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Bonus Ep 29 - Harry Potter and the Hogs Head Pub Quiz

The British English Podcast

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A Noun Is a Noun, a Defining Word

Noggin means head. A proper noun is a person's name. And then a verb is a, an action, word, a doing thing. What kind of magical creature is aragog? It is a gigantic spider. Although we've got irkling mackled malaclaw, acromantula or a capper? Oh, it's an acromantulayes. Suppose they're mythical names. Buckbeak tail sad? Acromantula, it was so,. what name does buckbeak take after avoiding execution? Oh, oh, they give buckbeak a new name. Flutter feather. Swift hoof. Feather tail. Swift tooth

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