“‘N at d’yeh —”

[nguyen dung]

In "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets"of J.K Rowlling there is sentence:

“‘N at d’yeh —”
What does stand for this?

 

[dojibear]

This is meaningless. These are sounds, not words. You should show the context around it (several sentences before this one). Then maybe someone can guess what words these are.

 

[nguyen dung]

This is some sentences above it:
Riddle stepped closer.
“It’s all over,” he said. “I’m going to have to turn you in, Rubeus. They’re talking about closing Hogwarts if the attacks don’t stop.”
“‘N at d’yeh —”

 

[Hermione Golightly]

Please provide us with more information. Tell us the chapter, who is talking what they are doing and the sentences before and after. That's called context and it's a requirement of the forum.
I think there's a mistake in the text you are using.
It should be "What d'yeh ... " which means "What do you?", written as it sounds when spoken.

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

 

[nguyen dung]

It is chapter 13: The very secret diary.It says about Harry went into the memory of the diary, this is the answer of Hagrid to Riddle.

 

[nguyen dung]

Yes, you are right.I see in another version book, it is "What d'yeh"

 

[kentix]

It might be a scanning error.

 

[Xamayca]

At first I was thinking it was "Jamaican talk", since it's common to write words as they sound here.

 

[Cagey]

As this is a scanning error, the thread is closed, and will soon be deleted.

The section is accurately quoted here: The most unjust moments from the Harry Potter books - Pottermore

(Google books has been blocked from making the text of the book accessible, in the US, at least.)

Cagey,
moderator