gwern comments on Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality discussion thread - Less Wrong

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Comment author: gwern 29 July 2010 05:32:17AM 1 point [-]

It didn't bother me. If Malfoy was thinking about self-control and wasn't really bothered, he wouldn't be using a curse at all; once your self-control is lost, it doesn't matter whether you use 'bitch' or some amusing Elizabethanism like 'trull' or 'maculate hobbyhorse'.