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1But why would anyone be sorry if they get saved?– AIQCommented Dec 16, 2019 at 20:18
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53@AIQ presumably no one would be; Harry's statement is sarcastic.– gowenfawrCommented Dec 16, 2019 at 20:20
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8@AIQ Merriam-Webster's definition of "sorry" is "feeling sorrow, regret, or penitence." The two are equivalent in this example; replace "you're not sorry" with "you're not feeling regret".– gowenfawrCommented Dec 16, 2019 at 20:28
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7@AIQ Just as a supplementary example - when someone tells you that a relative of theirs recently passed away, the most common response is "I am so sorry." Or, in response to any sort of someone else's bad news, it is fairly common to hear something like "Damn, really sorry you had to go through that." I am not sure about England, but in the US the term "sorry" is very often used to mean "regret."– Misha RCommented Dec 16, 2019 at 20:56
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2@FrankHopkins I would argue almost the exact opposite. I've heard people say they regret something that happened to them many times. But I've never heard of anyone saying "I'm sorry" for anything that happened to them. I would never say "I am sorry that you didn't save me a cookie," but I would possibly say "I regret that you didn't save me a cookie." I very much suspect that Harry's usage of "sorry" here is a Britishism. As an American, it took me several seconds to figure out what Harry could possibly mean, but I'm sure it was obvious to a Brit (or Rowling wouldn't have written it that way).– trlklyCommented Dec 17, 2019 at 10:25
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