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Originally Posted by Shopaholic
They weren't too far off either. Listening to old podcasts one group didn't have the slightest clue what a Christmas Cracker was. They thought it was a food. I'm listening not understanding why if they can produce a podcast they can't simply Google Christmas Cracker instead of making incredibly stupid comments guessing what it is and make themselves look utterly ridiculous.
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First time I read a mention of a Christmas Cracker in a book, back in the pre-Google days, I didn't know what it meant either, but I kept on reading. When I first read mention of someone wearing a "jumper", I thought it was something completely different and in the context of the story I thought to myself, "that's an odd bit of clothing for that character to wear", but I kept on reading. Eventually I figured out what the terms were referring to, and I learned something in the process. When you read, you increase and improve your vocabulary. Too bad Rowling's publishers are apparently afraid of people thinking when they read the books, and too bad Ms. Rowling didn't tell them "no" regarding the "translations".