I know I am not the first to say it, but I wonder if JKR ever realized how similar that word is to a terrible real-world racial slur? Maybe it doesn't come up as much in the UK?
It's something that I picked up right away, which is why I try to use "nonmagikals" instead of "muggles"...
I even brought it up in my own fanfiction, where 9 y.o. Snape accidentally uses the word "muggles" when referring to his new American acquaintances, and then is forced to try to explain what the word means. What is first taken as a silly word by the American kids is quickly recognized by an African-American girl as being little different than the "N" word...
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Date: 2012-08-21 11:34 pm (UTC)It's something that I picked up right away, which is why I try to use "nonmagikals" instead of "muggles"...
I even brought it up in my own fanfiction, where 9 y.o. Snape accidentally uses the word "muggles" when referring to his new American acquaintances, and then is forced to try to explain what the word means. What is first taken as a silly word by the American kids is quickly recognized by an African-American girl as being little different than the "N" word...