From Kelly - re 1.2.13.1/but also disaster news

[carolynwhite2]

Kelly emailed me this this morning. I thought she lived over towards 
Miami, but do any of you know anything more specific about what has 
happened in Long Beach that I can forward to her?

Carolyn


Kelly:
So, did I say big whopping hurricane?  What I meant was huge, 
massive, wipe-my-poor-little-apartment-and-everything-around-it-off-
the-map hurricane.  Damn!  I live (or rather, lived) right where the 
eye of the hurricane passed.  It simply demolished my town and the 
surrounding ones.  I haven't gotten absolute confirmation yet, due to 
the shaky communication with the area, but I'm pretty sure my 
apartment is gone.  The news coverage is concentrating on New Orleans 
and Biloxi, and hasn't been able to reach the areas in between (where 
Long Beach, my town, is located) yet.  The only comment I heard was 
that 90% of the buildings between the railroad tracks and the beach 
(yup, me) were destroyed.  Plus my parents found some satellite 
photos on the NOAA website, and they think they managed to find my 
apartment complex.  They saw a few roofs toward the back of the 
complex, but it looked like there was nothing under them.  At the 
front, where mine was located, the buildings were simply gone.  
Insurance is my new best friend.  I consider myself very lucky to be 
out here right now, where I have food, water, air-conditioning, and 
soon-to-be-needed income.  
 
On a different note, I still have pointless hobbies, right?  So, 
without further ado, I give you the review of 1.2.13.1 
Etymology/origin of names.  I'm attaching a .csv file; you should be 
able to import it into Excel or some other datasheet program.  It has 
the same format as the previous reviews I sent you, but I'm trying to 
conserve space, since I don't want to slow up this email line.  Same 
as before: 0 = keep, r = reject from this category, m = move to a new 
category.  Also, for this one, I marked several posts as nn 
(nickname), for the proposed new subcategory I mention below.  If you 
approve, add a new category and move these there; otherwise, leave 
them in 1.2.13.1.  
 
1.2.13.1 Etymology/origin of names
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Originally: 591
Now: 457 (plus 29 name-variation)
 
... i.e. etymology, psuedo-etymology, ignorant-lumping-together-of-
roots-from-different-languages-and-time-periods, historical 
references, literary references, and other obscure references that 
JKR may or may not have used to create her names, spells,  and other 
terms, and how said origins may reveal the entire future plot of the 
series.  There are a few very good, thorough derivations in here, but 
most of the posts of short and many are of dubious scholarship.  For 
time purposes, I didn't sort by quality; there are plenty of websites 
available if people want a good analysis of Potter terms and names.
  
I think this category could use an additional subcategory for 
variations-on-a-name debates (e.g. whether the names used for certain 
characters are in reality nicknames, middle names, etc.).  These 
don't discuss etymology, origin, or meaning of the names (the very 
few that do would go in both categories), but don't really belong 
anywhere else that I can see.
 
I limited this category to external etymology only.  For example, 
discussion of who named the Death Eaters (Voldy, the group, or 
outsiders), the amazing coincidence of a child named Remus Lupin 
becoming a werewolf (Ginger, did you know Lupin means wolf?), or why 
parents of the current wizarding generation tend to use more Muggle-
like names than previous generations do not belong here.  Discussions 
of why JKR chose those names, though, does.  
 
I also kept a handful of posts discussing whether hidden and not-so-
hidden meanings of names were maintained in translation.  However, 
keep other discussion of translations out.
 
Keep witch/wizard/warlock terminology discussions in 3.2.5 Medals, 
awards, & titles.  This is where most of the posts on that topic 
already reside; there were only a handful here, which I moved there.
 
There is still some repetition in this category; because everything 
was so scattered and most of the posts were only one or two lines, it 
was difficult to catch.
 
-Kelly