' will be 'quite a ride'

Next year’s Harry Potter prequel film Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them is set in 1926 New York, where the wizarding community uses another term entirely for people without magical powers.

In shifting the franchise away from the U.K., author J.K. Rowling — who also wrote the movie’s screenplay — is poised to introduce several new words into the Potterverse lexicon, and the most significant might be what Stateside wizards say instead of Muggle: “No-Maj” (pronounced “no madge,” as in “no magic”).

GALLERY: 8 magical first photos from Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them

The blunt-sounding, hyphenated U.S. shorthand is used frequently by American wizards in the film, where English magizoologist Newt Scamander (Eddie Redmayne) comes to New York and has all sorts of adventures.

As noted many times over the years, one of Rowling’s greatest creative gifts is her ability to concoct marvelous new words and terms — from character names (Dolores Umbridge, Severus Snape …), to spells (Sectumsempra …), to creatures (lethifold …), to places (The Room of Requirement …). But “Muggle” has a special honor: It’s the first completely new magical word (not a character or place) introduced in Rowling’s first book in the series, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone (when Mr. Dursley overhears, “Even Muggles like yourself should be celebrating …”). It’s also almost certainly the one that’s the most widely known. In fact, The Oxford English dictionary added “muggle” in 2003 to mean “A person who is not conversant with a particular activity or skill.”

UPDATE: Fantastic Beasts, the bas...e revealed

The ultra-mysterious Fantastic Beasts is EW’s cover story this week, where we’re offering a behind-the-scenes (and spoiler-free) look at the film and interviews with producers and cast. Check out the cover here, get your copy here (say it with me: Accio EW!) and see our photo gallery. For ongoing Fantastic Beasts scoop, follow @jameshibberd.

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i love j.k.rowling to bits, and the harry potter books are among my very favs. but let's set this particular record straight:

the term "muggle" was used by n.k. stouffer in her 1984 book entitled The Legend of Rah and the Muggles (ISBN 1-58989-400-6) and Larry Potter and His Best Friend Lilly. in ms. stouffer's activities book, the main character's name is larry potter. little larry potter is also a dark haired lad who wears spectacles.

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XxAxX said:

Hudson said:

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Posted November 4 2015 — 3:02 PM EST

American wizards have a completely different word for “Muggle.”

Eddie Redmayne hopes 'Fantastic Beasts' will be 'quite a ride'

Next year’s Harry Potter prequel film Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them is set in 1926 New York, where the wizarding community uses another term entirely for people without magical powers.

In shifting the franchise away from the U.K., author J.K. Rowling — who also wrote the movie’s screenplay — is poised to introduce several new words into the Potterverse lexicon, and the most significant might be what Stateside wizards say instead of Muggle: “No-Maj” (pronounced “no madge,” as in “no magic”).

GALLERY: 8 magical first photos from Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them

The blunt-sounding, hyphenated U.S. shorthand is used frequently by American wizards in the film, where English magizoologist Newt Scamander (Eddie Redmayne) comes to New York and has all sorts of adventures.

As noted many times over the years, one of Rowling’s greatest creative gifts is her ability to concoct marvelous new words and terms — from character names (Dolores Umbridge, Severus Snape …), to spells (Sectumsempra …), to creatures (lethifold …), to places (The Room of Requirement …). But “Muggle” has a special honor: It’s the first completely new magical word (not a character or place) introduced in Rowling’s first book in the series, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone (when Mr. Dursley overhears, “Even Muggles like yourself should be celebrating …”). It’s also almost certainly the one that’s the most widely known. In fact, The Oxford English dictionary added “muggle” in 2003 to mean “A person who is not conversant with a particular activity or skill.”

UPDATE: Fantastic Beasts, the bas...e revealed

The ultra-mysterious Fantastic Beasts is EW’s cover story this week, where we’re offering a behind-the-scenes (and spoiler-free) look at the film and interviews with producers and cast. Check out the cover here, get your copy here (say it with me: Accio EW!) and see our photo gallery. For ongoing Fantastic Beasts scoop, follow @jameshibberd.

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i love j.k.rowling to bits, and the harry potter books are among my very favs. but let's set this particular record straight:

the term "muggle" was used by n.k. stouffer in her 1984 book entitled The Legend of Rah and the Muggles (ISBN 1-58989-400-6) and Larry Potter and His Best Friend Lilly. in ms. stouffer's activities book, the main character's name is larry potter. little larry potter is also a dark haired lad who wears spectacles.

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Shush! We mustn't let reality intrude on a multi-billion dollar industry!

I've never read any of her books, or even seen any of the films, and after the shameful way she conducted herself during the Scottish independence referendum I doubt I'm ever going to.

Lianachan said:

I've never read any of her books, or even seen any of the films, and after the shameful way she conducted herself during the Scottish independence referendum I doubt I'm ever going to.

Wha hoppen?

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i love j.k.rowling to bits, and the harry potter books are among my very favs. but let's set this particular record straight:

the term "muggle" was used by n.k. stouffer in her 1984 book entitled The Legend of Rah and the Muggles (ISBN 1-58989-400-6) and Larry Potter and His Best Friend Lilly. in ms. stouffer's activities book, the main character's name is larry potter. little larry potter is also a dark haired lad who wears spectacles.

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i love j.k.rowling to bits, and the harry potter books are among my very favs. but let's set this particular record straight:

the term "muggle" was used by n.k. stouffer in her 1984 book entitled The Legend of Rah and the Muggles (ISBN 1-58989-400-6) and Larry Potter and His Best Friend Lilly. in ms. stouffer's activities book, the main character's name is larry potter. little larry potter is also a dark haired lad who wears spectacles.

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i know, i was disappointed too. the good news is j.k.'s actual plots and stories bear no resemblance whatsoever to n.k.'s stories, aside from just bits and pieces, embellishing touches.

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still, imagine how n.k. must feel. she lost her infringement lawsuit and appeal and her family's publishing business (ande publishing) went bankrupt.

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i've never met j.k. but i imagine her to be a good person? still though, you'd think she would toss n.k. a bone or something. just to be courteous? acknowledge that she was at least inspired by or some such. i mean c'mon: larry and lilly potter and muggles?

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the outcome of the suit was the court found that n.k. had behaved in 'bad faith' by doctoring some of her exhibits to make the plagiarism appear more widespread; ultimately j.k.'s lawyers took her down with the quickness, as they were no doubt well paid to do.

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i hope j.k.is as kind as her stories would suggest, but i suppose we'd get a different point of view if we asked n.k. some writers just have that sharkish name in lights kinda drive, that need to be recognized! me! fame! and somewhere along the way i think some of them sacrifice on the altar of i'll do anything and simply forget to be good people.

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i love j.k.rowling to bits, and the harry potter books are among my very favs. but let's set this particular record straight:

the term "muggle" was used by n.k. stouffer in her 1984 book entitled The Legend of Rah and the Muggles (ISBN 1-58989-400-6) and Larry Potter and His Best Friend Lilly. in ms. stouffer's activities book, the main character's name is larry potter. little larry potter is also a dark haired lad who wears spectacles.

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Shush! We mustn't let reality intrude on a multi-billion dollar industry!

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exactly. but for all that, the books are very entertaining

JK Rowling supports aparthied and doesnt believe that the equality of Palestinians is relevant or important enough to warrant protest. She arrogantly preached practising equality in the face of those faced by injustice.

Excuse me while I go listen to the classic artistry of the "Miseducation of Lauryn Hill" which I always loved and right now is sounding just as urgent, vital and relevant as it did the first time it blew my mind.

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