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The best part about Harry Potter in French is that the word for wand is "baguette".

• olalonde 11y ago
  The word for wand is always "baguette"... Why is that the best part? I guess I must be missing some reference.
  • ajkjk 11y ago
    Well, to me wands are sticks of wood that are used for magic and baguettes are loaves of bread.
    • pja 11y ago
      Baguette does in fact mean rod, wand or baton - the bread related usage only dates from 1920 if Wikipedia is to be believed. Go to Google translate and put in “magic wand” and you’ll get “baguette magique” as the French equivalent, with “baguette” alone as an alternative.
  • rmc 11y ago
    Because in English "Baguette" is a french long thin bread loaf. The idea of people walking around waving loaves of bread is funny.
• rukuu001 11y ago
  Baguette threw us badly, watching Deathly Hallows in French (audio + subtitles, at suggestion of a language teacher)